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<DIV><SPAN class=312004002-11012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
about electronics replacing electronics? At a clients studio today he showed me
the old Fender Rhodes he recently acquired. It had received a lot of work, but
no upgrades or modifications. It was like new. He and I, and his client coming
in as I was leaving, all agreed that the sampled Rhodes on most electronics
sounds almost perfect, but that it did not have the performance
possibiliteis of the real thing. They also both agreed that the feel of the
Rhodes is part of what give it these distinctive performance possibilities.
Nothing else feels like it. An electronic, on the other hand, always feels like
just a keyboard, as the kids in below discovered. Will we soon see a resurgence
of old Fender Rhodes, Clavinets, and Wurlitzer electric pianos?
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<DIV><SPAN class=312004002-11012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>--
Geoff Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312004002-11012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>--
Assoc. Los Angeles.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Mark Bolsius<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:42
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Pianotech List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: electronics replacing
pianos?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m going to put one
last perspective in here (I’ve been away and am only just catching up with
pianotech). It’s been a great thread and I’ve really enjoyed following
it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m not convinced the
end is nigh – otherwise I’d be out somewhere else –
retraining!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My ex-wife was a
school music teacher and had a class each 10 week term which was a ‘taster’
for 12-13 year olds who hadn’t ever played piano or keyboard. The resource
available to her was a class set of 15 keyboards with headphones (often
referred to by our local sales guys as ‘Wally Boxes’) and a Young Chang U131
upright. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">She related the
following to me – which happened to some degree every time the class was
run.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the first five or
so weeks, all the arguments in the class were over who wanted to play which
keyboard. They wanted to hear all the whiz bang noises each keyboard made.
Once that was done with, towards the end of the term, they were usually
fighting over the piano – it was the only thing that offered them any
challenge, and my ex also thought that they were connecting with the true
‘nature’ of the instrument – ie that they were producing the sound, they were
physically connected with the keys that were connected eventually to the
hammer that actually struck the string that made the sound –
naturally!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">They were getting off
on the kinaesthetic possibilities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This concept
continues for anyone who studies the piano – and I know I’ve had that wondrous
experience of sitting at a beautifully prepared piano and playing like never
before, purely because it was offering me - at an unconscious level - so
many possibilities to explore. This can never happen on an electronic piano –
all they offer is a variety of recorded notes to play back.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
human ear craves diversity and subtlety</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. The keyboard is
just a Xerox and will never be able to give that to a sufficient degree. Sure,
the really expensive ones come close, but there’s still not that <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">organic</SPAN></I> connection. Yamaha came really
close with the GT2 which had a C series action without hammers or strings, it
had very clever sensing technology and a massive piano sample – but the end
cost blew them out – especially when you consider the short life span of these
appliances.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">David Lawson hit the
nail on the head, concert artists don’t play them (much – certainly not in
public). The few that I have met that use digitals use them for note learning
or composition. Another voice (sorry – I can’t remember whose) observed that
they didn’t play theirs for pleasure.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve found that many
customers discussing this with me can see the rationality of these arguments
and go on to purchase ‘the real thing’. The public need education, and when
they have the good sense to talk to us about it, they get another perspective
than that offered by the dealer (who considers little else than profit and low
costs – both available from digitals, harder to get from acoustic
pianos).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To return to the
point of the thread…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I think digitals have
pretty much already replaced the bottom end of the market – not necessarily a
bad thing. The real challenge is for dealers to follow up their clients to up
grade at an appropriate time – hopefully before the child/student has given it
up!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our challenge is to
raise our skill levels to accommodate the higher end of the piano market – or
select our specialist area and work in that. Or to have a diverse enough range
of products/services to earn a living from – but that’s another
thread!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ooops there goes my
dime…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Leslie Bartlett
[mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, 6 January 2007 1:10
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
FW: electronics replacing pianos?</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Danny was ptg for
several years, but living nearly a hundred miles from the chapter, and now
working more in sound and electronics, is no longer active. but I sent him the
thing below, and he offered his reply. His email is below if you wish to
respond to his viewpoints. I'm not smart enough to
know.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">les <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">bartlett</st1:place></st1:City></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Danny Moore
[mailto:catalinasound@sbcglobal.net] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, January 05, 2007 7:21
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: electronics replacing
pianos?</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There are a couple of
things that always strike me as peculiar any time this discussion comes
up. First, digital recording and current “high-end” microphone
technology will certainly capture anything and everything that even the finest
piano can produce. Many of the big guys are using 24-bit depth at 192
KHz sample rate. That’s a faithful reproduction of 96,000 hz and a noise
floor greater than -96 db – what’s that, the 28<SUP>th</SUP> partial of
C8? Our hearing peaks out around 20K if we’re young and haven’t spent
the last 35 years playing in rock bands. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Second, when we say
that digital pianos don’t sound as good as the real thing, let’s compare
apples to apples. We invariably make that comparison to a S&S B or
D, or perhaps a Kawai EX at a price point of over $100,000. Perhaps they
don’t even sound as good as a Yamaha C3, but that’s still over $30,000.
