Stephen Paul Audio (SPA)

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Will DJL ever reveal his true intentions with all of this? Every is tired of second guessing his claimed "They're just questions. Why does everyone hate me? What did I do?"... I thought you said you were done and would lighten up? Looks like the same old thing!

I keep-on trying to talk reason with you, but you don't care to... You just keep-on going... Carry-on...
 
That post came from Stephen's forum at R.O. No, I do not have a date as I didnt ever think to save any of it not being able to predict the future much more than 10 or 12 seconds.It shouldn't matter as far as authentification goes, as, IF you knew anything about Stephen or EVER read anything written by him you would recognise the style immediately without a shadow of doubt.It is obviously a fairly recent post due to the information contained in it.The section about watching the FIRST TEN mics being built should be a clue to even the most dense.I, myself, read every post in his effort to keep all interested,up to date as his vision became reality.You can tell his excitement and how much he so wanted to tell his WHOLE STORY about his mic.He can barely contain himself.And this was the gist of the entire set of posts from around that time, and like I said, it was one of his last ones before the end of his R.O. affiliation.If you need more proof than this then you're just S>O>L.
 
Why should anyone even care what DJL posts anymore? The mic itself is likely to be equal parts technical innovation and art. Most of us are very excited about its impending release, and many of us will buy it. Since the runs are limited, we should hope that DJL hs no intention of buying it, and do our best to convince him to stick with that resolve. More for the rest of us.

So in the interest of selfishness, here is an open letter to DJL:

DJL -

Thanks for alerting us to the fact that this mic is a total scam. You are very smart not to buy it. Fortunately for us, you have exposed the fact that there is and never was anyone named Stephen Paul. (Except, as you pointed out, for an obscure Neumann repair guy, and what could he have ever done of any importance?)

Now, thanks to you, we know that, in fact, this mic was made and designed entirely in China and will sound like an almost exact duplicate of the AKG C3000. Alan and Brent started this whole sordid scheme, and suckered naive guys like Harvey into believing it.

We are ever in your debt for exposing the real truth. Continue your vigilence in warning all your friends away from this microphone.

Thanks again- and keep up the good fight!
 
RE,

I sent you a PM back around 20th August, out of curiousity, do you have any recollection of receiving it?

:cool:
 
FYI, the Stephen Paul post I quoted is dated around mid-October 2003.

I usually kept some of his "writings" being that he had much to say that was, to me, important enough to archive... especially knowing that he was not in the best of health.
 
There's a thread on Alan's forum at RO about possibly posting an archive of Stephen's forum. If there's any way to make that happen, it would be great. Alan, if you're lurking in this thread and have contact with anyone in Stephen's estate that would have the power to OK that, it would be an opportunity for a lot of people that never got to talk to Stephen to get a chance to hear some of his wisdom and knowledge.

I understand Chris's atance on the issue right now, though. Hopefully someone can find a way to work through the issues.
 
H20,

I wasn't going to say anything just yet, but seeing as how you have mentioned it.............

There is (let's call it......) a small discussion group talking over the possibilities and issues involved at the moment, however due to the sensitivies involved, it won't happen overnight.............even if we get the necessary people on-side, it may have to wait until Stephen's affairs are all in order.

Rest assured that even if there is nothing much said in the open forums, that some are working on it behind the scenes.

:cool:
 
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this is like watching the movie Never ending story or whatever it was named....IMHO boring...
I wonder what the newbies think when they read such threads like these....I betcha they don't even think about PMI's complot to mislead the world...i betcha they think....what a bunch of wacko's.... and the fool reading it all once again (yikes that's me...dumb insomniac) LOL
oh well back to sleep...

on a second note, the post of Stephen describing the mic was very interesting... Thanks for posting :)
 
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H20,

I wasn't going to say anything just yet, but seeing as how you have mentioned it.............

There is (let's call it......) a small discussion group talking over the possibilities and issues involved at the moment, however due to the sensitivies involved, it won't happen overnight.............even if we get the necessary people on-side, it may have to wait until Stephen's affairs are all in order.

Rest assured that even if there is nothing much said in the open forums, that some are working on it behind the scenes.

:cool:
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Aus-

Thanks.

Personally, I think it would give people a chance to get an insight to the way Stephen's mind worked, and a glimpse at how much knowledge we've lost with his passing.

