I loved that mag.
Anybody else?

In its earlier incarnation as "Audio Engineering" and for a few years
thereafter it was a good magazine. I think the same poo-poo heads that
put out "Flying" magazine-and allowed cocksuckers like Collins and
J.Mac to **** all over the personal aviation world for the ass-kissing
of four-page-spread ad buyers with 67000 zip codes-got hold of it and
turned it into mostly crap. Although to the end they did run at least
one construction article a year, I think the last was Norman Thagard's
tweak of Nelson Pass' A75, which is a fine sounding amplifier by any
standard.

In article ,
"Robert Morein" wrote:

I loved that mag.
Anybody else?

Corey Greenberg?

Stephen

"Robert Morein" said:

I loved that mag.
Anybody else?


I don't have the magazines, but I have the Old Colony
Audio Engineering reprints from the days of Norman Crowhurst.

Good stuff!

--

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005

OCSL/AudioXPress has the Anthologies and they are well worth reading.
I think Audio became totally consumoized in the late sixties, when
people with the mentality of the Ferstlers and Kruegers took over.

I like your sig block. Ferstler will regret that little 'bon mot' for
a long time...

said:

OCSL/AudioXPress has the Anthologies and they are well worth reading.
I think Audio became totally consumoized in the late sixties, when
people with the mentality of the Ferstlers and Kruegers took over.


That's a bit ironic, since the ideal of those designers was
"reproduction as close as possible to the original", which at least is
Arny's outlook if I understand him correctly.

Fertsler is so lost in his surround quagmire, I can't tell anymore
what his objectives are .......


I like your sig block. Ferstler will regret that little 'bon mot' for
a long time...


Ferstler's statement can be interpreted in different ways. g

--

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005

I was a subsriber until the end.
I had subscriptions to all of the mags except TAS, which isn't fit for
a bird cage.

Robert Morein wrote:

I loved that mag.
Anybody else?

So did I, kind of. Actually, Dave Weinberg and I once had an
article published in it.

The problem with the magazine is that some of the time it
was on the mark and technical as hell (although sometimes
that technical stuff was a bit over the top), and at other
times it printed borderline tweako junk.

Howard Ferstler

wrote:

OCSL/AudioXPress has the Anthologies and they are well worth reading.
I think Audio became totally consumoized in the late sixties, when
people with the mentality of the Ferstlers and Kruegers took over.

I like your sig block. Ferstler will regret that little 'bon mot' for
a long time...

Not really. It hit the mark. Audio is a mess, and it is a
mess to a great extent because of guys like you.

Howard Ferstler

Sander deWaal wrote:

said:

OCSL/AudioXPress has the Anthologies and they are well worth reading.
I think Audio became totally consumoized in the late sixties, when
people with the mentality of the Ferstlers and Kruegers took over.

That's a bit ironic, since the ideal of those designers was
"reproduction as close as possible to the original", which at least is
Arny's outlook if I understand him correctly.

Fertsler is so lost in his surround quagmire, I can't tell anymore
what his objectives are .......

I like your sig block. Ferstler will regret that little 'bon mot' for
a long time...

Ferstler's statement can be interpreted in different ways. g

Yeah, my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

Howard Ferstler

Brother Horace Who Steps In It said:

Dave Weinberg and I once had an article published in it.
at ... times it printed borderline tweako junk.

Now connect the dots.

Brother Horace Who Can't Leave His Backyard whined:

Audio is a mess, and it is a
mess to a great extent because of guys like you.

What do you know that the rest of us don't, Clerkie? This calcerise fellow
doesn't seem to be any kind of audio potentate. Do you often fantasize that
the disenfranchised control the business world?

Brother Horace drops a hint at how he wants to alleviate his pain.

Yeah, my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

How much are you offering, and for what quantity?

"George M. Middius" cmndr [underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net wrote
in message ...


Brother Horace Who Steps In It said:

Dave Weinberg and I once had an article published in it.
at ... times it printed borderline tweako junk.

Now connect the dots.

I see a psychic aura of regret by Audio's editors.

Robert Morein said:

Brother Horace Who Steps In It said:

Dave Weinberg and I once had an article published in it.
at ... times it printed borderline tweako junk.

