hank alrich wrote:
MD wrote:


I normally stay out of things like this unless the data is way off base
and/or someone is pushing an agenda. Ask Ethan what he does for a living.


One of the things Ethan does for a living is _give away free plans_ to
construct traps that are much like those he sells, except for the
proprietary material in the damping membrane in RealTraps.

If you had balls even as big as petite green peas you'd step out from
behind your nom de plume and stand alongside your scurillious harassment
of Ethan.

Ethan has contributred a lot of helpful information here, and never have
I read that he said to buy his traps. He deals pretty much in facts
regarding room treatment, and if his business is successful (it is) that
is due to the truth of his statements about room treatments and the
benefits of trapping and diffusing, and the excellent value that his own
system offers.

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Never said Ethan doesn't contribute anything worthwhile - because I
believe he does

Don't know what the lack of balls comment means. This is a written
forum. What would I be doing if I "stood alingside"?

There are times when Ethan puts the facts forward

What is the deal with me and Ethan? Not sure there is one.

Never said the DSP solves everything. Never said it solves the decay
issues.

Here's the deal. Ethan posted an answer to a novice who was asking for
help. In that email he said digital correction doesn't work at all.

Quote - can a digital EQ system like the Behringer, working only at
low frequencies (say below about 300Hz) be expected to improve matters -
In a word, No.


This is wrong, misleading and he knows better (his own experiments and
plots have shown this and he has said differently on other forums.)

I am not saying either DSP is a panacea. To be honest I haven't seen
enough data or done enough personnal A/B tests to come to a conclusion
on whether traps or DSP are "better". For a single listening position
DSP can be quite effective and is much cheaper than traps. My ears and
plots tell me that (as do others ears and their plots)

I have a problem with someone who knows better saying something -
especially to a novice - that they know is patently wrong. Especially if
one has an agenda. If Ethan didn't know better and wasn't so well
informed I would have cut him some slack and replied on my own with a
more tempered rebuttal.

I am not in the business and have nothing to gain or lose by posting in
this thread.