John Curl's thoughts on various audio topics

BlueFox
BlueFox Posts: 15,251
edited May 2014 in The Clubhouse
Here is an interesting article by John Curl where he shares his thoughts on various topics. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the iPad to copy anything, so you have to read it. One point though is he really condemns A/B type 'testing'.

http://www.q-audio.com/johncurl.pdf
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,755
    edited May 2014
    One point though is he really condemns A/B type 'testing'.

    Smart man.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2014
    Smart man.

    Maybe. He also is down on balanced. Boo. :smile:
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited May 2014
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Maybe. He also is down on balanced. Boo. :smile:

    But he believes power cords make a difference! I'd like to see some of these bozo's out there that don't believe cables make a difference, let alone have never even experimented for themselves, argue with this guy. It would be like a grade school football coach telling Chip Kelly his offensive strategy sucks.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,991
    edited May 2014
    He used to be fairly active (and interactive) at audioasylum.
    FWIW, I was (am) pretty impressed by him -- although I know he's considered something of a polarizing figure... but, heck, all of these guys were/are.
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    edited May 2014
    While all the words are John Curl's, I believe that they were all edited together from countless forum posts and articles by someone else.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2014
    Yes. It is disjointed.

    I like how he wishes power cords didn't make a difference since it makes designing harder.
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    edited May 2014
    Still it was a huge project. To take ten maybe twenty years of posts & papers and put them all together is way more work than I would care to do.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2014
    It seems to be in my iPad's memory, but the stupid iPad does not let you save files. Nor can I email it. While I like the iPad, it does have a lot of weaknesses.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2014
    Try this site.

    http://jockohomo.net/data/johncurl-v.0.1.pdf


    I don't know what the top level site is, and am not interested in finding out. :eek:
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    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

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