I know Oxford Dickie’s name isn’t, uh, universally revered in these precincts. I think that most of the unpleasantness involving OD happened before I became active here, but I gather that before he left QQ, he regularly attracted the sorts of ego-snits and troll-fights that can make the internet such a tiresome place. (Seems that any time a bunch of passionate nerds get together, no matter what the object of their shared obsession, there will always be a few who possess an abundance of self-regard and a paucity of tolerance and civility…)
That said: the man has done some brilliant decodes—and seems to have figured out how to get amazing separation out of matrix recordings. And now that he’s slowly closing down his blog, he’s begun to put into writing some of the principles and procedures that he’s mainly kept in his head.
I have almost zero technical understanding of surround engineering and (re)production, and I have no intention to assemble a quad system of my own. But I love reading tech-oriented documents, discussions, and arguments anyway, even when it involves equipment I will never own or use. (That’s one of my favorite things about QQ, actually—the fact that it’s such a repository of nerdy technical expertise.) So that’s why I found OD’s latest post, “You can’t correct a bad start,” fascinating. Maybe some others will, too, regardless of the source.
That said: the man has done some brilliant decodes—and seems to have figured out how to get amazing separation out of matrix recordings. And now that he’s slowly closing down his blog, he’s begun to put into writing some of the principles and procedures that he’s mainly kept in his head.
I have almost zero technical understanding of surround engineering and (re)production, and I have no intention to assemble a quad system of my own. But I love reading tech-oriented documents, discussions, and arguments anyway, even when it involves equipment I will never own or use. (That’s one of my favorite things about QQ, actually—the fact that it’s such a repository of nerdy technical expertise.) So that’s why I found OD’s latest post, “You can’t correct a bad start,” fascinating. Maybe some others will, too, regardless of the source.