Likewise, the fact that it was annealed before bonding makes me think so to :eyebrows: That'll be some lovely soft copper, bye bye resonances at a guess ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Likewise, the fact that it was annealed before bonding makes me think so to :eyebrows: That'll be some lovely soft copper, bye bye resonances at a guess ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Hi Dave,
Good question! Obtaining real 'proof' of certain audio effects, as you know, is often easier said than done, so as usual I'll go with what my ears and experience tells me.Quote:
A serious question, how do you know that there are eddy currents in the supplied techie platter and, if they are, do they really affect the performance of the cartridge used? Have you been given proof of this, or is it just hearsay by others?
I've analysed in isolation the (very positive) sonic effect of removing the stock PSU from underneath the Techie platter, which for me was easily discernable. I'm expecting the reduction in eddy currents transferred from the motor unit, as a result of the effect of the bonded copper mat on the platter (and the subsequent sonic benefits), to be equally as discernable.
The sonic effect of eddy currents on the cartridge usually translates as a 'thickening' of the sound with subdued dynamics (and high frequency information), so it's fairly easy to spot in a genuinely 'wide open' and revealing system.
I'll let you know what happens, because when Guy sends me a copper mat to try, I'll be able to compare the difference both with and without with the stock platter :cool:
Marco.
Hi Mike... I'm sorry you have been slated by one of my fellow countrymen. I know of DC's reputation from my time on VE. I'm going to say no more about it other than his reputation precedes him and I have a policy of not doing business with dishonest types.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike_New
As for your ban from VE? It seems to be a favourite pastime of the owner to kick people with no explanation. I am a fellow victim, but in my case it led me to discover AoS, which is a far friendlier place to be... :respect:
Thank you synsei,
No worries mate... :goodluck:
It is the way DC operates.
A very greedy individual who has no lower limits when it comes to lining his own purse. Ethics have no place in his business accumen.
I say this from experience with reference to an offer outside of hiFi. Put simply his commission offer was some 30% above normal practice. It didn't take long to find out someone was all for lining their own pocket.
Suffers from dilusional granduer and over familiarity.
Nuff said
Hi SF
Nice to see you on here. How's you?
I am very fine indeed brother Bubba.
Rather stumbled across this place by accident (and an E-Bay event), Still a VE man, but hey more forums, more fun.
'Scuse my ignorance, but "VE" has been mentioned on here quite a few times lately - what is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by satanfriendly
Vinyl Engine - it's another forum.
http://www.vinylengine.com/news.shtml
Cheers, will take a peek over there sometime.
Well, no comments have been made on this thread for quite a while, but I feel that I must reply to Dave Cawley's remarks about Mike's bearing on The Hi-fi Subjectivist (Richard Dunn's site). See here (scroll down to the bottom): http://hifisubjectivist.com/viewtopi...bcf106c#unread
The remarks below, by DC, were prompted by what I'd written on another thread in Blank Canvas, regarding the ethics (or otherwise) of hi-fi magazines, where DC has now been appointed by HFW to give advice to readers on upgrading their systems (!) and where I mentioned about Dave Cawley ripping off Mike's Technics bearing design: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showp...2&postcount=31
First of all, the old chestnut of the "defective design" thing is bollocks. You apply oil to the bearing, through the reservoir at the base of the spindle, and it penetrates down to the bearing to lubricate it accordingly, and then top it up when necessary - simples!Quote:
(Dave Cawley, on The Hi-fi Subjectivist) Hi Guys
I won't deny that I tried to improve on that design, so that the oil could be changed, as it is it's in there for ever, you can't change it, or even check if there is any. I was advised on engineering grounds not to continue, so I stopped. But believe me, if I had wanted to copy that defective design, I could, and I could have avoided all copyright and IPR's. But that's not what I do!
Why would you need to change the oil, certainly within any remotely immediate timescale? You're lubricating the oil in a T/T bearing, FFS, not the engine in a car! :doh: Therefore, once it's in there doing its job, there's no reason to touch it for a very long time, if ever.
