In Reply to: Thanks for the good wishes. posted by Ted Smith on January 9, 2011 at 12:46:12:
"all real engineering involves compromises."
Why limit the scope to engineering? I reckon it's an attribute of life...
The beleaguered Design Engineer has done his job if the thang he designed meets specs, is under budget and on time. Usually he's doing damn well to hit one them. My take is that home audio is far more plagued by systemic definition difficulties than implementation problems, hence the 'system synergy' effects. No one knows how to specify what 'properly designed' is. On AA it's usually synonymous with perfect.
On the bright side it all makes for a great hobby. If everything sounded the same it wouldn't be interesting!
Regards Rick
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