Let’s take that “professional level” Roland RD700SX at $2195 or a Yamaha CP300
at $2195 and see how they stack up. They sound far better than a used
spinet or even a new <st1:place w:st="on">Pearl River</st1:place> vertical at
the same price. In fact, they sound considerably better than a Samick
SIG57 5’ 7” grand at over $14,000. Let’s face it, there are many, many
brand new pianos out there, vertical and grand, that cost $20,000 and more
that won’t compare in sound or touch to one of the $2K pro electronic
keyboards. (Not to mention that you can move it from venue to venue and
it’s still in tune.)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Finally, the most
baffling thing to me is, with all the wonderful and very expensive technology
out there, the record (OK, Compact Disc) buying public out there demands their
sound. After spending $3,800 EACH for a coincident pair of Neumann U87
Ai microphones, they run them through Rupert Neve equalizers, Manley
compressors and every other high-end signal processor available to compress
and change the sound to what the public demands – a $2,000 electronic
keyboard!</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I submit to you that
the problem is not with digital instruments or poor recording techniques but
with the general public and popular culture. The masses only know what
they know – that is, old spinets in parents’ living rooms and Sunday school
classrooms that didn’t sound good or play well when they were purchased in
1955 and haven’t been tuned since. Popular culture doesn’t demand the
subtleties of a Fazioli, they just want to hear music that they like, be it
classical or country, and record label executives are happy to give them what
they want. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Case in point:
Who decided that young, urban black people like rap? The people who make
large bucks off of young urban black people, that’s who! People like
what they are fed with no regard for what is “good” or “tasteful” or
“artistic.” Or consider this . . . after spending the zillions of bucks
to capture that 6-figure piano on those $3,800 microphones with the absolute
best and most expensive technology available, we take the impeccably done
recording, compress it to MP3 (which literally deletes 80% of the audio data)
and listen to it on an iPod through ear buds! </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You’re welcome to
share my point of view if you think anyone is interested or you may just hit
Delete.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Later,
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Danny
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lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Leslie
Bartlett [mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, January 05, 2007 5:13
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Danny
Moore<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> FW:
electronics replacing pianos?</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On
Behalf Of </SPAN></B>reggaepass@aol.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, January 05, 2007 7:21
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
Re: electronics replacing pianos?</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> ..and the piano seems to
be one of the hardest instruments to faithfully reproduce through recording,
if not the hardest. Any thoughts as to why that
is?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Alan
Eder<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>-----Original
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<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_23cb784c-b110-42ab-b722-a7fc0803fb09><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> What they ultimately proved is that no matter how good the recording and the playback systems,</SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">there is always some extra lows and some extra highs and some extra nuance</SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">that just plain won't record or playback. I think the same holds true for</SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">even the high-end sampled electronic pianos today. They do sound pretty darn</SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">good, but they don't really sound real. And I don't think that they will be</SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">able to reproduce a real enough sound from an electronic device anytime soon</SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">enough for it to effect many of us. </SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-- Assoc. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City></SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></TT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE></DIV>
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