Alan Hyatt

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Chris,

I even cannot think how you feel. That is the biggest enigma of our life--we all know eventually it will happen, but never know WHY it happens and will probably never understand it. The hardest thing is not for your wife, but for those she left--you, her relatives, friends...
Let's just hope that she is in better world now, otherwise life would be really unfair.
My mother died 9 years ago of breast cancer one day before she would be 56. It put all different prospective on life for me.
Be in grief, but also remember there are many people who love and need you. And find yourself moving on.

Mark
 
Chris - you have been a constant source of good vibes here for as long as I can remember. I'm sending some of that back your way now. Please accept my condolences on your loss, and may your memories comfort you.

Matt
 
At the risk of saying things that aren't about mics (too fuckin' bad), I'll say the unimportant stuff:

1. After Kurt banned my mixing engineer, Littledog, for politely expressing an honest opinion, I bagged and never looked back at RO, although I did appreciate being able to check the progress of PMI product development (where, oh where, is my new twinQ?)

The important stuff:

Chess, I am so sorry. I'll try to avoid the useless little platitudes we're all trained to say at such times. I am sitting here crying because I know the passion you have for your art, which I do not doubt is only a pale reflection of your passion for your beloved, as the moon reflects the light of the sun. Death is the ultimate and final measure of love.-Richie
 
So sorry to hear of your loss Chess. I've been married 32 years and to lose my gal would be devastating.

God's Grace to You,

rpe
 
chessparov said:
O.K. I'll come out of "hibernation" briefly to add my 2 cents.

Personally, recent events (the death of my wife on 7/27/04), have re-emphathized how petty these "discussions" can be.

Chris
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I am very sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Sincerely,
Bill Keane
 
Chris,

Tough times. I'm really new here but if you feel like you need to talk to someone, let me know. Everyone goes through this differently but I went through the same grief work 3 years ago. I was 32 then. It gets easier with His help.

My prayers are with you.

Ernie.
 
Thanks again guys, your support is deeply moving.

Sensing better my degree of underestimation of the Goodwill that exists in the hearts of those like yourselves. This traumatic event has had a spiritual wake-up dimension to it. I believe that God puts us here for a purpose and we do go back when it's time. Acceptance of not understanding everything in this process isn't easy, yet IMHO you have to let go somewhat and trust in God's will.

It is an amazing blessing to have had this great life with her. It was her wish for me to have the rest of mine to be happy as possible, if this ever occurred.

So I plan on focusing on constructive routines, including taking time for internal reflection, etc.

And anyone who has the audacity to be on topic, is welcome to post further in that regard BTW.

Chris
 
chessparov said:
Thanks again guys, your support is deeply moving.

Sensing better my degree of underestimation of the Goodwill that exists in the hearts of those like yourselves. This traumatic event has had a spiritual wake-up dimension to it. I believe that God puts us here for a purpose and we do go back when it's time. Acceptance of not understanding everything in this process isn't easy, yet IMHO you have to let go somewhat and trust in God's will.

It is an amazing blessing to have had this great life with her. It was her wish for me to have the rest of mine to be happy as possible, if this ever occurred.

So I plan on focusing on constructive routines, including taking time for internal reflection, etc.

And anyone who has the audacity to be on topic, is welcome to post further in that regard BTW.

Chris
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Amen... and thank you for sharing your wonderful statement of faith in our Lord God Almighty... may He bless you with His peace.
 
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condolences

chessparov,

I hate when things wander off topic but this is exceptional---my prayers and condolences to you and your family.

Sincerely,
Paj
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Chris,
I am very sorry to hear about the death of your wife. I grieve with you and my prayers are with you and your family. May God bless you always.

Tim
 
Appreciate all the support, there's a number of things that need my attention right now, so signing off for a while.

Wish all of you well...

Chris
 
So many have already responded, but I could not let this go by without adding my reply.

Chris, you have demonstrated yourself to be a quality individual on this board. I have never seen a negative or inappropriate word typed under the Chessparov banner. May God bless you and give you the stregnth you need in this time.
 
Alan--

I do think that yet another set of recording forums may not be needed but as popular as your products are I would suggest that PMI should consider having a dedicated forum site for its product lines. You can do it for as little as $10 per month depending on which forum service provider you choose. It'd be a lot faster than RO or Home Rec as well.
 
ozraves said:
Alan--

I do think that yet another set of recording forums may not be needed but as popular as your products are I would suggest that PMI should consider having a dedicated forum site for its product lines. You can do it for as little as $10 per month depending on which forum service provider you choose. It'd be a lot faster than RO or Home Rec as well.
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I think that is a great idea... you should send Alan a PM, email, or call him and tell him about your great idea of PMI Audio Group having it's own website with it's own forum.
 
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chessparov said:
Appreciate all the support, there's a number of things that need my attention right now, so signing off for a while.

Wish all of you well...

Chris
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Chris, I hope all is going well for you, I know it can't be easy... I don't know what I'd do if I lost my wife. I admire your strength and faith in the Lord in this time of trial. Keep looking up.
 
ozraves said:
Alan--

I do think that yet another set of recording forums may not be needed but as popular as your products are I would suggest that PMI should consider having a dedicated forum site for its product lines. You can do it for as little as $10 per month depending on which forum service provider you choose. It'd be a lot faster than RO or Home Rec as well.
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Excellent idea!
 
