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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Bill Gaw: over 50 years of high-end audio experience and time aligned horns.
Post Subject: Please.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 10/31/2025
Antony, please don’t take this as personal criticism — I offer it with respect, and with a sincere wish to keep our dialogue meaningful. When we speak with absolute confidence, it’s wise to reserve even the smallest margin — perhaps one percent — for the possibility that we might not see the full picture. That single percent is not weakness; it’s the space through which real insight enters.
You reminded me recently of a colleague who once challenged my solution to a complex problem. He declared, with great certainty, that what I proposed was “theoretically impossible,” supported by his thirty years of experience. What he didn’t know was that the same solution had been running successfully in production systems across several companies for nearly a decade. His conclusion wasn’t malicious — it was simply limited by his frame of understanding.
That’s why I must be honest with you. The confidence in your responses feels absolute, but the depth behind them seems only partial. Your argument that shorter reverberation time improves bass, for example, isn’t just oversimplified — it reflects a misunderstanding of the phenomenon itself. I’m not offended by it, but I do recognize when certainty is masking incompleteness.
Please understand — I have no desire to hurt you or diminish you. But I’ve changed. I no longer allow anyone, even unintentionally, to project their version of truth onto me as if it were the only one. I can endure disagreement, even insult; that’s fine. What I cannot accept is being pressed into psychological submission or cornered into reactions that aren’t truly my choice.
It’s important that you know this not as a threat, but as a quiet boundary. I stand very still, and I do not move easily — not out of pride, but because I know exactly where I stand. My suggestion to you is to protect your own equilibrium in this exchange. Approach me, if you wish, not with assertion, but with depth and curiosity. That’s where real dialogue — and mutual respect — can exist.
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