David,
See below;
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On 8/5/05 at 8:21 PM David Kirkby wrote:
>John T. M.>> http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/audiophools.pdf
> Lyles wrote:
>
>> Following is an excerpt from a 1998 Stereophile
>> magazine review of a particular Kinergetics power
>> amplifier, to explain what I am talking about:
>>
><snip>
>But that is most unlikely to happen again.
>
>The very valid point made by the author of
>
>http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/audiophools.pdf
>
>is that the publishers of audiophool magazines have a conflict of
>interest. It is not in their interest to tell you what a waste of money
>the speaker cables are when the companies selling to the audiophool
>market provide the publishers advertising revenue.
That sure does count for QST too, and the other amateur magazines out there.
>
>It's like all the computer magazines tell you how you need 64-bit
>computers. None seem to point out that for 99.9% of uses, a 64-bit
>computer is a complete and utter waste of time. There was a 5 or so page
>article in Personal Computer World about a year ago, telling us that
>64-bit computers do floating point calculations needed in games faster
>and more accurate than 32-bit computers. Funny enough, when I wrote and
>said that all Intel CPUs that have floating point support in hardware
>(i.e. 8087, 80287, 80387, 486, Pentiums) all use 80-bits internally, and
>64 bits to store the number in memory, that letter was never published.
>
>It is clearly in the interest of computer magazines to push 64-bit
>computers, so their advertisers will place adds in magazines telling you
>how good they are. No computer company is going to place adds in
>magazines that are telling you that buying a 64-bit machine is a waste
>of time for the vast majority of people.
>
>PS
>I am using a 64-bit computer, that's around 7 years old.
>
>--
>David Kirkby,
>
>G8WRB
>
>Please check out http://www.g8wrb.org/
>of if you live in Essex http://www.southminster-branch-line.org.uk/
>
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Best,
Will
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