Dave Cawley is using the "defective design" bollocks, creating a 'problem' where none exists, simply as an excuse to cover up the fact that he was trying to shaft Mike, by ripping-off his design, which is obvious by his following comments, to anyone with half of a brain:
What he actually means is that once he took a sample of Mike's bearing around some engineering workshops in the UK (completely without Mike's permission), and found out how much it would cost to replicate it here in this country (bearing in mind that Mike is in Australia), he binned the idea once he discovered that the cost involved would wipe out any hope of him making the profits that he had envisaged making, once he'd successfully copied the design, behind Mike's back!Quote:
I won't deny that I tried to improve on that design, so that the oil could be changed, as it is it's in there for ever, you can't change it, or even check if there is any. I was advised on engineering grounds not to continue, so I stopped.
It's all a smokescreen to try and cover up his odious dishonesty and unscrupulous business practices. Surely anyone can read through the bullshit and see this?
But it's these remarks that show exactly the type of man he is:
No, what you do is try and rip people off by stealing their designs, my friend.Quote:
I won't deny that I tried to improve on that design... But believe me, if I had wanted to copy that defective design, I could, and I could have avoided all copyright and IPR's. But that's not what I do!
The crux of the matter and the key question is this: did Mike New give DC permission to "improve" his bearing design - indeed was this matter discussed between them and agreed at any stage in their relationship?
If not (and we know he didn't, as no doubt Mike will confirm) then why on earth was Dave Cawley taking a sample of the bearing to engineering workshops here in the UK, supposedly to "improve" the design, and tampering with it, in the first place??
As far as I'm concerned, DC's admission of tampering with Mike's bearing, without his permission, is in fact an admission that his real motives were to try and copy it (hopefully more cheaply than Mike was supplying them to him at the time) and selling it at a bigger profit, thus removing Mike from the equation. That's a nice way to treat a supposed business partner, eh?? :rolleyes:
Also this:
Forget the legalities of the matter - what about basic morals and decency? Is that how you treat people?? Mike New and DC were supposed to be in business TOGETHER, not one person going behind the other's back, to cut the other out of the equation!Quote:
if I had wanted to copy that defective design, I could, and I could have avoided all copyright and IPR's...
Anyway, I felt it necessary to post this recent information for the benefit of anyone who is interested, and to remind people of the kind of human being that is Mr Dave Cawley, the hi-fi dealer, currently working for HFW magazine.
Marco.
:nocomment: how can you add anything to that:scratch:
I think the time for 'niceties' is over. DC has clearly admitted his intention was to abuse Mikes intellectual property rights and I would now strongly urge him to stop this dead in its tracks and begin court proceedings against both Sound HiFi , the business, and Dave Cawley personally. The longer this drags on the more DC will attempt to sully Mikes good name and drag his business through the dirt...
I would also question Richard Dunn's integrity, a man who has consistently slated dealers for their 'nefarious business practises' and who champions the direct seller. I would suggest he has betrayed his principles by allowing the 'enemy' to comment on his forum. The next time he accuses somebody of shilling I shall remind him of his hypocrisy...
Hi Dave,
Indeed, and I'm glad that people can finally see it, after he's now all but admitted it.Quote:
I think the time for 'niceties' is over. DC has clearly admitted his intention was to abuse Mikes intellectual property rights...
The only thing that matters to Richard Dunn is having a giggle (when the reality is that others elsewhere are laughing more at him) to brighten up his otherwise dull life. I guess that when you get to his age, you've got to take whatever excitement you can get! :DQuote:
I would also question Richard Dunn's integrity, a man who has consistently slated dealers for their 'nefarious business practises' and championed the direct seller. I would suggest he has betrayed his principles by allowing the 'enemy' to comment on his forum...
Also, given the above, can you spot the, hilarious beyond belief, hypocrisy, in this statement from him (in reference to me) on the 'Quinn & Dunn show' that he calls a hi-fi forum:
You mean just like YOU have "let it go" about dealers "slurping" and how you were so 'wronged' by the industry (which has turned you into the bitter and twisted old man you are today), and instead drone on and on (and on) about the subject, making reference to it in some way, whenever you're given the slightest opportunity?? Pot > kettle syndrome, if there ever was one.Quote:
Just read it the same old same old, it is not the facts or even surmising in this case that matters, it is the manic preoccupation with it that borders on Asperger's syndrome. Why can't the man let it go?
