[rollei_list] Re: Completely OT- Loudspeaker info
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:37:10 -0800
What I meant was to add him to your list from a previous post. I agree
he made some great contributions. Plus he made a good deal of money in
doing so, and now a great deal more.
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:22:03 -0800, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wro=
te:
> Peter,
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> Dolby was NOT a con man. His contributions had great merit.
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> Jerry
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> "Peter K." wrote:
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> > 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>=
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> > te:
> > > Austin,
> > >=3D20
> > > He was a successful huckster.
> > >=3D20
> > > His outside noise canceling headphones are great on
> > > long airplane flights.
> > >=3D20
> > > Jerry
> > >=3D20
> > > Austin Franklin wrote:
> > >=3D20
> > > > > > 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
> > >=3D20
> > >=3D20
> >
> > --=3D20
> > Peter K
> > =3DD3=3DBF=3DD5=3DAC
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Peter K
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