The Palladian-A step beyond


The new cartridge from Acoustical Systems may finally be the LOMC to fully realise the theoretical advantages of the genus.
And convince those long-suffering audiophiles to whom the 'modern' MC presentation has been anathema to 'live sound'....that the realism of vintage LOMCs like the SPUs and FR-7 series has finally been recaptured 👀
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Addition, I forget to mention the clear diffrence between the

dramatis personae in my last post. Dertonaram is without any

question an professioanal manufacturer while Fleib and Raul are

amateurs like the most of us.

nandric,

I think your last post sums up most of the critique, if I can call it that, in this thread. What never ceases to amaze me is how people with little to no technical knowledge and experience pontificate and personally attack the few experts that post on forums. I used to frequent the 993 forum on Rennlist. You would think that such a forum would be narrow enough not to warrant personal attacks. But no. The most bitter thread was between staunch supporters of Mobil 1 who technically collectively knew a pinch of the proverbial, and 2 experts (one an oil specialist and the other a highly experienced mechanic) who for the best interests of owners advised that the reformulation of the oil to meet EU standards required no zinc and therefore had resulted in premature wear in oil cooled engines. We never saw those experts on the forum again. Why should they bother giving highly valuable advice only to be personally attacked by people with little to know actual technical knowledge and technical experience?

I know that I do not have the technical knowledge or the technical experience to evaluate designs on a technical level, and so never attempt to. What would be the point? Who would I be kidding? I guess I would first have to work out how to kid myself. But I can listen to a product and tell you what it sounds likes to me, and that is what I innocently tried to do for the benefit of those who might want to take advantage of my experience.

All the best,

Nandric,

I think you would have been better off letting this go instead of reminding me that I am not in the business, not a professional, which also means I'm not in competition with Acoustical Systems.  I can't remember having any interaction with Dertonarm on this forum or anywhere else, and have nothing against him personally, and I wasn't aware of his apparent sordid history as a cheat and con man. This is well documented with testimony, in Raul's link:

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?6502-Refund-problem

I also wasn't aware, but suspected that the principal of the company, one
Axinia Schäfer, is or was his wife.  This is to avoid past liability claims? If one believes these posts on Whatsbestforum, Daniel Brakemeier AKA Dietrich Brakemeier looks like a moral sociopath, someone thinking they are above judgment and believes their own lies.

Despite this, I suggested that the cart should be judged on its merits. You, on the other hand suggested that I shouldn't post on Raul's MM/MI thread because I, at the time, did not own enough qualifying carts. This is despite the fact that in the past I owned a TK10 MLII, Kisiki Blue, M20FL Super, and numerous others -  currently an AT15/20SS, 980LZ, Z1/SAS, Genesis 1000, etc.

As a past mfg. I submit that any company is constantly on trial in the court of public perception. Counselor, your last posts do not help your friend.

Sincerely,

Dear Fleib, ''the counselor'' which post ''do not help (his) friend''

is public so everyone is entitled to comment. As a ''counsellor''

I don't think that your witness (aka Raul) will make your post

very convincing. Your pretended neutrality regarding Dertonarm

is also not very convincing because of your insinuations that

Dertoarm is a ''moral sociopath''. But more to the point is the

fact that you has nothing to say about my arguments. This is

usual in your reactions to my post. You deed not deny to have

never seen or used any of Dertonarms products. What value

should we put on your comments on his products then? Then

I mentioned ''craftsmanship'' in the context of your interpretation

of intellectual property. I teached intelllectul property for 30

years. I even mentioned ''know how'' which in no way imply

patent as such . You also deed not deny my statement that

Dertonarm is a professional manufacturer  while you and Raul

 are amateurs. I hope for you that you  will be never involved in

whatever lawsuit without an councellor . With your kind of

''argumentation''  you will have no chance.

Dear bluwolf,
For exactly the same reasons as you mentioned Dertonarm left

our forum while I have not seen any post from J. Carr lately.

Those were our , as you name them, '' experts''. Well why

should they if such autodidacts like Raul and Fleib pretend to

know everything better? You should not consider yourself as

an ''lonly wolfe''. The most people are not blind but have some

peculiar opinion about ''politeness'' by which ''critical remarks''

are not done. BTW you also formulated your disatisfaction very

carefull (grin).

Kind regards,