Customers listening too critically & imagining noises in repaired amps - what to call that phenomenon?

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8/26/1999 1:36 AM

Ed/SS

Customers listening too critically & imagining noises in repaired amps - what to call that phenomenon? This should probably be on the joke page, but have you guys noticed that after you repair an amp, a customer trying it out is listening more intently, trying to hear EVERY LITTLE SOUND THE AMP MAKES, imagining to hear noises/sounds he claims he didn't hear before it was worked on, even though the amp is working properly after a complete repair. There ought to be a word for that. Any ideas?

 

8/26/1999 2:09 AM

Steve A.

Ed:             Good question! No answer here at this time, but I thought that I'd suggest something; with hard disk recording getting pretty damn cheap, why not make a quick sound sample of an amp when it comes in? (If you are doing mods to an amp (not a PV Classic 50! < g >), that would give them some sort of reference as to how you changed/improved the sound.) After the happy customer has signed off the bill, you can delete the sound samples to free up hard drive space. For this application I think a Soundblaster card, an SM57 mike and some sort of preamp would be all that you need. Oh, I guess you'd need a computer. too!             Thanks for bringing that up!         Steve Ahola

 

8/26/1999 2:18 AM
Benjamin Fargen	ED,     P.A.O.A. syndrome...............         Otherwise known as:         Psycho-acoustic-over-analysis             Bringing on extra gray hairs to amp techs everywhere!             Benjamin.

 

8/26/1999 2:52 AM
Mike Burgundy	´nother suggestion;     Bullocks?     Or is that to plain straight forward?

 

8/26/1999 5:05 AM
Hi	I think it's just another example of the modern religion that is fast taking over the world - Bozoism.     Hi

 

8/26/1999 10:56 AM
His High Imperial Bozism	Ah, well it is finally happening - the devoted followers of the Late Majestic God-Who-Squeaks-As-He-Walks are again getting the recognition that they will be the inheriters of the world - arise! Not since the great concern of the 1980s when the great pretender Bozo occupied the White House has teh primal cry of the Bozo resonated within the common soul! All squeak you noses in salute!

 

8/26/1999 7:26 PM
Reid Kneeland	quote: "Not since the great concern of the 1980s when     the great pretender Bozo occupied the White House"         Oh come on, when was the last time we DIDN'T     have a bozo in the White House? 1963? No, wait,     Kennedy botched the Bay of Pigs, and thought     sending troops to Viet Nam was a good idea.     I'll go with... Jefferson.         Reid

 

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