Now connect the dots.

I see a psychic aura of regret by Audio's editors.

Do you? I would've expected shame as well.

"Howard Ferstler" wrote in message
...
wrote:

Not really. It hit the mark. Audio is a mess, and it is a
mess to a great extent because of guys like you.


"At least" our wrecking ball is bigger than yours.



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fathom wrote:
"Robert Morein" wrote in
:

I loved that mag.
Anybody else?

I used to love the reviews of equipment from the Lirpa company.
They always made the best audio gear. The turntable with the
wireless "car" that drives around the record was priceless.


In the past, items such as Shakti Stones, Bedini Clarifiers, Shun Mook
Mping discs, "cable cookers", high $ power cords, "tuning dots", etc.,
could have easily been featured in an April issue of Audio as Lirpa
Labs products and a good laugh would have been had by the reader before
moving on to the real content. Now, such products are favorably
"reviewed" by Stereophile and even appear on the RCL! :-(

George M. Middius wrote:
Howard Ferstler proclaImed:
my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

How much are you offering, and for what quantity?

Just stems'n'seeds, George, stems'n'seeds.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

John Atkinson wrote:
George M. Middius wrote:
Howard Ferstler proclaImed:
my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

How much are you offering, and for what quantity?

Just stems'n'seeds, George, stems'n'seeds.


That's pretty much what you give your readers, Atkinson. But only when
you're not giving them the shaft.

John Atkinson said:

my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

How much are you offering, and for what quantity?

Just stems'n'seeds, George, stems'n'seeds.

Harold does have the redeeming trait of being a cat person. I'm sure he
only buys generic cat food, of course. :-)

In article . com,
"John Atkinson" wrote:

George M. Middius wrote:
Howard Ferstler proclaImed:
my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

How much are you offering, and for what quantity?

Just stems'n'seeds, George, stems'n'seeds.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

LOL

JA wrote:

George M. Middius wrote:
Howard Ferstler proclaImed:
my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

How much are you offering, and for what quantity?

Just stems'n'seeds, George, stems'n'seeds.

From Acapulco, as recommended by Ashley Roachclip
of Jefferson Hairpie?


GeoSynch

Robert Morein wrote


I loved that mag.
Anybody else?



Yes, I remember Audio. I remember reading them
back then in the mid '90s when I decided to assemble
an affordable hi-fi audio for the first time. I recall going
to libraries then and sit in the corner to read their current
issue. Libraries then also usually had the previous 10
issues or more so sometimes I borrowed them for three
weeks and take them home. One time I went to the library
and I saw a whole stack of them about 2 foot high just sitting
on the pavement outside the main entrance. They were
marked 'Discarded.'

So I went inside and walk towards the front desk and ask to
see if I can have them instead. The libarary clerk told me,
"No, you cannot have 'em. I am selling them for 25 cent each."
But they're old, I said. "So what" he replied, "... they're still good."
But then I told him that they were already marked 'discarded' so
they're good to go. He then said, "... Ok, I'll sell them to you
for 5 cent each." "For 5 cent each, it would be about 3
dollars, right?," I asked. He replied, " No, it would be $3.35."

So I paid him and went outside to put the magazine stack
in my car. I counted them later after I got home and there were
exactly 67 magazines.

I still have them in the box. Are you looking for any particular
issue?

"Robert Morein" wrote in message
...
I loved that mag.
Anybody else?

**Because I'm moving house, I've decided to severely cull my magazine
collection. My old Audio issues are not going in the dumper. Too much good
stuff therein.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

Trevor Wilson related:

Robert Morein wrote:

I loved that mag.
Anybody else?

**Because I'm moving house, I've decided to severely cull my magazine
collection. My old Audio issues are not going in the dumper. Too much good
stuff therein.

Do us all a favor and throw yourself in the dumper before you move. TIA.


GeoSynch

Little **** said:

my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

How much are you offering, and for what quantity?

Just stems'n'seeds, George, stems'n'seeds.

That's pretty much what you give your readers, Atkinson.

Figures you'd defend Harold in his blatant attempt to initiate an illegal
transaction on a public forum.

