fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) (05/16/84)
(oo) Well, it's been a couple of months since I posted the "Supreme Pundit of net.audio test," and I think it's time to announce the final selection of candidates. They are: >>>>>>>> drum roll (preferably 2-miked and uncompressed) <<<<<<<< nobody. >>>>>>>> cymbal crash (same recording techniques used) <<<<<<<< That's right, NOBODY! The only response I got was from a fellow who proclaimed himself to be a "leaden ears," and actually managed to score 0 out of 30 possible points. Tsk, tsk. And I had such high expectations. Given the amount of incisive rhetoric that passes through this newsgroup, I thought that surely I would get an overwhelming number of qualifying scores. I thought at first that this meant no one was actually qualified for the position. However, this just could not be! Then I realized what the problem was: The only people who could have scored high enough just didn't bother taking the test. They were too busy poring over the latest issue of "Absolute Sound," or making the umpteenth modification to their Dyna vacuum tube preamps to be pestered with a questionnaire. I should have known. I guess we'll just have to give up the quest for a true expert and trust our own faulty judgement and those terribly misleading technical reports. Oh well...... -- Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihu1g!fish