[rollei_list] Re: Completely OT- Loudspeaker info

Peter,

Dolby was NOT a con man.  His contributions had great merit.

Jerry

"Peter K." wrote:

> Hey Jerry,
>
> How abour Ray Dolby? Today he became a billionaire after his comany
> went public. Ahhh, capitalism is indeed a wonderful thing. Wonder if
> he uses rolleis?
>
> Peter K
>
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:22:45 -0800, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wro=
> te:
> > Austin,
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> > He was a successful huckster.
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> > His outside noise canceling headphones are great on
> > long airplane flights.
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> > Jerry
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> > Austin Franklin wrote:
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> > > > > You left out Mr. Bose.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >   I heard Dr. Bose speak before the local section of the
> > > > Audio Engineering Society nearly forty years ago. He
> > > > described a method of measurement using sparks as the source
> > > > of impulse signals. He intimated that this was used in
> > > > testing his, then new, Bose speaker system. It was not. His
> > > > speakers actually sounded pretty good until compared with a
> > > > genuinely good system. Nothing he did was new, most of it
> > > > was hype.
> > >
> > > Still true today.
> > >
> > > Austin
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> Peter K
> =D3=BF=D5=AC

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