In Reply to: "VERY few multi-way speakers do it at all." Lucky us, then! Who have... posted by clarkjohnsen on May 6, 2007 at 13:47:44:
Hi ClarkWell some times I am afraid I come off like I have a technical woody about this (time) but maybe I do.
I met Dr Heyser about 20 years ago and he was a remarkable man.
I was lucky to be one of the every early TEF machine users and at an early Servodrive trade show, Don and Carloyn Davis (Synaudcon was highly behind the TEF) walked by the booth and Carolyn said “why don’t you come with usâ€. So seeing a chance to hang out with them on the trade show floor and avoid the drudgery of booth duty, I was gone.We eventually ended up going out for dinner at a fancy restaurant where Dr. Patronis, Dr. Heyser and a number of others were. So here I was with Don Davis, Gene Patronis, Richard Heyser and these heavyweights, wow. I said about three words the whole night and that was only when Don threw me a softball about the servodrive woofers..
Dr. Heyser and Dr’s Patronis were both Wizards, each spoke technical things so clearly that at least for that short time, I felt I really understood. Dr. Heyser was one of these guys who really had a calculator in his head. Several times when the discussion got loud I thought the waitress was coming to ask us to leave but she never did.
I went back to the hotel room to try to sleep and felt about as small and humble as one could feel, math makes my mind slow to a crawl, I felt like a bulldozer chasing a butterfly compared to those guys.I have wished many times he were still around so that I could ask him things, now that I have more understanding but still have questions.
A friend is in charge of the Heyser Library at Columbia College in Chicago, I had a chance to be look at his stuff. It was weird looking at his old test equipment and notes etc.Also kind of nice is with the new company I have run across some old acquaintances from then.
While Don and Carolyn retired from Synaucon, they still get to some trade shows.
DR. Patronis is retired (prof emeritus Ga tech) and lives near the shop and I have gone shooting with him a couple times while visiting.http://www.danleysoundlabs.com/forum/photos/show-album.asp?albumid=4&photoid=28
http://www.danleysoundlabs.com/forum/photos/show-album.asp?albumid=4&photoid=41
Sorry for rambling but time and what is wrong with loudspeakers is “an interest†of mine.
Best,Tom Danley
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Follow Ups
- Re: "VERY few multi-way speakers do it at all." Lucky us, then! Who have... - tomservo 14:45:01 05/06/07 (8)
- Nice story. Mine goes like this: - clarkjohnsen 07:51:59 05/07/07 (7)
- Re: Nice story. Mine goes like this: - tomservo 10:46:24 05/07/07 (6)
- On the CD, compared to what there was to record with before ones and zero’s... - clarkjohnsen 13:48:19 05/07/07 (5)
- Re: On the CD, compared to what there was to record with before ones and zero’s... - tomservo 14:28:48 05/07/07 (4)
- Hmmm... but in the early days even great old analog tapes transferred to CD sounded bad. Moreover... - clarkjohnsen 08:52:55 05/08/07 (2)
- Re: Hmmm... but in the early days even great old analog tapes transferred to CD sounded bad. Moreover... - tomservo 10:03:08 05/08/07 (1)
- Also who ever keeps spouting Nyquist... needs to be shown the light." Or, the door... - clarkjohnsen 10:14:52 05/08/07 (0)
- Better be careful ! - E-Stat 16:43:05 05/07/07 (0)