On 15 Jul 2005 13:49:53 -0700, wrote:

My LaScalas are on their way out the door as we speak, having been
replaced by a homebuilt Klipsch horn klone pair which I have discussed
elsewhere.

So, you're going from crap commercial speakers to homebuilt copies of
them. And we are supposed to take this as an indication that you are
progressing?

PCs (and Macs and Sun SPARC boxes) are fine in their place. They are
not test equipment. They may be built into test equipment as in the
case of the HP Infiinium scope or the National Instruments line

( http://www.ni.com/pxi/ )

but if Arny were correct the above wouldn't exist.

The commodisumer PC is not a piece of test equipment. It is
unbenchworthy for many reasons.

Clearly, you're not a professional engineer. The *vast* majority of
modern testgear is PC-based. Note that the excellent NI line is mostly
built into a PC, not the other way round as you suggest. The PXI line
is a subset of the NI range and even then is still PC-based, although
using a rack system for easier interchangeability of modules.

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering