Re: For the Wintrolls

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:18:33 -0500, Travelinman <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxx>
chose to bless us with the following wisdom:

>In article <drlbk11j30an0erqmcs5tcjd7hoi53s47i@xxxxxxx>,
> Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:49:01 GMT, George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> chose to bless us with the following wisdom:
>>
>> >In article <nowhere-B196DC.19532706102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> > Travelinman <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article
>> >> <gmgraves-59E83B.17274506102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> >> George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>
>> >> >
>> >> > That's funny. When I Google 'George M. Graves', the first hit at the top
>> >> > of the page is "Stereophile: Meridian MCD & MCD Pro CD players" Which is
>> >> > one of mine.
>> >>
>> >> I don't know if you noticed, but half of the first 10 listings for
>> >> 'George M. Graves' are dead.
>> >
>> >Of the first 10 listing I got, only one was "me" anyway. So I didn't
>> >bother to look. On the other hand, maybe I'm dead!
>>
>> The first two are about you. The first one is a review you did 20
>> years ago. The second one is letter from the manufacturer of the
>> product you reviewed telling you that you don't shit from shinola.
>> Thanks for the link! 8)
>
>Really? The letter's author states:
>"Mr. Graves is apparently technically competent to experiment with
>electronic circuits for himself and evaluate the desirability of the
>results in his particular system."
>
>Doesn't sound like he thinks George doesn't know shit from shinola.
>
>As for the other disagreement, the editor states: "It doesn't really
>matter too much: the important point was that the unit sounded much
>better when polypropylene capacitors were substituted. "
>
>So much for your unbiased review.

Maybe you should read the whole thing.
"Editor: The review of the Meridian MCD by George M. Graves raises a
number of questions. Bob Stuart unequivocally states that Meridian has
never produced an MCD with tantalum capacitors in the output. The 68µF
capacitor used is of the solid-aluminum type mentioned by Mr. Graves
as being used by Philips in his Magnavox player. While aluminum
capacitors look very similar to tantalum capacitors, they are most
suitable for audio use."

In any case Geroge was attempting to show that he indeed makes his
living as a writer. All that turns up is one article from 20 years
ago.






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