Yes folks, welcome to Richard Dunn's Hypocrisy City!! :laugh:
Honestly, you couldn't make up such comedy, and the spectacular failure of him to look in the mirror and acknowledge that he's accusing me of doing *precisely* what he does himself, only with his chosen pet subject!! Laughable in the extreme? You betcha! :lol:
Now for the facts, rather than RD's deluded fantasies:
I brought this thread to life again because a discussion was started in Blank Canvas about the ethics of dealers, which referred to DC's involvement with HFW, and when I read Cawley's response on RD's forum, I couldn't not remark on how spectacularly he'd just shot himself in the foot, by all but admitting his attempted ripping off of Mike's bearing design.
Oh, and Dodgy Dave, A.K.A Creepy Crawley:
What utter nonsense. I couldn't give a flying f*ck about the viscosity of the oil in my MN bearing. Perish the thought!Quote:
I seemed to have opened a hornets nest over on AoS now that Marco has discovered he can't change the viscosity of the oil in his bearing to match the Funk platter, instead of the massive aluminium/copper he once had. He has every right to be a little annoyed!
The oil has been in there for long enough, and is doing its job very nicely, thanks, considering that my T/T is often in use for more than 10 hours a day. Therefore, I'm sure that if there was a problem, I'd know about it by now. The fact is, my T/T has never sounded better, particularly since I gave up using your vastly overpriced toytown power supplies.
Like Richard Dunn, you show a remarkably similar propensity to 'forget' the facts. I guess it's an age thing. Therefore, allow me to remind you:Quote:
But all this is academic as it all started to go wrong when I declined to let him have one of my PSU's. As most manufactures know you have to let stuff out on permanent loan and that isn't how I work.
It all "started to go wrong", my friend, when I discovered what a two-faced c*nt you were, after someone reported you bad-mouthing me to all and sundry at a hi-fi show, simply because I had the audacity to state on AoS that the Paul Hynes SR3 PSU, belonging to Shuggie (Hugo), I'd heard with my T/T, totally outperformed the Timestep PSU I was using at the time. How did you think that felt, considering at the time that I was good customer of yours - am I supposed to simply put up with that and let you get away with it?
Do you remember what I'm referring to, Dave, or is your dementia too highly advanced? Seems like it. Well, welcome to reality! Now you know that anyone who treats me like that gets their comeuppance.....
After I'd heard the superiority of Paul's SR3 demonstrated to me in my own system, I emailed you, and told you what had happened, in the hope that you would embrace the situation constructively. Therefore, I asked if I could borrow an HE version of the Timestep, to compare against the SR3, in the hope that the HE would outperform the SR3 (as believe it or not, at that time, I still had notions of being loyal to you, as a customer) - my God, I can't believe how naive I was then! :doh:
However, you refused and gave me some bollocks excuse that you don't loan out equipment (when that's precisely what most good dealers do, in order to make sure that their regular customers, which I was at the time, are happy, before taking a sale), when in fact we all know the REAL reason why you wouldn't send me one to try: because you knew full well that it wouldn't be any better than the SR3, and that it would then signal the end of me using your T/T power supplies and recommending them on AoS! :exactly:
That happened anyway, but not before you got all pissy with me because I'd simply found a better performing PSU for my turntable. Great attitude, eh?
It also "started to go wrong" when I sussed what you were *really* about and refused to become one of your puppets, whom you groom to worship you as a Technics T/T guru (haha), and others such as Martin T were also discovering the same, and ditching your products in favour of those from Paul Hynes, and also, crucially, when I discovered that you were not only a two-faced c*nt, in it simply to make as much money from people as possible, but an unscrupulous shyster too, after the Mike New debacle raised its ugly head...
*That*, sweetheart, is when it all "started to go wrong"! You could say that I 'woke up and smelled the coffee'...
Anyway, isn't it great timing and that all this has bubbled up to the surface nicely again, just in time for the Whittlebury Hall hi-fi show in two weeks, where you're exhibiting? I hope that your stall is busy... All publicity is good publicity, eh? ;)
Marco.
It is the nature of the beast that new technologies are conceived and continually honed over time to improve performance in an attempt to stay one step ahead of the competition. Conscientious inventors and developers employ their finely honed skills and expertise to facilitate this. If their competitors do the same then both they and their customers benefit. When just one of those competitors is either too lazy or doesn't possess the skillset to stay in the game and instead resorts to subterfuge, then everybody loses, including him.
