arnyk wrote: > There is no perhaps here. The remark has been forcibly and violently > misconstrued. The only question in my mind is whether it was > misconstrued as an honest error, or maliciously. It is very possible > that some people who read that remark have the same perceptual > difficulty that makes it impossible for them to read when I write: "Some > amplifiers sound different" without perceiving: "All amplifiers sound > the same." Their name is Legion! > > > > The above statement is doubly in error. The first error is that I don't > have to test every audio system to find that in fact *-some-* of them > don't have poor SI. I guess you need to read up on the meaning of the > word *-Some-*. All I have to do is test one or a very few of them and > find that it doesn't have poor SI. The second error is that I'm not in > the business of managing the SI of audio systems, and I have made no > claims that special SI modification products cause audible changes (I'm > a skeptic about that, too), so the burden of any such proof does not > fall on me, but on those who have made a business out of doing the same. > I'm just a skeptic trying to use such flawed tools for science and > reason as I have to make sense of the world about me and perhaps share a > few of my findings with others who may for some odd reason be interested > in the same. ;-) > > > > Since Mr. Swenson has presented himself as an authority in these things, > and does not appear to have provided any empirical evidence let alone > proof, it is indeed up to him to back up his claims. As I've said > before my role in this situation is being an honest, rational, > transparent skeptic. However, it appears that you have been functioning > as his advocate and may have invested a little money and ego in his > business (IOW equipment purchased or on order). I have no financial > arrangements with anybody who competes with him. Unless someone makes a > better case for this kind of thing, I never will. > > > > I gave this matter a little thought and did some research. The Regen is > a novel device - its a USB 2.0 hub with one (1) downstream port. I don't > know that there are any other such devices because in terms of the > function of a USB hub it makes no sense. The purpose of a USB hub is to > connect additional devices to a USB host port, and this one is unable to > do that. > > The normal retail price of a USB 2.0 hub with a useful number (>1) > downstream ports is about $2, and more like $5 with a external power > supply. Those prices are for postpaid delivery of new merchandise from > one or more eBay sellers. The parts for making such things are just > about a drug on the market because the world is rapidly migrating to USB > 3.0. > > Therefore it appears that Swenson has happened upon a methodology for > selling degenerate USB 2.0 hub circuit cards containing obsolete parts > for about 22 times market value ($45), and if he adds a case and a power > supply his price multiplier is more like 35 ($175). Nice work if you can > get it but knowing what I know technically, I'd have to compromise my > ethics to do it. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that any person > actually doing this sort of thing is either ethically challenged or > lacks certain technical knowledge that I am privy to. > > > > I don't see any difference between you and jkeny, except a matter of > degree - IOW the number of times each of you has violently misconstrued > my statements. Jkeny is way ahead in that contest because he's had > months more time to do it. Check the annals of the Hydrogen Audio and > Audio Video Science forums. His aggressive stance here can be reasonably > interpreted as the consequences of hurt pride and possible financial > losses that he may blame me for.
I'm sure JS can back up the design with measurements, but why should he. Enough people are happy to take a $175 punt on something that is getting rave reviews and is backed up by ground breaking research and engineering. You've obviously got a bee in your bonnet about it, perhaps a beer and a cool shower would help. Touch optimisations http://touchsgotrythm.blogspot.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103684 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
