Pronunciation of manufacturers' names

[Shovel_Knight]

"O'Aich e oak ah"

More like “oach oak ah”, the “ch” in “oach” should pronounced more like “h” in “home”

[jandl100]

I'm a stereotypical Brit - useless at foreign languages.
I scraped through my French O level by memorising several essays and slightly adapting the nearest to the range of titles offered in the exam. Not strictly cheating, but close!
I got slung out of my German O level class for being embarassingly incompetent.

My brain just isn't wired up that way.
I was good at maths and science.

[Marco]

I'My brain just isn't wired up that way.
I was good at maths and science.

I was exactly the same with maths and science, in terms of my brain not being wired up that way. I got by ok, but excelled much more at languages. It's the classic left-side versus the right side of the brain thing:



I have, by far and away, more right-brain traits. The key omission being left-hand control, as my left hand is virtually an ornament.

However, I know in that respect, I'll be in the minority on forums! I also believe it's the main reason why diehard subjectivists and objectivists clash so often on hi-fi matters... Given the stated traits of LB and RB, on the above image, can you see why that might be?

Oh, and I couldn't be further away either from being a "stereotypical Brit". Nothing wrong with being British (far from it), but I don't really feel it. I consider myself primarily Italian, born in Scotland, and so those are the two countries (and cultures) that form my identity.

Marco.

[jandl100]

Interesting that music awareness is down as a right brain thing.
I guess that's why I've always been attracted to classical music (and why I hate free form jazz) - there's a rule-based structure that my left brain latches on to.
Ah, you just can't beat the strictly formal, interweaving complexities of a great Bach fugue. --my favourite piece of music is Bach's Passacaglia & Fugue BWV582.

[Marco]

Lol, how are you at the likes of Creativity, Intuition and Holistic thought? Those IMO, are (or should be) core traits of the subjectivist mindset, of which you are one, no?

Here's an interesting link to Cognitive Styles, where Analytic vs. Holistic thinking is discussed: http://www.intropsych.com/ch07_cogni..._thinking.html

If there's one area of science that fascinates me, it's human psychology!

Marco.

[jandl100]

Lol, how are you at the likes of Creativity, Intuition and Holistic thought? Those IMO, are (or should be) core traits of the subjectivist mindset, of which you are one, no?

Mmm, not so hot, actually.
I was a very good "middle manager" in my day, I needed someone with a creative mindset to set out the Vision, which I then implemented.

Re: subjectivity in audio.
My analytical, objective mind has learned from experience that it is subjective results that matter when it comes to music reproduction.

[Marco]

My analytical, objective mind has learned from experience that it is subjective results that matter when it comes to music reproduction.

Excellent, could you pass your words of wisdom onto folk like Serge?

Marco.

[jandl100]

Excellent, could you pass your words of wisdom onto folk like Serge?

Marco.

I doubt I could manage that.

Putting (analytical, of course!) figures on it, I guess I am something like 75/25 left/right balance, whereas the objective fundamentalist types I'd imagine are way less than 25% righties.
No hope, I'm afraid.

[Mike Reed]

Re: subjectivity in audio.
My analytical, objective mind has learned from experience that it is subjective results that matter when it comes to music reproduction.

Couldn't agree more. Think my brain falls somewhere in the middle; the dead zone between the L and R. Interesting schematic, b.t.w., Marco. If music awareness had been included on the right, I'd be almost home and dried. I was previously a bit confused, but now I'm not so sure.

[struth]

not much of my brain left, but i have a few from each side i guess. does that make me a more rounded person, or an idiot? answers on a postcard