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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Zen and the Art...Chapter 2
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Date: Sat, 2-Feb-85 01:12:34 EST
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> I am incensed by the egotistical, patronizing,
> "holier than thou -- I've been in digital signal processing for
> umpty-ump years"
>
> ...
> 
> A secondary point is that those of us who fail to look at
> audio engineering following good scientific methodology make
> progress truly difficult.  The statement "good enough for
> audio" is used entirely too much as well as being based on
> archaic concepts of what "audio" perception really is.
> "Digital" audio is providing us with good reasons to examine this.
> What we have traditionally measured to determine the "performance"
> of an audio system is not necessary all inclusive.  As well,
> the philosophy of actually interpreting the results needs
> to undergo some evolution.
> 
> 
> Craig Dory
> AT&T Bell Laboratories

Hear, hear!  I'm glad someone was able to say this better than I did!

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