Mr Dunn: Seeing as you are monitoring this thread so avidly (gawd knows why), let's discuss your favourite latin phrase, Ad Hominem. If you were as eager to apply your ad hominem rule towards your good self as you are against those who don't happen to share your point of view, I doubt there would be a single post of yours left on your own forum ;)
Richard, I'm not comfortable discussing this with you from over here. Allow me to sign up to your forum and I will introduce myself, then we can continue our interesting discussion on a platform better suited to it...
Lets invite DC over :lol:, mines the front row seat, ringside :D
Haha, how true is that? :DQuote:
Mr Dunn: Seeing as you are monitoring this thread so avidly (gawd knows why), let's discuss your favourite latin phrase, Ad Hominem. If you were as eager to apply your ad hominem rule towards your good self as you are against those who don't happen to share your point of view, I doubt there would be a single post of yours left on your own forum...
RD's bastardisation of the meaning of 'ad hominem' is a standing joke in popular circles - he simply twists the rules to suit himself, as indeed he frequently twists the truth to comply with his addled version of reality.
I'll give it 15 mins, tops, before he bans you for 'ad hominem'!! :lol:Quote:
Richard, I'm not comfortable discussing this with you from over here. Allow me to sign up to your forum and I will introduce myself, then we can continue our interesting discussion on a platform better suited to it...
Marco.
Hi Andrew,
We tried that briefly, before we banned him (while he was still a member here), where he was invited to defend himself against the accusations made against him, regarding Mike New.Quote:
Lets invite DC over :lol:, mines the front row seat, ringside :D
He declined, as he was too much of a pussy (doesn't have the balls to handle being questioned), and also because he knew that his 'goose was cooked', as it were, so he ran off to his own site, where he could preach to his brainwashed disciples in safety! ;)
Marco.
Shall I post a link to this thread on his timestep forum, It would be quite a giggle to get banned. :eek:
Lol - go for it! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Well, I've been kicked off. I think that says it all really... :rolleyes:
I think it is important to remember that Mike New is the victim here, and with the greatest respect Marco, the rocky relationship between yourself and Richard is just a side show. Frankly, all it would take to end this unpleasantness is for Dave to issue an apology for abusing Mike's trust. DC also needs to realise that competition is a good thing, if handled correctly he will benefit from it far more than he will if he cuts corners... :hmm:
Lol - you lasted longer than I thought!
Dunn's a clown of the highest order, twists things to suit himself, and is totally divorced from any notion of reality; best pitied than ridiculed. He's just a bored old man seeking to fill the empty hours of his life, the best way he can. It's all very sad.
I completely agree. I simply see myself as the facilitator of information for public consumption. However, I also consider it my duty to expose shysters, as they do no favours for the reputation and credibility of the industry, especially in these troubled times.Quote:
I think it is important to remember that Mike New is the victim here, and with the greatest respect Marco, the rocky relationship between yourself and Richard is just a side show.
Absolutely, although I think that Mike might tell him to stick his apology in the same place as RD told you to stick your respect! ;)Quote:
Frankly, all it would take to end this unpleasantness is for Dave to issue an apology for abusing Mike's trust. DC also needs to realise that competition is a good thing, if handled correctly he will benefit from it far more than he will if he cuts corners...
Excellent last point, I'll come back to that later. Din-dins beckon! :)
Marco.
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Originally Posted by REXTON
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Originally Posted by Marco
Done!
Right i'm going to have a look at Richard Dunn's site.
Link please? Can't find it, unless it's already been binned...Quote:
Originally Posted by REXTON
Marco.
It existed briefly, but now appears to have been binned...
What I find particularly sad is that the industry isn't big enough to absorb such behaviour without suffering immense damage to its credibility. We are witnessing the migration of brands that were highly influential back in the 1970's and 80's into the hands of vast, foreign owned conglomerates. The management of these huge structures can't resist imposing their own ideas onto their design teams and what ends up coming out of the sausage machine is mostly tat.
