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Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos.
I have been away for months, mainly because of extensive home-improvement projects. Those projects, which in addition to new floors, new paint, an expanded woodworking shop out back (and the acquisition of many new woodworking tools), included expanding a smallish bedroom area into a second large AV room for product reviewing and home-entertainment enjoyment, are pretty much complete. The projects also cut into my regular audio writing (although I always managed to have at least one piece in each issue of The Sensible Sound even during the home-improvement period), but now I am back up to steam and my material should start flowing as heavy as ever in the magazine. I have been reviewing some interesting gear (and recordings) lately, and of course the magazine will continue to have my usual pointed and to the point columns. Incidentally, The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound project is nearly complete (it has been out of my hands for months, but the editors have been soldiering on) and the new edition of the book (which contains many, many articles by yours truly) should be in print by July. It is nice to have this book under my belt, even though, unlike with my previous four books, I was not the sole author. Anyway, while diddling with my old computer this afternoon (I rarely use it much these days, except to do article writing and a bit of email) I decided to see what was going on with RAO, and wouldn't you know, the group is just as nutty and disfunctional as ever. Get a life, guys. And, no, I am not going to rejoin the group. I have a life. Howard Ferstler Needless to say, author of: High Fidelity Audio Video Systems (McFarland, 1991) High Definition Compact Disc Recordings (McFarland, 1994) The Home Theater Companion (Schirmer Books, 1997) The Digital Audio Music List (A-R Editions, 1999) |
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"Rich Andrews." wrote in message .44... (Howard Ferstler) wrote in m: Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos. [snip] Howard, If you think it is bad now, you should have been here a few weeks ago. You couldn't find a discussion about audio for all the political BS. I believe that what you and I are witnessing is the death of Usenet. Soon all of the newsgroup will be filled with the dredges of society, the socially incapable, and the mentally ill, with nary a sane person in sight. When that day arrives it will be renamed Nutnet and the coffin will be sealed. All that will be left to do then is to watch the corpse rot. That may be, but Rich, but I hope that you would not put Howard in the class of quality usenet contributors. His opinions of equipment are as tone-deaf as Arny's, without even the benefit of basic techician level audio knowledge. On the other hand, it's possible that unlike Arny and McCarty, his voice doesn't sound like a whiny chipmunk. Does anyone have a wav sample? |
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Howard said:
Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos. I have been away for months, We know you are doing this to test the waters, so to speak, to see if anyone remembers when you had to leave the group in disgrace because you were caught plagiarizing. We all remember. You cannot come back, tweako-freako. Boon |
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Message-id: Howard said: Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos. I have been away for months, We know you are doing this to test the waters, so to speak, to see if anyone remembers when you had to leave the group in disgrace because you were caught plagiarizing. We all remember. You cannot come back, tweako-freako. Boon That was right after he got busted on his published fraudulant DBTs. Double disgrace. Who knows what monkey business he's been up to since then. |
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Marc Phillips wrote:
You cannot come back, tweako-freako. So who is it thatis the self-appointed ruler or RAO? Marc Phillips or David Weil? Whichever it is, I'm reminded of The Lord Of The Flies. |
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Date: 4/14/2004 7:52 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: Marc Phillips wrote: You cannot come back, tweako-freako. So who is it thatis the self-appointed ruler or RAO? Marc Phillips or David Weil? Whichever it is, I'm reminded of The Lord Of The Flies. It was an observation not a command. Did you forget that Howard left RAO in total disgrace after being exposed as a plagiarist? Are you OK with plagiarism in general? If not, are you making an exception for Howard? |
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Sander de Waal wrote:
(Howard Ferstler) said: Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos. I have been away for months, I thought it was years  (Not that there's anything wrong with that). "At least" your sense of humor hasn't suffered. Enjoy life at the swamp, note. -- The alligators are sometimes attracted by the sounds of subwoofers. Sander deWaal Vacuum Audio Consultancy Bruce J. Richman |
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"Rich Andrews." wrote in message .44... Howard is among the lesser issues AFAIC. Reviews of equipment are based on the reviewers experiences and as such, all have to be taken with a grain of salt. How his voice sounds really is irrevalent. I don't know about either persons tone deafness, but Arny certainly comes across as irrational on certain sub-topics. Based on his postings one really starts to think is is quite intolerant. I am glad you are "at least" starting to think. |
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Howard, why do I still see the same, full-of-himself, witless, useless asshole I've had to endure for what feels like a century now. You know, I came out of RAO retirement just
