Quote Originally Posted by Paul Hynes View Post
Richard,

You are quite right about the commercial issues and domestic harmony. This is why I have not bothered to market the line arrays. However I think I am one of the lucky ones in that my lass and my daughter both love music and film, and art in general for that matter, so I can do what I want with the AV system even though it is in the main lounge. With this system I have not been working on a commercial solution, it is purely for myself and I will follow my wildest dreams to get the system where I want it to be. Speaking of dreams, I often dream up solutions to engineering problems while asleep. Does this happen with you too? It can save a lot of R&D time if the dream works in real time.
Well I am not sure I should reply as I am sure it will just re-enforce some peoples opinion that I am bonkers.

I have very rarely talked about but yes that is the only way I design. Nothing goes on paper, I write and draw and move things around in my head and most of it happens at night usual before and after sleep. An idea is placed in my mind and it is almost like a muse is in my head directing me, most bizarre, not so much recently it has calmed down a lot. I built the prototypes including the case working straight from my head. Laying the board (in the old days from Letraset) straight from my head. For production it is either measured and drawn up from the prototype or I dictate the design to my case makers and they draw it up. I have always been able to do this even as a kid and I find it normal, my wife thinks I'm bonkers when I have a eureka moment in the middle of the night.

Those speakers were first built in my head in bed