dave weil wrote in message . ..
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:59:51 -0400, Jacob Kramer
wrote:

Wasn't it Dave Weill who noticed the plagiarism?

I'll certainly take credt for pointing it out on RAO.

This "take credit" triumph of Dave's means essentially nothing. The
book will be published and I hope that Dave will buy a copy, re-read
the article in mention, and then do some kind of formal complaint to
the publisher, while also notifying the audio company about the
plagiarism. The result should be interesting, assuming that Weil has
the cajones to actually make the protest.

For the record, I left RAO (well, almost left, because I occasionally
scope for my name being mentioned, and when it feel it is necessary I
will interject a comment or two) for two reasons:

1. My wife and I are in the process of doing some major
home-improvement work. (Yeah, we recently came into some big money.)

This does not involve my 400 square foot main room or main system
(although I will probably replace my current ceiling-mounted projector
with an HDTV version), but it does involve enlarging the current 230
square foot middle system's room to 370 square feet. The A/V system in
there will be upgraded considerably (it will also get the main room's
ceiling-mounted projector), and the result will be a system that is
quite in contrast to the existing main system. The latter stresses
sound power and wide dispersion, whereas the expanded-room system will
emphasize a flat first-arrival signal. (I'll be doing a feature
article on both systems and their rooms in a future issue of The
Sensible Sound, by the way.) I wonder how many A/V enthusiasts have
two ceiling-mounted projection systems in two different rooms.

The remaining home upgrades involve remodeled bathrooms, new hardwood
flooring and tile replacing carpeting in all the non-A/V rooms in the
house (well, the currently carpeted living room, which will get oak
flooring, will be an exception, but the system in there is not
destined to be a major player, anyway), all new kitchen appliances, an
expanded patio, new landscaping, additional insulation, extensive
painting, new doors, new windows, and the conversion of my combination
computer room and photo darkroom into a large premium-grade storeage
room. (Most houses do not have enough storage room, but ours will now
have plenty, and it will allow me to comfortably store assorted
speakers, etc. that I review.) The computer (the one I am working with
right now) will be replaced and the new one will be installed in the
expanded A/V room, where I can use it as part of my audio work. Hey,
I'll now be able to do some work with Arny's PCABX system.

This project has also forced me to back off from my regular magazine
writing work (other than recording reviews), although I will be
getting back into that in the future, but on a smaller scale than in
the past. It also caused me to cancel writing a new book. Books eat up
a huge amount of time and the payoff is just not worth the work. I'd
have cancelled the enterprise (I had been approached by a publisher
about doing the book some months ago) even if the home-improvement
projects were complete. And, no, the book project was not cancelled
because of my RAO "reputation" as a plagiarizer. (Only "get a life"
nitwits like you guys are revved up about that issue.)

And, number two....

2. You people are psychologically challenged. Why debate obsessive
types who are not about to see their belief systems shattered?

Have a nice series of rants, guys.

Howard Ferstler