In Reply to: JV Breaks a Metphor? Need Help From the Left Coast (and Zither Players) posted by Charles Hansen on April 25, 2012 at 00:12:44:
We learned early in our careers that one of the most important rules of advocacy is to pick your two or three strongest arguments, hammer them home, and forget about the minutiae which does not change anyone's mind. The risk of doing otherwise is that people may remember the minutiae and forget the important arguments. As another poster pointed out below, does Michael Fremer apparently believing that 25 carat gold exists undermine his authority on all things analog? No. So who cares?I believe I read the same review you did, and at the end of reading the review I said to myself "Wow, a new reference, that's a shock" and "did I miss the comparison between the new reference and the old reference." I re-read the review, and apparently did not miss the comparison. It was not there.
Those points are relevant to his job as an audio critic. Not that I really care what JV writes about audio, but I really can't see anyone caring about his writings on tidal pools. Even if his metaphor was factually correct, would it help me understand the point he was trying to make? No. And I'd be surprised if it would anyone else, either.
Edits: 04/25/12
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- RE: JV Breaks a Metphor? Need Help From the Left Coast (and Zither Players) - jamesgarvin 10:59:56 04/25/12 (7)
- Good points, all -- thanks. (NT) - Charles Hansen 22:11:40 04/25/12 (0)
- “Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus” - Tony Lauck 19:02:33 04/25/12 (4)
- RE: “Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus” - jamesgarvin 20:22:22 04/25/12 (3)
- 57 - Tony Lauck 08:15:39 04/26/12 (1)
- One for each state!!! LOL! (nt) - mkuller 21:07:57 04/29/12 (0)
- " I'd give Fremer a pass" ... Yeah same here ... as for his editor ... a fail I'm afraid :) nt - bjh 20:29:44 04/25/12 (0)
- RE: JV Breaks a Metphor? Need Help From the Left Coast (and Zither Players) - asikhs 18:50:02 04/25/12 (0)