to see you off. So bow your head for the ****in' Champagne bottle. See ya'. Oh by the way, didn't you leave RAO about 17 times so far? *Please* make it permanent this time and stop being a phony *******. In article , says... Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos. I have been away for months, mainly because of extensive home-improvement projects. Those projects, which in addition to new floors, new paint, an expanded woodworking shop out back (and the acquisition of many new woodworking tools), included expanding a smallish bedroom area into a second large AV room for product reviewing and home-entertainment enjoyment, are pretty much complete. The projects also cut into my regular audio writing (although I always managed to have at least one piece in each issue of The Sensible Sound even during the home-improvement period), but now I am back up to steam and my material should start flowing as heavy as ever in the magazine. I have been reviewing some interesting gear (and recordings) lately, and of course the magazine will continue to have my usual pointed and to the point columns. Incidentally, The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound project is nearly complete (it has been out of my hands for months, but the editors have been soldiering on) and the new edition of the book (which contains many, many articles by yours truly) should be in print by July. It is nice to have this book under my belt, even though, unlike with my previous four books, I was not the sole author. Anyway, while diddling with my old computer this afternoon (I rarely use it much these days, except to do article writing and a bit of email) I decided to see what was going on with RAO, and wouldn't you know, the group is just as nutty and disfunctional as ever. Get a life, guys. And, no, I am not going to rejoin the group. I have a life. Howard Ferstler Needless to say, author of: High Fidelity Audio Video Systems (McFarland, 1991) High Definition Compact Disc Recordings (McFarland, 1994) The Home Theater Companion (Schirmer Books, 1997) The Digital Audio Music List (A-R Editions, 1999) |
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Armand wrote:
Howard, why do I still see the same, full-of-himself, witless, useless asshole I've had to endure for what feels like a century now. You know, I came out of RAO retirement just to see you off. So bow your head for the ****in' Champagne bottle. See ya'. Oh by the way, didn't you leave RAO about 17 times so far? *Please* make it permanent this time and stop being a phony *******. In article , says... Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos. I have been away for months, mainly because of extensive home-improvement projects. Those projects, which in addition to new floors, new paint, an expanded woodworking shop out back (and the acquisition of many new woodworking tools), included expanding a smallish bedroom area into a second large AV room for product reviewing and home-entertainment enjoyment, are pretty much complete. The projects also cut into my regular audio writing (although I always managed to have at least one piece in each issue of The Sensible Sound even during the home-improvement period), but now I am back up to steam and my material should start flowing as heavy as ever in the magazine. I have been reviewing some interesting gear (and recordings) lately, and of course the magazine will continue to have my usual pointed and to the point columns. Incidentally, The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound project is nearly complete (it has been out of my hands for months, but the editors have been soldiering on) and the new edition of the book (which contains many, many articles by yours truly) should be in print by July. It is nice to have this book under my belt, even though, unlike with my previous four books, I was not the sole author. Anyway, while diddling with my old computer this afternoon (I rarely use it much these days, except to do article writing and a bit of email) I decided to see what was going on with RAO, and wouldn't you know, the group is just as nutty and disfunctional as ever. Get a life, guys. And, no, I am not going to rejoin the group. I have a life. Howard Ferstler Needless to say, author of: High Fidelity Audio Video Systems (McFarland, 1991) High Definition Compact Disc Recordings (McFarland, 1994) The Home Theater Companion (Schirmer Books, 1997) The Digital Audio Music List (A-R Editions, 1999) Nice to hear from you again, Armand. It's been a long time. I hope that your prior medical problems were successfully resolved. At any rate, not only has Fester "unretiired" here, but also has resumed his act on RAHE. The only duifference is that over there he has to be more restrained, but that hasn't stopped him from braggins about his collection of subwoofers and of course, shamelessly shilling for his publicatons. Bruce J. Richman |
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"Howard Ferstler" wrote in message m... I have a life. Are you sure its not somebody else's??? |
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Arny said:
Marc Phillips wrote: You cannot come back, tweako-freako. So who is it thatis the self-appointed ruler or RAO? Marc Phillips or David Weil? Whichever it is, I'm reminded of The Lord Of The Flies. If I'm the ruler, then get the **** out now, pedophile. Boon |
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S888Wheel said:
