<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   <STRONG>RIc</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>   I think you have made this clear but never the less others on this list are free to state there opinions even if it turns you off.  Hey, it's just going to happen & when it does I/we can always count on the verbal response from the other side of the pond & that's OK with me.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>  Dale</STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>All of these and there are no doubt more, doubtless have their own <BR>particular merits, and their own particular weaknesses.  I personally <BR>start turning off when someone starts declaring one or another <BR>particular approach to be inherently superior by far then all others.  <BR>And that applies equally to any and all players on the field of <BR>soundboard makers no matter who they are and no matter how much respect <BR>I have for the actual work they do themselves. <BR><BR>There is of course such a thing as shoddy workmanship...  but thats a <BR>completely different subject matter then basic design principles.<BR><BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>