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   XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   In comp.dsp PStamler  wrote:   
   > On Nov 23, 5:19 pm, "Bill Graham"  wrote:   
      
   >> Not only that, but all the advancements in audio engineering have been made   
   >> for consumer equipment. If the big name manufacturers had to survive on what   
   >> they make and sell to the pros, they would have gone out of business a long   
   >> time ago. So, don't brush off us consumers as a thorn in your sides. If it   
   >> weren't for us, you would be out of business.....   
      
   I have thought before about how much High-Performance computing,   
   that is, the fast machines we have available now for a few hundred USD,   
   is made possible by the mass purchasing of ordinary people and   
   companies.   
      
   > Pardon me, but you're wrong about that. Almost all the real   
   > advancements in audio engineering started out in the professional end   
   > of the business. Things like:   
   >   
   > Magnetic tape recording   
   > AC bias for magnetic tape recording   
   > Condenser microphones (invented for the phone company, the pro-est of   
   > the pro)   
   > Dynamic microphones (ditto)   
   > Transistors (ditto)   
   > Digital audio (ditto)   
   > Vacuum tubes, arguably   
      
   But it is the mass production of such that makes them affordable.   
      
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