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"Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message ...
William Sommerwerck wrote:
"Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message
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Thanks Hank. But Earth to Alrich - that was Sommerwerck who
said he can't get a good recording.
I never said I can't get a good recording. I made lots of "good"
recordings. I just made only few recordings that sounded the way
I expected them to sound.
I don't doubt it William. I am just stunned by some of the attitudes
here toward a fellow enthusiast, if not full time recording engineer.
I never said or did anything to offend anyone.
But you do, Gary.
I just go up at 5AM. I often watch "Frasier" reruns on Hallmark, and the ones
shown this morning involved Martin's vulgar, loud-mouthed girlfriend Sherry
(Marsha Mason). Sherry has a knack for sticking her nose in where it doesn't
belong, and saying uncalled-for things that hurt people's feeling and disrupt
relationships. There is no exact parallel, but I see Sherry in you.
It is not a question of whether one is afraid to ask questions. Nor is it that
your "perspective" on matters audio seems so different from other people's in
this group. It's rather that you ask questions, then argue in an unproductive
way about them, because you're pretty certain you already know the answers.
My recent question about "What was I doing wrong?" was a sincere one. I
listened to what was suggested (some of which I was unfamiliar with),
discovered that no one had the "rational" answer I was hoping for, and
politely stepped aside. We all enjoyed the discussion, and as I said, I
realized I hadn't done enough recording to know the "right" questions to ask.
Perhaps someday I'll know what they are and get a satisfactory answer.
I am a mild version of Monk (though you wouldn't know it looking at my home).
I am what some people would consider overly "rational", but I consider that a
good thing. To wit... I'm not interested in facts. I want to understand
principles.
I apply this to other people's viewpoints. If someone's theories seem to have
an underlying principle -- especially one connected with other well-understood
theories -- I will give them considerably more weight than theories which seem
to be flying without a tether.
This is the ahem principal reason I have disagreed with you so much. It's
because your theories don't seem to fit very well with what I believe is
correct. It's as if you're working on a different jigsaw puzzle with a
different picture and differently shaped pieces.
Gary, you have to start asking yourself "What is truth?", rather than
reflexively defending your personal beliefs. However stupid and irrational it
might sound, most human beings think that whatever they believe is, per se,
correct. I was that way many years ago; I don't know when I outgrew it, but I
did.
Give it some thought.
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