Tom Nousaine, ngo-1945 ukuya ku-2014

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Umfundi obizwa namhlanje ukuba axoxe malunga ne-CEA-2010 ye-Subwoofer Yomlinganiselo Wokulinganisa Umzekelo (ewe, abafundi bandibiza ngokuba ngamaCawa ukuthetha ngezinto ezinjenge-subwoofer measure) kwaye wandinika iindaba ezibuhlungu ukuba uTom Nousaine, umbhali ovakalayo kunye nenjineli eyaziwayo ngenxa yeemibhalo zakhe ezinjenge- Audio , iStereo Review , Sound & Vision , I-$ eable $ ound kunye ne -Audio Critic, idlulileyo iintsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule kwiminyaka engama-69 ubudala.

Ndandithanda gqitha izinto ezininzi ngoTom. Ngokombono wam, wayengomnye wenani elincinci labalobi be-audio kunye nekhanuko yokuthatha iiprojekthi ezinkulu, ezinomdla, njengokuhlola okungaboniyo kwezithethi kunye ne-subwoofers, kunye nokwakha "i-subwoofer" eyona nto "eneyona nto" baqhubi. Wayengomnye wabambalwa abazimisele ukubeka imibono engathandekiyo, njengenkolelo yakhe yokuba i-electronic electronics yenze ukuba umehluko omncinane kwisandi senkqubo, kwaye ezo zixhobo zingenzi nto. Phakathi kwababhali beendaba, wayengomnye wabasebenzi abanobuchule kunye nobunzulu bezithethi zesithethi. Wayephethe i-fortune encinane kwinqwelo yokulinganisa, yonke into ehlawulwayo ephaketheni lakhe, enganikezelwa ngamaphephancwadi awayeyisebenzela. (Ngoko wandixelela, ubuncinane.)

Okubaluleke kakhulu, wayengumbhali weendaba wokuqala, ngokombono wam, ukwenza inqanaba elifanelekileyo kunye nekhono elincinci ye-subwoofers, kuba wayekho, okokuqala, owokuqala ukuqonda ukuba imveliso ye-subwoofer ibaluleke kakhulu, kwaye mhlawumbi ngakumbi, mpendulo yayo. Kwakungowokuqala-ntatheli we-audio, ekwazini kwam, ukuqonda ukubaluleka kokusebenzisa i-subwoofers ezininzi ukugqithisa imiphumo ye-acoustics.

Konke okutshoyo, kwakucacile ukuba uTom wandijonga - kunye nabanye abalobi bezandi - ukuba babe lutshaba. UTom wathatha imilinganiselo yesithethi kwi- Stereo Review xa i-Julian Hirsch eyamangalisa umhlalaphantsi, kwaye waqhubeka kuloo nxaxheba xa iStereo Review iqhubekile kwi- Sound & Vision . Ndaphumelela uTom njengomntu weS & V wesithethi somlingani weS & V xa wayeshiye umagazini ngenxa yokuba wayevakalelwa amanqaku amaninzi - a bambalwa abhaliweyo kum - owabangela i-audiophilesque, ingcamango engaphantsi kwezesayensi kunokuba ayithandayo.

Abantu abathanda umdlalo wekhaya basebenzisa uNaasine ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuhlambalaza kwi-subwoofers, kunye neetalente zakhe zokuchaza iindlela zakhe kunye neziphumo kwiNgesi.

Kodwa i-audiophiles - oko kukuthi, abanomdla kwiinkqubo zendlela zesithethe, zecalao-zimbini, zize zenziwe ngaphandle kwezathu. Ukuba ufunda amaninzi amanqaku akhe omdala, kulula ukufumana ingcamango ayenaye kubo. Kwakusoloko kubonakala kum ukuba nanini na ukuba ingcamango evelele kwiimpapasho ze-audiophile ezifana ne -Absolute Sound kunye ne- Stereophile , uTom wayeza kuxoxisana novavanyo lokungavalelanga. Ama-Audiophile bacinga ukuba isithethi simi senza umehluko? UTom "wabonisa ukuba bangalunganga." I-Audiophiles ayithandi i-THX izivakalisi zangaphambili? UTom "wabonisa ukuba bangalunganga." Ngokuqinisekileyo ndingazange ndiyifunde yonke imisebenzi yakhe, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ndingazange ndifunde ukuvavanywa kwakhe okwenza ukuba iilophioples zilungele nantoni na.

Ndiyakhumbula ukuba emva kokuba umbhali waseStereophile ambiza ngokuthi "weasel," I-Audio Critic - kunye nemvume yakhe, ndiqinisekile, kwaye ndikulindela ngokukhuthazwa kwakhe kunye nesiteyiti sakhe esisemthethweni, ngokucacileyo (kwaye mhlawumbi iphumelele) uzame ukucaphukisa iimeses zakhe.

Unomdla njengoko uTom wayesemigudu yakhe yokwenza izikholo ze-audiophile iinkolelo zakhe, umrhumo wakhe kwiinkampani zomsindo zibaluleke ngakumbi kunabo bonke kodwa abambalwa abalobi belizwi ndingayigama. Akunabaninzi abalobi beemvumi ezi ntsuku kunye neengqungquthela zokulwa neenkolelo ezithandwayo, okanye ukuqhuba ukuzama ukufumana into emitsha malunga nokuvakala kunokuba usebenzise i-shibboleths nje. Ukubambisana njengoko ubuhlobo bam noTom bekunye, ndibuhlungu ukuba uye uye ndifuna ukuba kukho umntu oza kuthatha indawo yakhe.

Umfanekiso ongentla ungowomnye endawufumana kwiwebhusayithi yakhe. Ivela "kwinqanaba elingu-subwoofer" elikhankanywe ngasentla - isicatshulwa-style esinobuqili, esasigxina kwi- Sound & Vision entsha emva kwee-1990. Nangona umfanekiso wesimboli "wesayensi osasazileyo" ufana noTom nje, uthabatha umoya wakhe, uqhube kunye nokulangazelela kunokuba nayiphi na ifoto.

BTW, intsapho kaTom icele ukuba esikhundleni seentyatyambo, iminikelo kwimemori kaTom yenziwe kwikhaya le-VFW leSizwe labantwana.