"Arny Krueger" said:

Iain is like I guy who slaps fenders on Jeeps in the Chrysler plant about 6
miles from my house, and tells his friends that he makes cars from start to
finish.


Or someone who records the choir at his church and tells his buddies
he's a "professional recording engineer". ;-)

As of feb. 2006, I'll be working for an audio company.
Does that change my "authority" on RAO or RATubes?


In contrast, there are people all over Detroit who have little garages of no
note or notice, who still build cars from bolts, nuts, raw sheet metal, mill
the metal parts, etc. Their cars may lack some refinements as compared to a
new Jeep Grand Cheokee or Dodge Magnum, but they can honestly take credit
for the finished product.


Likewise for people like Jute, Turner and, yes, even deWaal.
They make (tube) amps, speakers, DACs, and turntables from various
"nuts and bolts" that are lying around in their junk boxes.
Some even go so far as to make their own chassis' and output
transformers.
Their products may lack the refinements of a new Ongaku or ARC, but
they can honestly take credit for the finished product.

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