Date: 4/14/2004 7:52 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: Marc Phillips wrote: You cannot come back, tweako-freako. So who is it thatis the self-appointed ruler or RAO? Marc Phillips or David Weil? Whichever it is, I'm reminded of The Lord Of The Flies. It was an observation not a command. Did you forget that Howard left RAO in total disgrace after being exposed as a plagiarist? Are you OK with plagiarism in general? If not, are you making an exception for Howard? You have to remember that Howard once wrote an e-mail to someone saying that even though Arny was a suspected audiophile, he could not dismiss him as an ally because fighting the EHEE was more important. That's right, more important than the safety of children. Boon |
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S888Wheel said:
Standard Time Message-id: Howard said: Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos. I have been away for months, We know you are doing this to test the waters, so to speak, to see if anyone remembers when you had to leave the group in disgrace because you were caught plagiarizing. We all remember. You cannot come back, tweako-freako. Boon That was right after he got busted on his published fraudulant DBTs. Double disgrace. Who knows what monkey business he's been up to since then. Not a whole lot. He hasn't written an audio review in along time. The Audiophile Voice, which these days resembles a pamphlet more than anything, still carries him on the masthead, but he hasn't had anything published since he was disgraced here. Boon |
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On 13 Apr 2004 14:31:10 -0700, (Howard Ferstler)
wrote: I decided to see what was going on with RAO, and wouldn't you know, the group is just as nutty and disfunctional as ever. And you are just as much in need of an editor as ever. Now that you've blown through your inheritance, what are you going to do now? |
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:44:18 -0500, dave weil
wrote: On 13 Apr 2004 14:31:10 -0700, (Howard Ferstler) wrote: I decided to see what was going on with RAO, and wouldn't you know, the group is just as nutty and disfunctional as ever. And you are just as much in need of an editor as ever. Now that you've blown through your inheritance, what are you going to do now? Oh yeah, now I'm a professional writer as well...just thought I'd keep you up to date. |
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Sander de Waal wrote:
(Bruce J. Richman) said: Enjoy life at the swamp, note. The alligators are sometimes attracted by the sounds of subwoofers. " At least" I have the required pair of pliers and a dehumidifier, note. -- Sander deWaal Vacuum Audio Consultancy But he's published - LOT'S! Bruce J. Richman |
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dave said:
Oh yeah, now I'm a professional writer as well...just thought I'd keep you up to date. Cool, dave! Whatcha doing? Boon |
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On 15 Apr 2004 21:05:47 GMT, (Marc Phillips)
wrote: dave said: Oh yeah, now I'm a professional writer as well...just thought I'd keep you up to date. Cool, dave! Whatcha doing? Boon Here it is: http://www.nashvillescene.com This is the weekly newspaper here in Nashville. They bought my story, *and* two pictures, only one of which they used on the website. They used both in the print edition, but only in black and white. I *will* say that I submitted to the editor and was only disappointed in one part, and I'm sure you can figure out which part (it's the awkward part g - but the editor was a bit under the gun and I didn't really catch it either). I'm going to send you the mockup of the print edition privately. Maybe I should send it to Atkinson as well chuckle |
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:41:18 +0200, Lionel
wrote: Maybe I should send it to Atkinson as well chuckle I would prefer *one* word and lot of pictures of his wife. Do you listen to her last album ? Nope. I have read somewhere that Gary Peacock refused to play with Elvis on stage. Do you heard about that ?. Yes. |
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:14:34 -0400, in rec.audio.opinion you wrote:
dave weil said: Here it is: http://www.nashvillescene.com This is the weekly newspaper here in Nashville. They bought my story, *and* two pictures, only one of which they used on the website. They used both in the print edition, but only in black and white. They spelled Your Name wrong, note. *******s. |
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"George M. Middius" wrote in message dave weil said: Here it is: http://www.nashvillescene.com This is the weekly newspaper here in Nashville. They bought my story, *and* two pictures, only one of which they used on the website. They used both in the print edition, but only in black and white. They spelled Your Name wrong, note. They did? |
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"George M. Middius" wrote in message Schizoid Man said: They spelled Your Name wrong, note. They did? Inside joke. Ahh.. |
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dave said:
On 15 Apr 2004 21:05:47 GMT, (Marc Phillips) wrote: dave said: Oh yeah, now I'm a professional writer as well...just thought I'd keep you up to date. Cool, dave! Whatcha doing? Boon Here it is: http://www.nashvillescene.com This is the weekly newspaper here in Nashville. They bought my story, *and* two pictures, only one of which they used on the website. They used both in the print edition, but only in black and white. I *will* say that I submitted to the editor and was only disappointed in one part, and I'm sure you can figure out which part (it's the awkward part g - but the editor was a bit under the gun and I didn't really catch it either). I'm going to send you the mockup of the print edition privately. Thanks, dave...got it. I just came in front out of town, so I'll read it tonight. Congratulations! Boon |
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"Rich Andrews." wrote in message . 3.44...
