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Re: Chinese Whispers?

Posted by John Atkinson on March 7, 2007 at 10:28:06:
>If the reviewer took possession of those cables while representing
>Stereophile then clearly Stereophile would be on the hook for them.

I agree. But while John Curl is reasonably sure the reviewer concerned
was Jonathan Scull -- if I remember correctly -- it is not clear when
Bob Crump loaned him the cables (if he did indeed so), and if he was
working for Stereophile or not at that time.

Please note a) that Bob Crump never contacted _me_ about having these
cables returned or to complain about the matter when he was alive, and
b) that John Curl declined to give me any more information when I
asked him about this matter the last time he mentioned it on the
Asylum, and c) that John told me I should let the matter drop. Which
is why I am surprised it is still, apparently, a live issue for him.

>If that's the case then why not simply compensate Bob Crump's
>estate?; surely that would be easier than trying to wrestle
>possession away from a former reviewer and would avoid complications
>such as concerns about the present condition of the cables, etc.

_If_ it was a Stereophile reviewer, and _if_ that reviewer still has
the Crump cables, and _if_ they had been requested back, and _if_, in
that case, the reviewer had refused to return them, then yes, either
the cables can be returned (though I am not sure to whom) or they
should be paid for, although I don't even know what the value of the
cables is. If the reviewer had sold the cables, then yes, we will, of
course, pay for them.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile