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Are Class D Amps scaring the hell out of the BIG Boys ?

bimasta said:
I'd have thought so too — if I hadn't heard the same joke about economists, critics, scientists, doctors, shrinks, car mechanics, in short everyone and everything.

Granted some AK jokes are funny — but how many vs lame? How many would make it to SNL and how many end up in the trashcan in the writers room? And how many of those writers would end up in the trashcan too?

Blowing off steam can be healthy but it's just hot air.
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Isn't that the point?

This is a Web forum, the virtual equivalent to a pub (in fact I'm in a real pub writing this) and it's just casual pub banter. If you're looking for publication-quality writing and deep insight on what is obviously a throwaway, fun topic, then you're either in the wrong place or approaching it with the wrong attitude.
 
DaveVoorhis said:
Isn't that the point?

This is a Web forum, the virtual equivalent to a pub (in fact I'm in a real pub writing this) and it's just casual pub banter. If you're looking for publication-quality writing and deep insight on what is obviously a throwaway, fun topic, then you're either in the wrong place or approaching it with the wrong attitude.
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That is exactly what it is, this is what my pops Audio club did when I was growing up. Sit around listening, drinking, laughing and arguing about stuff that really is not important. He and I have discussed this forum because I thought he maybe interested, “ I did enough of that in the 60’s and 70’s”

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Class A all the way. :).

The thing with engineering is that for the most part it is all about the math. The idea is that you come up with a good mathematical model and then design to that model. Where we get in trouble is there is often some facet or facets that our models don't really adequately address. It is easy to lose sight of that fact and get all tied up in the math and forget the reality we are trying to address. A really great engineer is really skilled at both the math and the underlying subject matter (in our case music) and can balance theory, experience, and practice.

To the optimist the glass is half full. To the pessimist it is half empty. To the engineer the glass is twice as large as it needs to be.
 
cpt_paranoia said:
We usually understand that everything is a compromise, and that there are many ways to skin a cat. Since we actually make things, our theories are ultimately put to practical test. I'd say we're far less dogmatic than many other groups; my usual reply to most questions is "it depends".
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I agree.

I work in the engineering building of a university, in an office I share with four other colleagues. We work -- mainly teaching and research -- in various branches of computing or computer science, though two of us trained as software engineers[1], two trained as electrical/electronics engineers, and one was the management-level product of an engineering apprenticeship and subsequent career with a major UK engineering firm.

A typical day at the office is filled with banter, ribbing, silliness, laugh-out-loud ludicrousness, and plenty of arguments in defence of myriad opinionated nonsense.

But when it comes to solving real problems, these are people who will evaluate every situation with rationality, evidence, rigour, balance, and completeness. As such, their serious answer to real questions is often, "it depends".

I hope it is understood here -- and I address the forum in general, not any individual -- that my ten engineers equals fifteen opinions quip was made in that spirit of banter and humour, without any intent to cast aspersions on engineering or engineers.

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[1] There are those who do not consider software engineering to be true engineering field. Despite (or maybe because of) being a software engineer, I'm generally inclined to agree with them. (With some caveats... but this is off-topic.)
 
DaveVoorhis said:
I agree.

I work in the engineering building of a university, in an office I share with four other colleagues. We work -- mainly teaching and research -- in various branches of computing or computer science, though two of us trained as software engineers[1], two trained as electrical/electronics engineers, and one was the management-level product of an engineering apprenticeship and subsequent career with a major UK engineering firm.

A typical day at the office is filled with banter, ribbing, silliness, laugh-out-loud ludicrousness, and plenty of arguments in defence of myriad opinionated nonsense.

But when it comes to solving real problems, these are people who will evaluate every situation with rationality, evidence, rigour, balance, and completeness. As such, their serious answer to real questions is often, "it depends".

I hope it is understood here -- and I address the forum in general, not any individual -- that my ten engineers equals fifteen opinions quip was made in that spirit of banter and humour, without any intent to cast aspersions on engineering or engineers.

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[1] There are those who do not consider software engineering to be true engineering field. Despite (or maybe because of) being a software engineer, I'm generally inclined to agree with them. (With some caveats... but this is off-topic.)
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And we do the same at work. All of us “techs” bust on the engineers and they give it back. :D

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DaveVoorhis said:
A typical day at the office is filled with banter, ribbing, silliness, laugh-out-loud ludicrousness
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Sounds about right. Only you forgot the cynicism, surely...? We joke that three of us have to be spread about the lab, otherwise we would reach a state of gloom critical mass, forming a black hole that would suck in all positivity, with an expanding gloom event horizon...

I don't take myself that seriously...
 
DaveVoorhis said:
But when it comes to solving real problems, these are people who will evaluate every situation with rationality, evidence, rigour, balance, and completeness. As such, their serious answer to real questions is often, "it depends".
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Serious question Dave. Is that their final answer? Or "It depends" on certain variables, and those variables must be worked out?

I'm not an engineer (though I had to act as one on a couple of occasions) but my field does demand logic, and success depends on the rigor of that logic; there's a process before a solution.

If "it depends" is the final answer, then nothing is solved: Man never lands on the Moon, or creates Fire.
 
UncleBingo said:
I stiII Iike to think the eiectric cars pee themseIves just a IittIe sitting next to a 426 Hemi at a traffic Iight
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A Tesla Model S does 0 to 60 in 2.8 seconds. The Model S is a relatively large luxury sedan that carries 4 people in quiet smoothness. I saw a White one yesterday. IMO it looks very good. I also saw a new Rolls Royce Cullinan (SUV) across the street.

Of course a Dodge Demon does 0 to 60 in 2.3 seconds. OTOH it's not really suitable for carrying any passengers other than the driver.
 
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I've tried bel canto mainly, I see them as a great choices for HT, not my thing... but some fellows seems to enjoy them.
 
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