[LAU] Pro Audio? OT rant.

[Ricardus Vincente]

On 12/24/2012 10:40 AM, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

>> That said I'm sure a violin 10,000 euros is way better than a 100 euros one.
>> But from there to "a stradivarius is way better than what violin makers of
>> today build" (if that's what you meant), there is a lot of hype and magic
>> thinking involved, which is very surprising from you.
> 
> "A Stradivarius is way better than what violin makers of today build" 
> is not what I wrote and certainly not what I meant.
> 
> And yes, there's lot of hype and a lot of ill-founded aversion to
> contemporary technology. I'm pretty sure that if some violin maker
> would discover a way to use some of today's high-tech materials
> to build a really good violin, most of the 'well-thinking' music
> world would want to burn him at the stake (along with his violins).

 I read about this guy in 1983, in a science magazine. I think he
cracked the code:

http://www.nagyvaryviolins.com/