El: That's why i said "bookworm" engineers i.e. those that design things so that they look good on paper according to the theories and formulas in their textbooks, but really have no idea as to how things will work under various operating conditions in the field. These are the kind of idiots that should be made to use their own products that they design. Then they could see how we as end users have to deal with all the flaws, glitches, quirks during normal use. After that bit of education, then they should be forced to repair these items once they fail. Just going through the process of having to figure out why it broke, how to repair it and how / where to get the necessary parts would blow their mind. I think that both their design philosophies and design prowess would both change for the better i.e. less "design revisions" and more getting it right the first time.
Other than that, i've always thought that one should design and build for the "worst case" scenario. If you do that, any other type of situation is simply easier on the gear. Then again, something that has to strain to keep up or get the job done obviously won't work as reliably in the long term and / or may provide less consistent results in the short term. At the same time, keeping things simple also helps as there is less to go wrong. More unnecessary features, functions and gadgets only means a longer signal path with more connections and things to go wrong. In that respect, the ELAD is based upon several different tried and true design premises. Sean
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Other than that, i've always thought that one should design and build for the "worst case" scenario. If you do that, any other type of situation is simply easier on the gear. Then again, something that has to strain to keep up or get the job done obviously won't work as reliably in the long term and / or may provide less consistent results in the short term. At the same time, keeping things simple also helps as there is less to go wrong. More unnecessary features, functions and gadgets only means a longer signal path with more connections and things to go wrong. In that respect, the ELAD is based upon several different tried and true design premises. Sean
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