Klarinet Archive - Posting 000726.txt from 1999/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ridenour's ratings
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:14:42 -0500

At 11:46 AM 1/16/99 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:
>> Such a statement is just like the one is Francois' note when he gives the
>> "argument from the majority".
>> Examine it and you see it holds no water. It does not mean what one want
>> you to think it means.
>
>My apologies for disagreeing with this. I believe it does "hold water."
>Even though we didn't say even the same thing - and you feel we did,
>you have missed the essence of the point of what both he and I have been
>trying to say - that there are good reasons why the majority still use
>Buffet - there is a reason why I didn't switch when the Opus came out and
>I was buying a new set, there are lots, and lots of reasons. You don't
>have to endorse them or even believe in them if you don't want to!
>But.....there are as many good reasons for not playing Leblancs as there
>are for not playing Buffets as there are for not playing Selmers. This is
>the reason we have many to choose from. Some people like Chevrolets, some
>people like Buicks......it really is up to the individual. The Leblanc is
>a wonderful instrument - but because it improves on one or two things that
>were pet peeves for the Buffet R-13, that doesn't mean it is perfect.
>
To carry your automotive analogy a bit further, GM cars are notorious for
their excessive designed-in "throttle tip-in." The first tiny bit of
accelerator pedal travel produces a very large response from the engine.
This makes the cars feel very powerful, but also makes it difficult to pull
away from a stop smoothly. Nonetheless, we do and have owned several GM
cars and have learned to live with this problem. I also own a Dodge which
has none of this characteristic whatsoever. You mash down the pedal and it
gently accelerates away. My daughter much prefers to drive this car
because it is EASY to pull away smoothly from a stop. But it also makes it
feel strangely weak for a turbocharged vehicle. Neither design is perfect;
each has its advantages and disadvantages, and will find both advocates and
detractors. Where Tom Ridenour has a problem is with the almost
"religious" fanaticism about the superiority of one particular brand over
another. This sort of feeling is shared by automobile aficionados, stereo
nuts, atheletes, and all sorts of people who use equipment in the pursuit
of their vocations and avocations. Just because most people use one brand
does not make it best for all, although it usually at least suggests that
the product is very good. It does not work all the time, though.
Remember, the majority voted for Bill Clinton!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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