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In the Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel.
Post Subject: I think there is little evidence of marketing bias in the papers. Call me naive if you wish.Posted by oxric on: 11/7/2011
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Scooter,

You may be right. Harman is a big international organisation which obviously seeks to profit from its marketing effort as well as from research conducted and papers written by its employees. But call me naive if you wish, I do not agree with your view and do not think there is a heavy marketing bias in these papers. Maybe you might point out where you find such evidence?

If you read the papers carefully, a number of inferences can be drawn which suggest that they are not predicating a specific solution for all situations but rather a well-considered and step-by-step approach to the problems one faces in aiming for good bass. There seems to be little evidence that the writers advocate a single approach that fits all situations. On the contrary, there is a sustained emphasis on a need to understand, study, come up with some strategies and experiment again. I do not see anything offensive about this approach. Do you?

It made me think of what I could achieve in my room with any subwoofers I may happen to have at hand, not look for my nearest Harman Kardon retailer for some Harman Kardon branded subwoofers. The papers help dispel quite a few erroneous notions based on faulty science very often forced on the poor hapless punter by professionals of all ilk and not a few forum contributors, again not necessarily Harman Kardon denominated. More dangerous than simply denouncing the research of professionals within the audio industry simply because they are in that industry is to rely too heavily on the haphasard blundering and speculation that we see ample evidence of on countless online forums, and posters who use one-liners to drip skepticism because there is really not that much else they are willing to or can contribute to a discussion.

Best regards
Rakesh

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