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"Geoff Mackenzie"


As I recall, Richard Feynman was rejected by the US Army after failing an
IQ test. He did not reach the minimum entry levels on anything. Don't
know the US nomenclature at the time, but it boiled down to "too dumb"
even for a grunt.

** Completely at odds with the facts of his life story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman#Education

He was a full time student, attended the MIT and finally received a PhD from
Princeton in 1942 at age 24.

Then he was invited to join the Manhattan Project.

He scored 123, on a standard IQ test, in his early teens.


....... Phil

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"Geoff Mackenzie"


Quite a few years ago I went to an "Evening with Quad" in a church hall
somewhere. The fairly elderly presenter gave an interesting and
instructive talk, and at one point went into the wings and returned with a
tenor sax on which he played some very good jazz. After a minute or so a
couple of stage hands came on carrying the cling-film dust cover from an
ESL63,


** The ESL63 dust cover is not " cling film " - it is actually the same
extremely thin, Mylar film the diaphrgnms are made from.


which they slowly raised in front of him until he and the sax were
isolated from the audience. They then slowly took it away; the presenter
stopped playing after another minute or so, acknowledged the applause and
explained that the object of the exercise was to demonstrate that the film
was absolutely acoustically transparent, which was why there was no
difference whatsoever in the sound. Cue oohs and aahs from the audience,
and more applause. Well, most of them, anyway. I and a few others sat
looking puzzled. To me, it was as if he had been playing in a room, and
someone had shut the door then opened it again. OK, that's an
exaggeration, but to me there was a very noticeable difference.


** Demonstrates the power of suggestion the eyes have over the ears of over
those with weak minds.


When I got home I took the film covers off my own ESL63s (the metal
protection covers had already been removed once my daughter was old enough
to be trusted not to poke sharp metal objects through the cloth, and that
made a huge difference) and on a variety of sources confirmed to my own
satisfaction that I preferred the sound "without".


** Removing the grille and/or the sock increases the level of frequencies
above 10kHz - so the sound gets a tad brighter - which gives the illusion
of " more detial ".

Fools nearly everyone into thinking it is therefore " better ".


The presenter also talked about the huge range of the Quad speakers, from
DC to light,

** OK, so gross exaggeration and total bull**** are your stock in trade -
Mr. Mackenzie.


and why there was absolutely no need to use any form of sub,


** Yawn...

Did he produce his army IQ test for you to pour scorn on too ?

Wot a ******......


...... Phil

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Geoff Mackenzie wrote:

As I recall, Richard Feynman was rejected by the US Army after failing an IQ
test. He did not reach the minimum entry levels on anything. Don't know the
US nomenclature at the time, but it boiled down to "too dumb" even for a
grunt In due course he won the Nobel Prize for Physics, among other things
in a spectacular and often extremely funny career.


I don't recall taking an IQ test before entering the Army, or
afterwards.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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Jamie wrote:

Yes, and most of those are from the US with the "Leave no child behind
act" that we must suffer with now.

I was just talking to a electrical instructor in a trade school where
they were called to a meeting to talk about the 40+ sensors that had
failing grades preventing them from graduating.
After the school's superintendent got done, they all gave the failing
students 60's to allow graduation.

what kind of stupidity is that?

http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5"


WTH are you babbling about, now: "the 40+ sensors that had failing
grades" ?


I have never heard of anyone scoring 70 or lower being allowed to the
next grade, or to graduate. If 60 was the level at your school, it
explains a lot. It had nothing to do with people pushing you down the
stairs. Or did it?


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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"Phil Allison" wrote in message
...

"Geoff Mackenzie"


As I recall, Richard Feynman was rejected by the US Army after failing an
IQ test. He did not reach the minimum entry levels on anything. Don't
know the US nomenclature at the time, but it boiled down to "too dumb"
even for a grunt.

** Completely at odds with the facts of his life story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman#Education

He was a full time student, attended the MIT and finally received a PhD
from Princeton in 1942 at age 24.

Then he was invited to join the Manhattan Project.

He scored 123, on a standard IQ test, in his early teens.


...... Phil

Well, I was quoting from the blurb on the dust jacket of one of his
books.....

Geoff MacK

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"Geoff Mackenzie"
"Phil Allison"
"Geoff Mackenzie"


As I recall, Richard Feynman was rejected by the US Army after failing
an IQ test. He did not reach the minimum entry levels on anything.
Don't know the US nomenclature at the time, but it boiled down to "too
dumb" even for a grunt.

** Completely at odds with the facts of his life story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman#Education

He was a full time student, attended the MIT and finally received a PhD
from Princeton in 1942 at age 24.

Then he was invited to join the Manhattan Project.

He scored 123, on a standard IQ test, in his early teens.


...... Phil

Well, I was quoting from the blurb on the dust jacket of one of his
books.....


** That is not what you posted nor is it true.

**** off, idiot.


...... Phil

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hands came on carrying the cling-film dust cover from an
ESL63,


** The ESL63 dust cover is not " cling film " - it is actually the same
extremely thin, Mylar film the diaphrgnms are made from.

***Accepted. Couldn't at the time remember the correct name, but "cling
film" was a fair approximation of the product which most people understood.


** Demonstrates the power of suggestion the eyes have over the ears of
over those with weak minds.

***The power of suggestion is of course extremely well known and documented.
It certainly does not apply only to those of "weak minds" - how do you
define that, by the way?




When I got home I took the film covers off my own ESL63s (the metal
protection covers had already been removed once my daughter was old
enough to be trusted not to poke sharp metal objects through the cloth,
and that made a huge difference) and on a variety of sources confirmed to
my own satisfaction that I preferred the sound "without".


** Removing the grille and/or the sock increases the level of frequencies
above 10kHz - so the sound gets a tad brighter - which gives the illusion
of " more detial ".

Fools nearly everyone into thinking it is therefore " better ".

***Personally I like to hear all the information available, so if the
protective covers mask anything over 10kHz then off they come.




The presenter also talked about the huge range of the Quad speakers, from
DC to light,

** OK, so gross exaggeration and total bull**** are your stock in
trade - Mr. Mackenzie.

***Quite possibly. Earnt me quite a decent living over the years, though.
Less offensive than personal abuse too.

and why there was absolutely no need to use any form of sub,


** Yawn...

***Meaning?

Did he produce his army IQ test for you to pour scorn on too ?

***Totally different thread; anyway, I was stating facts, not pouring
scorn.

Wot a ******......

***Thought you'd revert to type eventually!

Geoff MacK

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"Geoff Mackenzie ****ING MORON "


** Demonstrates the power of suggestion the eyes have over the ears of
over those with weak minds.

***The power of suggestion is of course extremely well known and
documented.

** Yawn .........


It certainly does not apply only to those of "weak minds"

** Does apply perfectly in your case - ****head.



** Removing the grille and/or the sock increases the level of frequencies
above 10kHz - so the sound gets a tad brighter - which gives the
illusion of " more detail ".

Fools nearly everyone into thinking it is therefore " better ".

***Personally I like to hear all the information available,

** Yawn ...........

So the dopey pommy ****wit has no ****ing idea what flat response means.



** OK, so gross exaggeration and total bull**** are your stock in
trade - Mr. Mackenzie.

***Quite possibly.


** Blow me down - a glimmer of honesty.



Did he produce his army IQ test for you to pour scorn on too ?

***Totally different thread;


** Same asinine fallacies being trotted out by the same POS ****wit.

Go drop dead - you pathetic, trolling MORON.




....... Phil