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Old October 31st 07, 03:24 PM posted to rec.audio.tubes,uk.rec.audio,rec.audio.opinion,rec.audio.tech,rec.audio.pro
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Default Why are "engineers" so poorly educated?

Andre-

One, I'm sorry I got sucked into this thread, so this will be my last
entry into it.

In my career I've managed a couple of hundred audio engineers ranging
from superb to poor. Each has had unique skills and abilities, and I
always thought it was my responsibility to provide an environment
appropriate to bring out their best. Collectively they have done very
specials things on billions of dollars of projects, including
specialty component designs. Every system reflects a bit of the
character of its designer.

I once worked with a guy that couldn't get his EPSON printer to work
with his computer- he spent literally hundreds of hours perplexed over
the problem, including sending the printer back to Japan. Turned out
it was a bad cable he had hand made. What an idiot!

His name was Dick Heyser, a name you should know if you have any
pretense of being in this business. Besides reprogramming America's
satellites in orbit, he spent this spare time inventing Time Delay
Spectrometry, the TEF analyzer, writing for Audio Magazine, and his
created own math transform. Smartest guy I've ever met. There's a
reason the highest honor the Audio Engineering Society named their
award after him.

I can't help but think you've never experienced working on an
engineering and production team and likely never will with your
issues, clearly having nothing to do with providing the world with
better audio.

If you don't know of what you speak, it may be best to shut your pie
hole. Or in your case, your keyboard. Unless you plan on apologizing
to those you've insulted first.