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Originally Posted by Zemo
Ah, THERE they are! Tyll, curious if you got to listen to my amps....curious to hear what you thought! likewise for the rest of ya'll!
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I've learned a LOT by being out on the road. I won't go down the list as I wish to save that for the end and a large, overall impressions post. But I will mention this as we have talked about this ad nauseum at HeadRoom:
We have notice that when we send stuff to meets without sending a "product champion" along with it, it doesn't getr mention much, or, worse yet, it gets trashed on. I've come to believe the need for this "product champion" is crucial for getting the product listened to, and evaluated in a balanced manner. Mind you, I see the activity of this "product champion" not so much as to advocate the product, but to advocate that the product get listened to. This is a hobby and requires enthusiasts whose "job" is t be enthusiastic about listening to various things, for various reasons.
For example: I have been enthusiastic about getting people to listen to the Sennheiser HD201. Not because I sell it (because my guess is that we're luck if we come out even a buck ahead when we sell them, but rather because I enthusiastically believe something about the headphones that I want to share with others. That belief is that they sound great for $20 and everyone should have a pair if for no other reason than to have it at the ready to give it away to someone at a moments notice who might show an interest in headphones. I also have been enthusiastic about letting people hear the Bose TriPort as it is so extraoridanrily weak in value, and that people should know that. In both cases, I am enthusiastic about my opinion about something.
When people ask us for stuff to show at a meet, or we contact someone to see if they'd like to have some product at a meet, the missing piece is that there is often not an "axe to grind", so to speak, by the reciever of the product. There is PLENTY to listen to at most meets, and the most common complaint I've heard is that people regret not getting around to listen to more things. My perception is that most folks have an agenda going into the meet, and it takes the entire meet to excesise that agenda, AND to be gracefull enough to listen to and concider the various agendas of others. In other words, it take the whole meet to process the various enthusiastic stances that people are comming with, and there ends up being very little time to walk around, sort of open to the still, small voice of any particular piece of gear at the meet.
As a result, I know that I will be doing at least two things for sure:
1) I will be going to more meet to fulfill my personal enthusiastic agendas. (promoting HeadRoom product; listening to the variety of gear and opinions about the gear that others brought; promoting further and more diverse meet settings.)
2) HeadRoom will likely make it harder for poeple to requisition gear for us to send to meets. We will likely require a specific agenda and product champoin to execute that agenda befor equipment goes out. (An example might be that a particular enthusiat will commit to setting up a HeadRoom amp to compare to his sound card; or some other experiment of this type.)
So, I appologies for not getting around to having a listen to your amps. I was curious, but just not enthusiastic enough to get the listening time onto my agenda. Sorry. FWIW, if you wish to send me an amp in September after my trip, I'll give it a listen. Or, better yet, dig up a product champion of your own at a future meet I'll be at, and he will no doubt get me to give it a try.
Cheers!