It would be a nice memorial.
 
i'm a bit in the dark...

... ok, so i'm relatively new to this board, and although i run into posts that include these slags on studio projects and pmi, i guess i haven't been around long enough to know what it's all about. the reason i am even remotely curious, is because i own one of their pre amps, and am considering buying one of their mics as well. without stirring up any shit, could someone please politely just hip me to what people have against this company.
i have done a bit of research on stephen paul, and look forward to reading more about him and his ideas. it sounds like a really brilliant man has passed.
i have had nothing but a good experience with my vtb-1, and am just wondering what all the rants are about. please don't use my question to start a fight, and simply ingnore my plea if you can't be civil.
thanks - jv
 
Do a search in the mic forum on Alan Hyatt, spam and Studio Projects. Read thru the millions of threads. Form your own opinion.

In a nutshell, some folks thought he was using the bbs to promote his products. Others disagreed. Things got heated and uncivil. Several folks got fed up and left the bbs - unfortunately some of the most knowledgeable posters here. Acrimony over this remains.
 
In a nutshell...

When Alan Hyatt first came on this board, he plugged his products pretty hard. Several people got upset and accused Alan of spamming the board under the guise of answering questions about his (and other companies) products. I personally didn't think he was spamming, but that's just my opinion.

Alan later apologized to the board and seems to have toned it down considerably.

Some people haven't let it go.

A lot of the acrimony is because some of the same people that abused Alan every time he showed up also took some pretty serious shots at Stephen for the short time that he posted here, and have even gone after Harvey on occasion, leading to all of them reducing the amount of posts they submit. In my mind, that's a real loss to the forum, because there'a a lot of knowledge that those guys have that they used to be willing to pass along.

The vast majority of the people that took shots said their piece and let it go. A couple of them still lie in wait for Alan (or Justin Hyatt, or Brent Casey) to post something so they can respond and stir up another shitstorm.

I'm sure others have differing viewpoints on the situation, and I'm sure they will post their opinions as well.
 
i see...

crazydoc said:
Do a search in the mic forum on Alan Hyatt, spam and Studio Projects. Read thru the millions of threads. Form your own opinion.

In a nutshell, some folks thought he was using the bbs to promote his products. Others disagreed. Things got heated and uncivil. Several folks got fed up and left the bbs - unfortunately some of the most knowledgeable posters here. Acrimony over this remains.
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thanks very much for the neutral response, crazydoc. so, it was more of a matter of questionable promotion, rather than the products themselves... that was my main concern. you're a champ for answering my question politely, and with tact.
enough said, peace - jv
 
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johneeeveee said:
thanks very much for the neutral response, crazydoc. so, it was more of a matter of questionable promotion, rather than the products themselves... that was my main concern. you're a champ for answering my question politely, and with tact.
enough said, peace - jv
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Some of the products have had problems also... like bad noise, shockmounts, and etc, etc... but, most likey no worst than any other cheap budget mics. Do a search and you find out more about it.
 
thanks djl

... i'll do some more research. i am quite happy with my vtb-1, and figured the mics might be worth checking out.
peace - jv
 
When the Alan/spamming issues were hot news, both the moderator of this forum and the site admin., made the decision that Alan wasn't spamming.............but that hasn't stopped some people.

And as a perfect illustration DJL posts this gem....................."Some of the products have had problems also... like bad noise, shockmounts, and etc, etc... but, most likey no worst than any other cheap budget mics. Do a search and you find out more about it.".......................when he knows damned well that problems have been both minor and few and far between AND that PMI bend over backwards to ensure any issues are fixed ASAP.

:cool:
 
I also remember a time when Neumann put out a slew of bad TLM-103's, with the capsules mounted at a weird angle in relation to the front grill.

"but, most likely no worst than any other cheap budget mics. Do a search and you find out more about it."
 
Harvey Gerst said:
I also remember a time when Neumann put out a slew of bad TLM-103's, with the capsules mounted at a weird angle in relation to the front grill.

"but, most likely no worst than any other cheap budget mics. Do a search and you find out more about it."
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Yeah shit happens... but, I think crap like that happen more often with the cheap budget mics and most of the time it's pretty rare to get a bad Neumann... don't you?
 
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