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John was not enthralled by expensive items

Sure, thats why he bought a Bimmer series 7. It shows, that he had his priorities straight unlike many of us -me included. Although, I didn't read about John Hogan personal life and his financial status, which actually does not interests me and made a wrong assumptions based on the look and construction of his amps, I read plenty from Njjohn and others over the years about them, and I heard one which sounded pretty much like they described. The amp is sorta useless in full range mode and quite a bit better but still not correct sounding as a midrange amp (driving round 350Hz Edgar horn with JBL 2441 from 500k-10k) It doesn't mean one can't enjoy it or even have some love for it. It means that objectively it's a lumpy sounding amp which restricts your choice of music , which may not be a problem for most of the people. I'm pretty sure I could be a friend with John and understand many people miss him. I don't think he would find a problem with me saying straight face to face that he is making lumpy sounding amps but if it makes him and his friends happy there is no harm in it . Better be happy than right. Same thing with late Terry Cain ,lovely man and disastrous sounding speakers he made ,which obviously still make many people happy , if not from anything else than from the quality and craftsmanship of enclosures. Now, don't ask me that if I'm such a smart ass what things I use :) Pretty much nothing actually. The amps I built are marginal at best. The middle of the range commercial I could eventually afford are not better. The ones I might like are far beyond range. The same with the rest of the chain. Crappy car radio and the only classical FM station in town is the last refuge of burned out audiophool.(Maybe, I actually should get sentenced by AA to Hogan amp and Terry Cain speakers for a purgatory time for all my trespassing here;) Have a nice day guys and watch your sugar level....

PS) PWK was wrong or he didn't follow his own word. He built marvelous sounding (with the right driver NOT with k-33E ) ,domestically friendly horn midbass enclosure . Midrange was where he SUCKED -big way!


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