The one saving grace is that many of the designers and ex-managers of these once British owned concerns tend to leave to start their own, small businesses and carry on as usual. As I've mentioned in another thread, it will be a return to those august years of the 70's and 80's as all these new startups begin to re-engage with their old customer base and return us to a British hifi industry driven by small, innovative companies which produce outstanding products, as long as everybody behaves themselves of course... ;)
That in itself is an admission of guilt and a complete cover-up. Why not expose what's been written here to the scrutiny of his members, and let them judge the situation for themselves? If he was innocent of the accusations being made against him, he'd have no qualms about doing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by keiths
The truth is he's too scared to lose custom (as he knows he's guilty), that's why! ;)
Marco.
Yep, you get this reply if you try and log in
http://www.time-step.net/forum.php
it's down for a forum upgrade...:scratch:
Now that's rather convenient! ;)
Marco.
Yet again, I feel vindicated for every scathing word I've ever uttered regarding DC on this and other forums. :rolleyes:
DC also needs to realise that competition is a good thing
:popcorn:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Well, any audio engineer, worth their salt, and confident in their ability, embraces healthy competition and sees it as a positive thing, instead of sulks and moans about people being 'disloyal', when a customer of theirs discovers a competitor's product that they consider is sonically superior, as I did with Paul Hynes' SR3 PSU, compared with my (then) Timestep.
Therefore, when I approached Dave Cawley and told him that (being a good customer of his at the time), he should've welcomed the challenge and the opportunity to up the ante and to discover why, IMO, Paul's SR3 was so much better.
It should've been a case of 'let's look into it, Marco, and see what we can do', rather than the defensive and dismissive attitude I got (and slagged off, to boot, to fellow forum members at a hi-fi show), when merely asking for a loan of an HE PSU, to see whether it was any better than the SR3.
I can assure you that Paul Hynes would've reacted positively to the situation, and saw it as a challenge, if it had been the other way round, but then you're talking about a genuinely talented audio engineer, who knows his subject inside out, rather than a sales and marketing man (keen on topping up his pension fund), posing as an audio engineer, in the case of Cawley! ;)
Marco.
Mike,
You're very quiet in all of this. Not got any comments to make on recent developments? :)
Marco.
Hi Marco,
I am still recovering from the foregoing comments.
But I am bitterly disappointed beccause Cawley forgot to mention that my Bearings can also seize up when used in hot climates and possibly burst into flames!!! I did offer a free fire extinguisher service but no one took me up on the offer.
I now have over 150 bearings in many countries across Europe and Asia, and of course the US, and all are in the SL1200s of very happy customers.
The bullshit about bearing oil is just that, BS. You will find in much technical literature concerning bearings and precision gearboxes that they are “sealed for life”. Oil does not degrade with use, certainly not at the enormous speeds at which my Bearings rotate!.
However oil can become contaminated when exposed to the atmosphere as the normal and his modified bearings are.
Poor old Cawley is no doubt just trying to re-invigorating the interest in his products during these hard economic times.
And after all if people/(his disciples) believe in this crap, then they will beat a pathway to his door to buy more oil at great cost and profit to himself.
The amusing thing is, that his comments are providing me with far more kudos than the disrepute that his silly remarks seem to be bringing upon himself. Judging from emails I have been getting.
Cawley has always been very friendly with the stake holders in HFW, so it does not surprise me that he is now working for them. I offered to supply them with a bearing for use in their SL1200 and to do an evaluation, but I was not extended the courtesy of a reply.
Hi Mike,
Ha - yes, I'm glad you reminded us of that little beauty! :lol: :mental:Quote:
I am still recovering from the foregoing comments.
But I am bitterly disappointed beccause Cawley forgot to mention that my Bearings can also seize up when used in hot climates and possibly burst into flames!!! I did offer a free fire extinguisher service but no one took me up on the offer.
You mean that none of them have invested in shares in BP, to recoup the cost of all the oil that their bearings have lost?? :scratch:Quote:
I now have over 150 bearings in many countries across Europe and Asia, and of course the US, and all are in the SL1200s of very happy customers.
Hehehehe..... Slam > dunk!!Quote:
However oil can become contaminated when exposed to the atmosphere as the normal and his modified bearings are.
Yes, I'm sure that they'll be queuing up at his stall, at the forthcoming hi-fi show, to offer him plenty of rewards.Quote:
Poor old Cawley is no doubt just trying to re-invigorating the interest in his products during these hard economic times.
