[sdiy] design experts

[metasonix]

>I know some guys who wanted to design a RF interface with ADC.
>The theoreticians thought about their books and figured out
>that 9 bit resolution would be similar to most existing
>analog solutions. Because all artefacts would drown
>in the hissing noise.
>At first they tryed to blame the poor analog designer.....

On a regular basis I am assailed by "experts" in electronic design
for daring to indulge in the use of vacuum tubes for audio.

In most cases, the "expert" turns out to be an expert in one small,
narrow area--and rarely knows a damn thing about audio design.

This happened just today, on the Tube Collector list. A crusty
old engineer who designs switching power supplies for satellites 
made lots of snide putdowns about fast-recovery rectifiers, and how
they can't POSSIBLY be audible in a tube amp. 
The guy does not own and has never owned a tube amp....
but he does own lots of textbooks!



uncle eric
metasonix.com