DJL said:
I think that is a great idea... you should send Alan a PM, email, or call him and tell him about your great idea of PMI Audio Group having it's own website with it's own forum.
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Yeah, a PMI forum would be great. I just visited the Studio Projects site (part of PMI). I found the following quote on that site (http://www.studioprojects.com/why.html):

"Our mics are every bit as good or better at a fraction of the cost you would pay for a world class German microphone. No, we are not a German mic, but we sure do sound like those $3,000.00 models. We use an outstanding capsule based on a 1950's German design, but we have made it sonically better due to advanced manufacturing techniques. We know as much as about mics as any microphone company out there with the exception of what we charge for them."

If there's a PMI/Studio Projects site, then all of us that are fascinated by such accurate and incredible information can just go there, and we can all relish in wonderful information provided. Unfortunately, there would be less such vital information here ar HR, but I think those that remain here can handle such a loss.
 
sdelsolray said:
Yeah, a PMI forum would be great. I just visited the Studio Projects site (part of PMI). I found the following quote on that site (http://www.studioprojects.com/why.html):

"Our mics are every bit as good or better at a fraction of the cost you would pay for a world class German microphone. No, we are not a German mic, but we sure do sound like those $3,000.00 models. We use an outstanding capsule based on a 1950's German design, but we have made it sonically better due to advanced manufacturing techniques. We know as much as about mics as any microphone company out there with the exception of what we charge for them."

If there's a PMI/Studio Projects site, then all of us that are fascinated by such accurate and incredible information can just go there, and we can all relish in wonderful information provided. Unfortunately, there would be less such vital information here ar HR, but I think those that remain here can handle such a loss.
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Absolutely... just like Fender http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.html has their website and a ton of other companies... and they should put a link-button to the PMI forums right on the front page of http://www.pmiaudio.com so people can find it easy.
 
That's a pretty ridulous claim.
I understand the need for advertising, and I normally have no beef with PMI/SP, but that's just FALSE advertising. It downgrades the reputation of honesty of a company and sure degrades my trust of Alan and the other employees there.

A while back there was a big thing with some people claiming that a C1 sounds just like a U87 (through headphones.. hah), which got distorted into "SP claims their mic sounds just like a U87." Alan came to the company's defense, saying they never claimed such a thing and this was the word of fans of the mics instead. I believed him at the time. This was a misleading thing for him to say, I think, when the website makes claims that are almost exactly that. Sure, they don't mention the name... but it's sure implied that the mics are not just equal but BETTER than a U87 (after all, what mic does most people think about when "German" is mentioned. Of course SP knows this and is playing on common psychology) which is of course rubbish.
 
bleyrad said:
That's a pretty ridulous claim.
I understand the need for advertising, and I normally have no beef with PMI/SP, but that's just FALSE advertising. It downgrades the reputation of honesty of a company and sure degrades my trust of Alan and the other employees there.

A while back there was a big thing with some people claiming that a C1 sounds just like a U87 (through headphones.. hah), which got distorted into "SP claims their mic sounds just like a U87." Alan came to the company's defense, saying they never claimed such a thing and this was the word of fans of the mics instead. I believed him at the time. This was a misleading thing for him to say, I think, when the website makes claims that are almost exactly that. Sure, they don't mention the name... but it's sure implied that the mics are not just equal but BETTER than a U87 (after all, what mic does most people think about when "German" is mentioned. Of course SP knows this and is playing on common psychology) which is of course rubbish.
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Well, I'm not sure of which German company Alan is comparing SP mics to, but, most likely it would have to be either (i) Neumann, (ii) Schoeps or (iii) Microtech Gefell. I own mics from all three companies, and have at least tried many other mics from these German manufacturers. I've also auditoined most of the SP mics (T3, C3, C4). I'm not sure which SP mic (or mics) Alan beleives are as good as or better than the German mics, so I thought I'd do a comparison:

The SP T3 would have to relate to (i) Neumann's M149 (or perhaps some discontinued Neumanns such as the M49 of U47) or to (ii) Microtech Gefell's UM92.1s, UM900 or UM 75. Schoeps does not make a LD tube mic. I beleive the "50 year old design" capsule that Alan is talking about is the M7. Neumann used to make it but stopped using it after the U47 and M49. Microtech Gefell continues to manufacture the M7 capsule to original specs and uses it in many of their mics.

The SP C-3 (or B-3) would probably relate to (i) Neumann's U87, U89 or TLM170 or Gefell's UMT800 (it's got a real M7 capsule).

The SP C-1 (or B-1) would probably match up with (i) Nuemann's TLM193 or TLM103 or (ii) Gefell's M930 or M71s.

The SP C4 must relate to (i) Neumann's KM100 series, (ii) Gefell's 200 series or M295 and M296 or (iii) Schoeps' Collette Series.

I wonder which German mic(s) Alan believes are the same as or inferior to the SP mics. Maybe this can be the first topic at the new PMI Forum.
 
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