And after all if people/(his disciples) believe in this crap, then they will beat a pathway to his door to buy more oil at great cost and profit to himself.
Priceless, innit? Comedy at its absolute best :DQuote:
The amusing thing is, that his comments are providing me with far more kudos than the disrepute that his silly remarks seem to be bringing upon himself. Judging from emails I have been getting.
Like I said before, it's simply 'jobs for the boys'! Btw, could you just clear this up for me, so that the matter is left in no doubt:Quote:
Cawley has always been very friendly with the stake holders in HFW, so it does not surprise me that he is now working for them. I offered to supply them with a bearing for use in their SL1200 and to do an evaluation, but I was not extended the courtesy of a reply.
:)Quote:
The crux of the matter and the key question is this:
did Mike New give DC permission to "improve" his bearing design - indeed was this matter discussed between them and agreed at any stage in their relationship?
Marco.
I never at any time gave anyone permission to "improve" my Bearing far less Cawley. Indeed it cannot be improved within the limmited contraints of the SL1200 direct drive system. I guess that is what frustrates him so.Quote:
The crux of the matter and the key question is this:
did Mike New give DC permission to "improve" his bearing design - indeed was this matter discussed between them and agreed at any stage in their relationship?
Well then, that fact, coupled by the earlier admission, by Dave Cawley, of:
...proves that his intention was to abuse your intellectual property rights, and his tampering with your bearing in that way, and desire to "improve" it, without your permission, strongly suggests that his intention was also to copy it.Quote:
I won't deny that I tried to improve on that design, so that the oil could be changed...
I really don't see how any reasonable person, with an ounce of common sense, could argue that there wasn't some major skulduggery being carried out there by Dave Cawley.
I'll therefore leave it open for people to consider if they wish to do business with someone like that.
Marco.
Latest on the 'Quinn & Dunn' show:
The difference is, oh brainless one, that Cawley was in business at the time with Mike New, selling the bearing that Mike had designed, and that Cawley wasn't just trying to "improve" (on a bearing design he clearly didn't understand, and so couldn't be improved by him), but also to copy and sell it behind Mike's back, thereby stealing his design!Quote:
Now we have the guy who "designed" this bearing jumping in to provide more fuel for Il Duce's Aspergers syndrom. Now this is fine, there are many disputes between ex partners and much money in lawyers pockets. The thing I find most silly is to call Dave because he took a bearing to a bearing manufacturer and said "how can I improve on it", I am afraid in the real world it happens all the time, in fact I would say every manufacturer in every industry has explored existing things and said how can I improve on it. So what is this nonsense about "asking permission" to do it - bonkers. Lets look at reality and a specific pet manufacturer of Marco's. Is he saying that his Anthony TD amp was just designed from scratch, and Anthony hadn't owned another amp by another designer in his life that he didn't look at and say "how can I improve on it". The whole argument is fallacious in the extreme.
What kind of business relationship is that?? Is that how you operate? Those you mention above have not been guilty of such underhand and unethical behaviour, so your comparison is ridiculous.
I'd love to see what would happen if Jason tried to do the same to you, as Cawley did to Mike... Then we'd be hearing all about it!
Marco.
Birds of a feather stick together...
It continues:
The only reason that he didn't, was because he couldn't! That's irrelevant, though; it's the intent that counts.Quote:
BUT oh great and omnipotent one, he didn't do it, he thought about (according to you) and explored the possibility.
The very fact that he tried to tamper with the construction of Mike's bearing, without his permission, samples of which had been supplied to him in good faith, and "explored the possibility" of 'improving' it (without consulting him first), copying the design and selling it behind Mike's back, shows the morals of a sewer rat.
So if people feel comfortable doing business with someone like that, then good luck to them. I certainly wouldn't, and judging by the correspondence I've received, so wouldn't plenty of others.
The very fact that you think Cawley's unscrupulous behaviour is justifiable, also throws into question your own morals, else why would you condone it?
You mean just like you're similarly 'fixated' with dealers, by constantly moaning on about their "slurping", and all the other 'same old, same old' pish that you churn out, again and again and again, which proves that you're one damaged, twisted old puppy? :DQuote:
Why don't you just admit it, this is your problem no one elses, it is your lunacy, just like you have done with others in the past, you get fixated, you attack and try to destroy them...