(Howard Ferstler) wrote in m: Hello, rec.audio.opinion tweako-freakos. I have been away for months, mainly because of extensive home-improvement projects. Those projects, which in addition to new floors, new paint, an expanded woodworking shop out back (and the acquisition of many new woodworking tools), included expanding a smallish bedroom area into a second large AV room for product reviewing and home-entertainment enjoyment, are pretty much complete. The projects also cut into my regular audio writing (although I always managed to have at least one piece in each issue of The Sensible Sound even during the home-improvement period), but now I am back up to steam and my material should start flowing as heavy as ever in the magazine. I have been reviewing some interesting gear (and recordings) lately, and of course the magazine will continue to have my usual pointed and to the point columns. Incidentally, The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound project is nearly complete (it has been out of my hands for months, but the editors have been soldiering on) and the new edition of the book (which contains many, many articles by yours truly) should be in print by July. It is nice to have this book under my belt, even though, unlike with my previous four books, I was not the sole author. Anyway, while diddling with my old computer this afternoon (I rarely use it much these days, except to do article writing and a bit of email) I decided to see what was going on with RAO, and wouldn't you know, the group is just as nutty and disfunctional as ever. Get a life, guys. And, no, I am not going to rejoin the group. I have a life. Howard Ferstler Needless to say, author of: High Fidelity Audio Video Systems (McFarland, 1991) High Definition Compact Disc Recordings (McFarland, 1994) The Home Theater Companion (Schirmer Books, 1997) The Digital Audio Music List (A-R Editions, 1999) Howard, If you think it is bad now, you should have been here a few weeks ago. You couldn't find a discussion about audio for all the political BS. I believe that what you and I are witnessing is the death of Usenet. Soon all of the newsgroup will be filled with the dredges of society, the socially incapable, and the mentally ill, with nary a sane person in sight. When that day arrives it will be renamed Nutnet and the coffin will be sealed. All that will be left to do then is to watch the corpse rot. r Hi, Rich. I just caught your post (it is Sunday, and I have not even turned on my computer for several days) and decided to submit a quick reply here rather than attach one to any of the goofy other responses that resulted from my little commentary. Indeed, I just again looked over some of those other responses to my post and those prove the point I was making. The sad fact is that audio is kind of dying off as a serious hobby for people with any kind of stability. There are a number of rational types left (many of whom are friends of mine, or at least pen pals), but for the most part the more "enthusiastic" audio buffs are people with emotional problems. RAO prove that thesis pretty emphatically. I will also point out that someone mentioned that I was not doing much writing these days, and proved their point by a reference to The Audiophile Voice, a magazine that I have only written for a few times (five articles, I think). On the other hand, I continue to write regular material for The Sensible Sound (I will sometimes have more articles in one issue of that magazine than my entire output for TAV), and even during the period where I was either working on or supervising the work upon our various house upgrades and mods I managed to knock off a few commentary columns, a couple of product reviews, and numerous recording reviews. Lately, I have been doing considerably more writing and those efforts will be showing up in future issues of the magazine. Some of the products I have auditioned lately have been pretty exciting, and a recent issue (number 98, I believe) has my review of a rather remarkable Rane THX-44 equalizer. I like stuff like that, and of course I continue to love reviewing speakers, subwoofers, and surround processor devices. So do not let anyone tell you that my literary efforts are on the decline. Someone also mentioned my so-called plagiarism disgrace here on RAO, and all I can say about that is that it was nothing more than a small bump on the road. The book goes forward, and I remain a major contributor. The big loss was that John Atkinson decided to have his bio pulled from the book (and did so while melodramatically announcing that fact here on RAO), supposedly because he did not want his name associated with a guy like me. (I will point out that prior to his defection I wrote his biographical sketch based upon material he sent to me and I sent it to him for appoval and got it; and then sent it to the publisher along with dozens of other bios that I had written.) Given that I have taken Stereophile magazine and other magazines of its kind to task for misleading readers (the publishing philosophy being to keep them on the edges of their collective seats as they wait for news of mystery and assorted audio revelations), in an attempt to keep the magazine and high-end audio in general - afloat. When someone like me comes along, those who are being shown up for what they are will grasp at any straw they can to bolster both their perceived integrity and their self esteem. Show the messenger up as a bad guy and you magically begin to look like a good guy. So goes John's rationale when it came to having his bio removed from the Encyclopedia. I think that his pulling his bio from the Encyclopedia resulted in two losses: (1) it was a loss to the book, because for all of his limitations John is a major player in the audio-journalism business and a very good recording engineer, and rated a spot in the book and (2) it was a loss for him, because there are dozens and dozens of other notables that will have biographical sketches in the book and John should have been happy to be in such company. In any case, I continue to be an audio writer (at least until my health finally causes me to retire from that work), but I certainly do not intend to do any more heavy-duty writing here. RAO is a minor part of what has become a minor hobby, and nobody in his right mind would want to spend too much time communing with the lunatic fringe. Howard Ferstler |
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Howard said:
Someone also mentioned my so-called plagiarism disgrace here on RAO, and all I can say about that is that it was nothing more than a small bump on the road. The book goes forward, and I remain a major contributor. And how many years now has it been since they first contacted you? How much of a delay did your plagiarism cost your publishers? And how much do you want to bet that this is the last time they'll contract your services? Boon |
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