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TonyP wrote:
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
If you did indeed follow the Dunlavy/Shweikert thread, you should
also have come across the deconstruction of all those 'credentials'
that Albert posted on his website. The man is simply *not* a trained
engineer, despite having worked *in* many well-respected
organisations. He talked himself into several good places - but look
how long he lasted!

I re-read the thread and basically, all that was brought into question
was his (Von Schweikert) training under Heyser. As for how long he
lasted with other good places, that is something that either he, or the
places of employment will have to say what happened. Everything else is
speculation.

Something you need to understand about this relationship.
Richard Heyser worked as a scientist for the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory. He did NOT do loudspeaker design or research there.
If someone worked for him, it was not to do loudspeaker
research. If discussions about loudspeakers came up at the
office, it was in the form of casual discussions, not formal
job-related discussions.

Also, if we consider the work that Mr. Heyser did on
loudspeakers by looking at what he published, it was not on
loudspeaker design per se, but rather on the nature of signals,
their behavior in going through systems such as loudspeakers,
and on measurement principles. Heyser never, to the best of my
knowledged, designed a spaker system that saw commercial
implementation.

That being said, the work that he DID do was brilliant, forward
thinking and innovative. It just wasn't on practical loudspeaker
design.

This is not to denigrate either the late and very great Dr.
Heyser NOR is it to denigrate von Schweikert. If simply is to
point out that "trained under Heyser" may well have absolutely
NOTHING to do with loudspeakers. Personally, I do not know what
he trained under Heyser as, I have never asked, I have never
been told.

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