Krueger's latest attack thread perpetuates his pathetic attempts to engage in
character assassination and proveably false claims:
"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
Arny Krueger wrote:
http://homepage.mac.com/danielturek/PhotoAlbum50.html
There's a defect in the presentation.
The cassette gets dropped and survives. The Ipod doesn't.
But a cassette doesn't play itself !
A true comparative test would be to drop a cassette 'walkman'
alongside the Ipod - I expect both would break.
For example, I could drop a mini-disc and I'm sure it would be as
durable as a cassette. I wouldn't like to drop my mini-disc player /
recorder itself.
That's all fine and correct. However, Richman't viewpoint of the cassette
format seems to be much closer to the one where the casette plays itself.
Here's an example of his outdated thinking from earlier this year:
http://www.google.com/groups?selm=20...00607%40mb-m19.
aol.com
"As one who does a lot or home recordings from my LP/CD collection for use
in a
"high-end' automobile audio system (Nakamichi, Audio Arts, MB Quart, Monster
Cable), I've avoided even considering an indash CD player and CD recording
essentially for that reason."
Graham, in a way, Krueger has made my job easier - i.e. of exposing him for the
character assassin and reputation as RAO's most widely despised and hated
poster. You may first want to observe several things:
(1) He has chosen to generate an attack thread on RAO with my name in the
title.
Krueger is well known and despised for doing it with many RAO members.
(2) I have taken the liberty of responding with an attack thread with his name
in the title - but notice who threw the first rock.
(3) As is his custom, Krueger has engaged in deceptive post citation. This is
one of his more nasty and fraudulent tricks. He cherry picks selected lines of
a poster while deliberaely ignoring and not reproducing the rest of the
relevant parts of the post. IOW, he quotes people out of context and then
tries to attack those out of context quotes. He's been called on this
transparent ruse many times.
Lest you think I'm making this up, here is the complete post which Krueger
cited:
From: Bruce J. Richman )
Subject: CD Quality Difference in Player
View: Complete Thread (24 articles)
Original Format
Newsgroups: rec.audio.opinion
Date: 2004-02-29 10:07:31 PST
Robert Morein wrote:
"Surinder Singh" wrote in message
.. .
I play the CD's I burn in Phillipps Boombox. If I Maxell Gold CD-R it takes
20 seconds for the boom box to recognize the tracks and be ready to play it
after inserting the CD. With Memorex 52x, it takes only 2 seconds for boom
to recognize the tracks. Does it mean that Memorex is better quality? I
would have thought the gold coloration ;-) & Maxell name would make the
former a better quality?
Thanks.
Different CD disks have different reflectivities for the burn/no burn
conditions.
The CD player has a calibration function that enables it to correctly
recognize these conditions.
Depending upon the design of the player, the ability to recognize disks with
different reflectivities vary.
Only a few years ago, it was common for many brands of CD players to fail to
recognize CD-Rs, because insufficient range had been built into the
calibration function.
What you observe has more to do with the player than the disk.
Bob - would the differences in CD player calibration that you describe be the
primary reason that, so I've been told by several, automobile CD players are
very much a gamble when using CD-R's?
As one who does a lot or home recordings from my LP/CD collection for use in a
"high-end' automobile audio system (Nakamichi, Audio Arts, MB Quart, Monster
Cable), I've avoided even considering an indash CD player and CD recording
essentially for that reason. I eoulfn't want to invest in a CD automobile
player which might or might not play CD-R's. Of course, as pointed out in the
other thread on "high-end" audiophile equipment, my automobile is the proud
posessor of a Nakamichi TD-1200 Mobile "Dragon" Cassette Deck/Head Unit
(installation was a chore, since this monster comes in 2 pieces - one just for
the electronics !) which is fed a steady diet of Maxell Metal C-90's encoded
with Dolby C and careful level settings recorded on a 3-head Nakamichi deck.
I've had these products for several years, and they are extremely rugged and
the performance is exceptional.
Gold as a reflective material has a signficant advantage for archival use.
However, it is somewhat less reflective than aluminum.
As you will note, assuming you are objective and not a Krueger sockpuppet or
sycophant, there are explicit reasons for why I chose to use cassettes in my
automobile. They have nothing to do with Krueger's delusional speculations
about
"cassettes that play themselves" or comparisons with ipods.
Believe what you want. Most of the other RAO posters will tell you the same
things about Krueger that I have.
Bruce J. Richman