"ScottW" wrote in message
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Robert Morein wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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Robert Morein wrote:

I've never known Arny to *lie*.

He's pretty reliable as far as I'm concerned. He knows a damn sight
more
about audio than most contributors here.

Thanks for the assist Graham, but you really have to understand
Morein's
situation.

He's been caught in many lies, some of which regrettably terminated his
academic career.

Given that he was at the time, a 50-year-old college student with no
other
professional experience, the acute nature of his situation should be
clear.

Now we have a clear case of a lie.
I have ample "professional experience."
Arny will respond by saying, "prove it", to which I respond with the
following:

You have made a statement that is either true or untrue about me.
If a
person made a statement about another person that was not true,

Since we can't get past the truth or lack of it the rest of your
argument is moot.

then in a
libel case, the person who made the statement is liable, regardless of
whether the subject person denied or affirmed the statement.

In other words,
I do not have to reveal on this forum what my professional experience is
for
you to lie about it.

No... you don't. But you do if you want to prove that he lied..
which apparently you don't.

It is a dirty debating tactic to assert as truth about
a person what you do not know. In fact, it is a lie.

Unknown = lie.... some interesting albeit insane logic. With no
additional data Arny has a 50/50 chance of being correct.

Now, what about the
status of your NAMBLA membership. Would you care to deny that you are, or
have ever been, a member of NAMBLA? Refer to the preceding discussion,
for
guidance, if you like.

Apparently you'd like to imply that Arny is a member yet without
actual knowledge, by your own logic, you'd be lying. But... if you're
not a liar...then you must have knowledge...and then the question comes
up... how do you have knowledge of NAMBLA memebership?


Now, returning to audio, Arny provides the following link:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/ampins/webbop/5532.htm, the website of one
Douglas Self, who has a webpage on the 5532, with a nice drafting paper
background. Apparently, Mr. Self likes the 5532. However, regardless of
Mr.
Self's professional experience, there are many people in the world who
dislike the 5532, which is one of the reasons so many equipment mods are
offered to replace it.

Now, it is possible that the 5532 is a good device when used in a limited
fashion. I do use it, in a limited fashion. Certainly, it is ubiquitous.
But
I have noted on many occasions that 5532 outputs sound strained in
comparison to discrete outputs. When I turn the gain up past
approximately
unity, on the numerous pieces I have in my collection, there is a
deterioration in sound quality.

I would suggest the vast majority of users of this device have no gain
control at this stage of their systems.
It seems you have put together a system with poorly matched I/O
characteristics requiring your source to drive loads at levels it can't
handle requiring additional stages of circuitry.

A workable solution after you've found yourself in a picke... but it
certainly doesn't warrant you recommend that other people make the same
stupid mistake you did in putting together their systems.

Scott, don't be intolerant. People have diverse goals in constructing their
systems. Without knowing all the particulars, it is intolerant of you to
condemn choices different from your own.