Steve_D
Second Unit
- Joined
- Nov 28, 1999
- Messages
- 299
Hey, we could have Microsoft standardize everything. Or better yet, Apple-style control of the entire process!
Oh wait, Microsoft gets sued for this behavior, and Apple has been a bit player in their market for the last 15 years precisely because they don't work well with others.
While standards can be a good thing, they can also lead to problems and compromised performance. And, by the way, most consumer level (Best Buy, Circuit City, Walmart) is NOT hard to understand and decipher, taking at most a couple of hours to install. Do this and you can get "good" performance.
However, we HT/Audio enthuisiasts want "excellent" and "awesome", not "good". Doing so requires being on the leading edge of technology. Leading edge = loose or no standards. It is this way in almost every hobby or activity. For instance, there are casual bicycle riders who get on a unmaintained bike a couple of hours a week, and guys who train several hours/day and have all the latest heart rate monitors and exotic materials. Would the casual rider be able to even understand how various levels of pressure in the tires effect handling? Or, another example, put you or I in a F1 car and we'd be lucky to get it started. But I'm pretty sure most of us know how to get into our regular cars and get to work.
I'm not saying standards and technology won't evolve. It's just that he talks about some leading edge technologies then whines about their complexity.
Earth to Mr. MIT PHD: When its no longer leading edge, it won't be complicated. Either go for ease of use or go for maximum performance, the 2 are on opposite ends of the product development lifecycle.
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Oh wait, Microsoft gets sued for this behavior, and Apple has been a bit player in their market for the last 15 years precisely because they don't work well with others.
While standards can be a good thing, they can also lead to problems and compromised performance. And, by the way, most consumer level (Best Buy, Circuit City, Walmart) is NOT hard to understand and decipher, taking at most a couple of hours to install. Do this and you can get "good" performance.
However, we HT/Audio enthuisiasts want "excellent" and "awesome", not "good". Doing so requires being on the leading edge of technology. Leading edge = loose or no standards. It is this way in almost every hobby or activity. For instance, there are casual bicycle riders who get on a unmaintained bike a couple of hours a week, and guys who train several hours/day and have all the latest heart rate monitors and exotic materials. Would the casual rider be able to even understand how various levels of pressure in the tires effect handling? Or, another example, put you or I in a F1 car and we'd be lucky to get it started. But I'm pretty sure most of us know how to get into our regular cars and get to work.
I'm not saying standards and technology won't evolve. It's just that he talks about some leading edge technologies then whines about their complexity.
Earth to Mr. MIT PHD: When its no longer leading edge, it won't be complicated. Either go for ease of use or go for maximum performance, the 2 are on opposite ends of the product development lifecycle.
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