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In the Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company
Post Subject: After laughing my ass off...Posted by Paul S on: 1/29/2007
(reading the linked thread) I was reminded immediately of the artists I know, VERY few of whom have anything at all interesting to say about art (or anything else, either, really...). So it may be pandemic.
But, as you have pointed out, Romy, audio is a little different than other "markets" in that there actually are certain objective criteria that should preoccupy the efforts of the "Audio Industry"; yet, oddly, it doesn't work this way at all. Even televisions have gotten bigger, brighter, more pixelated, etc., while audio has somehow become more like fashion, where a panel literally meets quarterly to decide which colors and styles the Fashion Industry as a whole will offer to "consumers".
But I am not so sure that Lamm plays this game, exactly, or maybe it's that Lamm's overt behavior seems a trifle peculiar to me, unlike what I've come to expect of the industry "players". Perhaps this is just due to cultural differences. One almost gets the impression that he marches to his own drummer, like some crackpot genius, staying different despite his overt attempts to "satisfy market demand".
And do I remember reading that Lamm has (or had) a totally "different" understanding of how amps should "behave" and sound, and that his methods of testing and evaluating are (were) novel, as well? One wonders if and if so then how these odd, objective characteristics may yet spare him the ultimate humiliation you describe.
I know that expectations of Lamm are high, and they are based on his considerable best efforts, and any drop off in his products gets noticed and lamented. But how much would Lamm have to change to fit squarely into the industry mold?
It does seem like, but I hope not, that consciously or not, even our best and our brightest are sooner or later blighted by the "AIDS" (Audio Industry Dimming Syndrome), and that they all, even if slowly at first, get sucked into the current and begin circling the same drain.
Perhaps we should organize some kind of raffle, raise some money, try to save the poor blighters.
You know... for kids.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site