Wiardgroup

--- In wiardgroup@y..., "konkuro" <konkuro@a...> wrote:
> >> Maybe it's just me, but I think signal generation and 
processing 
> equipment that aspires to be professional should look the part. 
> As such, it should be characterized by a functional and 
*dignified* 
> exterior.<<
> 
> >That is exactly what I was trying to do. Sorry you don't like it. 
> Does a violin look unprofessional because it has scrollwork?<
> 
> Yes, if that scrollwork hasn't been correctly centered.

Doug indicated that the off-centered artwork on his modules
was because they were of the first batch, and that it has been
corrected since. 

As with the Modcan, I was pleasantly suprised by how much
better the Wiard looked in person than in pictures. 

> BTW, I very much enjoyed your LED explanation and thank you 
for 
> taking the time to enter it.  Perhaps there is some method to 
your 
> madness after all.  But does an LED really have to be 
illuminated at 
> the point of zero crossing?  (Since zero = nothing, how 'bout the 
LED 
> is OFF at that point?)  Seems like overkill to me.  I have no 
problem 
> with green for positive and red for negative, however.
> And lest you think your arguments have been for naught, I'm 
actually 
> more intrigued by Wiard than ever.
> 
> johnm

Agreed. I am as interested to hear of the "why" as much as
the "what"...and would have missed out on this aspect of the
Wiard philosophy without this bumpy conversation. 

Easier,

-Mike