Howard Ferstler wrote:

The problem with the magazine is that some of the time it
was on the mark and technical as hell (although sometimes
that technical stuff was a bit over the top), and at other
times it printed borderline tweako junk.

Or over the borderline, as in just about anything in Audio
that was written by Anthony Cordesman.

"John Atkinson" wrote in message
ups.com...


George M. Middius wrote:
Howard Ferstler proclaImed:
my take on it is that audio is going to pot.

How much are you offering, and for what quantity?

Just stems'n'seeds, George, stems'n'seeds.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

I wonder if perhaps not all the reviews are accompanied by the imbibulation
of fine wines and liquors.

"GeoSynch" wrote in message
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Trevor Wilson related:

Robert Morein wrote:

I loved that mag.
Anybody else?

**Because I'm moving house, I've decided to severely cull my magazine
collection. My old Audio issues are not going in the dumper. Too much
good stuff therein.

Do us all a favor and throw yourself in the dumper before you move. TIA.

**Huh? What the Hell is up with you? Did I **** your
daughter/wife/sister/mother last time I was in the States?


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

Trevor Wilson wrote:


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**Huh? What the Hell is up with you? Did I **** your
daughter/wife/sister/mother last time I was in the States?




Trevor, you Dog!!! Leaving broken hearts and lasting memories across
the world, eh? :-D

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Trevor Wilson wrote:


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**Huh? What the Hell is up with you? Did I **** your
daughter/wife/sister/mother last time I was in the States?




Trevor, you Dog!!! Leaving broken hearts and lasting memories across
the world, eh? :-D

**I do my best.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

Trevor Wilson said:

**I do my best.

Stynchblob makes Thing look charming and cultured, and that's quite an
accomplishment.

Trevor Wilson wrote:
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Trevor Wilson wrote:


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**Huh? What the Hell is up with you? Did I **** your
daughter/wife/sister/mother last time I was in the States?




Trevor, you Dog!!! Leaving broken hearts and lasting memories across
the world, eh? :-D

**I do my best.



When in the rural areas of the US, beware farmers with comely daughters
and shotguns on the front porch. ;-)

'lil Georgie is all atwitter:

Stynchblob makes Thing look charming and cultured, and that's quite an
accomplishment.

Is this your eBay userid Pudgy-wudgy?
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...ck&userid=glan

GeoSynch

Trevor Wilson fantasied:

**Because I'm moving house, I've decided to severely cull my magazine
collection. My old Audio issues are not going in the dumper. Too much good
stuff therein.

Do us all a favor and throw yourself in the dumper before you move. TIA.

**Huh? What the Hell is up with you? Did I **** your
daughter/wife/sister/mother last time I was in the States?

Dream on impotent old fart. Old geezer that you are, even a megadose of
Viagra and a crane would be of little use to your atrophied "manhood."


GeoSynch

"GeoSynch" wrote in message
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Trevor Wilson fantasied:

**Because I'm moving house, I've decided to severely cull my magazine
collection. My old Audio issues are not going in the dumper. Too much
good stuff therein.

Do us all a favor and throw yourself in the dumper before you move. TIA.

**Huh? What the Hell is up with you? Did I **** your
daughter/wife/sister/mother last time I was in the States?

Dream on impotent old fart. Old geezer that you are, even a megadose of
Viagra and a crane would be of little use to your atrophied "manhood."

**Then what's your problem?


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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Trevor Wilson wrote:
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Trevor Wilson wrote:


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**Huh? What the Hell is up with you? Did I **** your
daughter/wife/sister/mother last time I was in the States?




Trevor, you Dog!!! Leaving broken hearts and lasting memories across
the world, eh? :-D

**I do my best.



When in the rural areas of the US, beware farmers with comely daughters
and shotguns on the front porch. ;-)

**I guess San Francisco and Las Vegas don't quite qualify. Whew!


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

Trevor Wilson wrote:

**Then what's your problem?

Pompous windbags are fun to needle?


GeoSynch

"GeoSynch" wrote in message
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Trevor Wilson wrote:

**Then what's your problem?

Pompous windbags are fun to needle?

**Are they?


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

Trevor Wilson wrote:

**Then what's your problem?

Pompous windbags are fun to needle?

**Are they?

Aren't they?


GeoSynch