Like I said, look in the mirror. The very behaviour you accuse me of above, you're equally as guilty of carrying out yourself, including threats of violence to people!
Marco.
Ha - what complete and utter shite :lol: :lol: :mental:Quote:
Most likely the problem in your mind has nothing to do with Mike New it is the fact that Dave used to crawl up your arse and supply you with free samples and new dem stuff, and then he withdrew it - how dare he...
That never happened ONCE, ask him yourself!! It's yet another figment of your fertile imagination. As for the rest of your drivel, it doesn't deserve being dignified with an answer.
I'll leave you now to enjoy the rest of the day (and the remainder of your life) as a bitter and twisted old man.
Over and out.
Marco.
Meanwhile, chaps and chap-esses, Dave Cawley's forum is still down: http://www.time-step.net/
It seems to be taking a long time to "run a version upgrade". Mmm... Maybe he's decided to do the right thing and pull the plug? ;)
Anyway, I've just received this message in private, which the sender would like put into the public domain, but remain anonymous:
The above (in bold) doesn't surprise me... Marketing men/salesmen rarely make good engineers! :rolleyes:Quote:
Hi Marco. Earlier this year (2012) I evaluated three bearings in my SL1200. The standard Technics platter was used.
I removed the Mike New bearing and subsituted a Timestep bearing. The Timestep bearing was purchased from Cawley back in 2009 - as a point it was one of the first TS bearings -when I had an SME M2-9 installed on my Technics SL1200.
I now use an SME Series V.
Anyway I fitted the stock bearing. It was obvious that things were not right. The soundstage had collapsed and every LP played sounded like it was somewhat out of phase.
I then fitted the TS bearing and it was obviously not an improvement on the stock bearing; in fact in some ways it was worse as the platter then had a distinct wobble to it.
On fitting the MN bearing the quality of improvement to the sound was so great that it showed that the MN bearing is, indeed, a really exceptional upgrade for the SL1200s'.
Marco.
Haha,what a throughly interesting read,more plot twists than an action packed thriller.
Keep it up,there's not much on tonight :lol:
Glad you enjoyed it, Darren. Where possible, we aim to entertain! :D
More seriously, as a Techy owner and customer of some of the more expensive tweaks available, what do you make of it all? The thing that gets me most is this: why hasn't Cawley, if he's innocent, defended himself and told his side of the story?
Mmm... I simply cannot believe that an innocent person would take all this flak and say absolutely nothing in their defence, and he has (had?) the public platform of his forum to use to stand up for himself, not to mention on Richard Dunn's site, where I'm sure that would've been welcomed with open arms!
It's all rather a mystery isn't it? ;)
Marco.
Well marco,i think it is all very shameful really.I'm all for supporting the british industry and revelent people,as my sig shows,but i find it quite disgusting how some people seem to carry on.
Just before all this had come out and i was just starting on my 1200 journey,i had almost bought one of DC's bearings,as like you have stated,he portrayed himself as a 'guru' if you like and gave the impression that he was like someone like say,glen croft or stan beresford (albeit as a seller as well).
It was only when the issue with mike new came out and i guess him dealing with that,that i started to have second thoughts and let the situation develope,that i started to see a different type of person to the one portrayed.
The modified technics industry (if you can call it that!) is i assume fairly small and therefore to completly shoot yourself not only in your foot,but both knee caps aswell,is amazing!!
At the end of the day,i'll be supporting those with ethical practises (especially in these times) who offer real value for money and excellent products.I'm the sort of person who usually stays 'loyal' to a brand that offers said things!
DC will not be getting any money from me anytime soon!!
Just to add,for me ethics play a large role in all aspects of my life,someone of DC's ilk would not get on too well with me!!!
To remind ourselves of this threads raisin d'etre, and particularly for those who are unaware of how this situation developed, it's worth reading the OP's original comment for further enlightenment and you will discover just why Dave Cawley is persona non grata.
It's also interesting to note that DC is describing himself as a 'guru' in his latest web promotions...
Linky please, so we can all laugh at it?
Btw, what's a raisin d'etre - are you studying the finer points of cake making? :D
Marco.
P.S Darren, we are at one in our assessment of Mr Cawley.
'Linky' as requested. I'm more a Sultana man meself... :ner: