Neil McCauley
23-05-2017, 09:10
Paul McGowan writes ....
It’s not always easy to separate fact from fiction because few things in life are black and white enough to make simple judgments.
For example, years ago a young technician who became a reviewer, Enid Lumley, drove three and a half hours to PS Audio headquarters to report a discovery she had made. Our phono stage sounded better upside down. A claim that both Stan and I had trouble not laughing at.
And yet.
Enid was a good listener, proving to me time and again she heard things that were valid. So, who were we to dismiss out of hand her claim?
It wasn’t until years later when I was introduced to Doug Blackwell’s invention, the VPI Brick, that it dawned on me .....
Continues at http://www.hifianswers.com/2017/05/a-point-of-view-separating-fact-from-fiction/
It’s not always easy to separate fact from fiction because few things in life are black and white enough to make simple judgments.
For example, years ago a young technician who became a reviewer, Enid Lumley, drove three and a half hours to PS Audio headquarters to report a discovery she had made. Our phono stage sounded better upside down. A claim that both Stan and I had trouble not laughing at.
And yet.
Enid was a good listener, proving to me time and again she heard things that were valid. So, who were we to dismiss out of hand her claim?
It wasn’t until years later when I was introduced to Doug Blackwell’s invention, the VPI Brick, that it dawned on me .....
Continues at http://www.hifianswers.com/2017/05/a-point-of-view-separating-fact-from-fiction/