DJL said:
Harvey... Why is it that only I'm not intitled to asking questions or voice my opinions... and you (and others) only jump on my case and don't jump on Alan's case for posting misleading info, spam, name calling, and etc, etc?
If you can find the "Under the hood" thread, you'll see where I jumped all over Alan's ass about some incorrect info, and even threatened to stop testing his mics. I also got into a big fight with Alan here about an assertion he made regarding diaphragm thickness versus maximum SPL. I respect Alan a lot for what he's accomplished in this industry and his abilities as an engineer, but if somebody makes an unwarranted assumption, I will butt heads with them, regardless of who they are, as I did with Ted Perlman's posts about the C1.
Frankly, you're the biggest impediment I've run into here, as far as making unfounded claims and assumptions about products, mainly the SP stuff. It's really geting old and tiresome. Is every SDC that has interchangable capsules, a roll-off switch, and a pad, a clone of the SP C4? These kinds of mics have been around for decades. SP made an affordable pair and Behringer followed suit. Big fuckin' deal.
Is it the same mic? Personally I doubt it, but the feature set isn't exactly rocket science. The fact that they are both made by 797 means they probably share
some technology, but just the fact that they share some similarities doesn't mean they're identical, or even close in sound.
You refuse to believe that and want proof they're not identical. Alan and Brent owe you nothing in the way of proof. Insisting that they are identical without proof puts the burden of responsibility on you, not them. Badgering them will not get you anywhere. If I were Alan or Brent, I wouldn't give you the time of day, knowing how you will twist anything they say to further your unfounded assumptions.
I'm friends with Larry Villar at ADK, Wayne Freeman and Len Marshall at MXL, Brent and Alan at SP, Karl Winkler at Neumann, Dirk Brauner at Brauner, Wes Dooley at AEA, Stephen Sank, Tony Merrill, David Satz at Schoeps, and I have a forum right next to Klause Heyne (on another board). All these people have earned my respect over the years for their contributions to the advancement of microphone technology. I believe I've also earned ther respect for being as honest as possible when discussing their products publicly.
When you make statements or offer opinions and then try to present them as facts, without proof, you do all of those people a disservice, and it hurts everybody here as well. If you present an opinion and challenge people to prove you wrong, and your challenge goes unheeded, it's still just your opinion. Your unheeded challenge doesn't automatically make your opinion a fact.
And no, you won't see me butting heads with Alan here everytime he posts, because, for the most part, Alan is usually right about the stuff he says. When I think he's wrong, I'll point out where I think he's wrong and why, but I'll show him the respect he's earned and worked hard to keep. You, on the other hand, have done very little to earn anybody's respect on this forum.
And that's the sad part for me personally, because I really believe you could easily become one of the most valued members of this forum, if you could just lose your personal biases and stick to contributing, which you've done very well in the past.
