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Q: During our discussions You're
comming back to vinyl, is vinyl the optimum media?
A:
A good vinyl recording which is pressed properly has more than 90dB
dynamic range wich is more than enough for most situations and the
resolution and frequency respons is perfectly good. The problem was the
quality control when producing vinyl. 20 years ago I told the digital
people that they needed 400kHz bandwidth and 24bit resolution. Today
they are one octave short from perfection... When it comes to storage it
is something different. Pack up and store a vinyl record properly and it
will last for a very long time. A CD has to be perfect or it doesen't
work. The CD-records don't last that long and harddrives for computors
will last even shorter. I believe that the next step in storage media
might be the solid state memory.
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Q: Digital Amlifiers, the new kid on
the block, what's Your oppinion about them?
A:
I can do a digital tube amplifier, it's not that difficult... With
transistors it's not impossible to make a good digital amplifier. The
problem is how to do it and a lot of companies have done badly so
far. The reason for the design is to be efficient and get a lot of power with
low energy consumption.
For a High End amp, it's like with a Ferrari
or Rolls Royce, if You can afford it you don't say it only does 100km out
of 30L of gas. If You can afford to buy it You can afford the gas.
Q: Your statement
Product the Ear 509 is moderatly priced compared to other
statement products from other companies, why is that?
A:
I use an analogy, the Mini car was a brilliant piece of engineering
design. It could stay in production for many Years because it was right.
The 509 is like the mini, it’s a fundamentaly correct design with
technology pushed to the limit and I couldn’t make any better without
going crazy from a cost perspective. I tell people it’s a good amplifier at a
price that is affordable.
Ten Years ago during the European recession, I
stopped making it but the demand has been such lately that I have taken
it into production again.
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Q: We've had a chance to listen to the
stunning Elvis recording, can You tell us more about
it?
A:
The recording is the original master multitrack
before the background vocals and all the other has been put on to become
the final product. It is done live in the studio since Elvis wanted the
interaction with the musicians. I think it is an awesome recording
since You really can hear what the intent of the songs are and feel what
Elvis wanted with the songs. As You added all the other stuff to make
the final product that “copy-copy” of all the other stuff has made the
quality go down until You’ve lost the original feeling. Elvis was an
awesome musician/singer.
 (1.6Mb MP3)
Q: Is Elvis one of Your favourites?
A: Yes, I would have to put him as one of my top 6 favourites.
Others are Wilson Picket, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson and a lot of
Reggae. But when it comes to Reggae, only the commercial type. Reggae
broke rules and did their own thing. I have great respect for the
Beatles and also for the Rolling Stones. I listen to Folk Music,
Blues
and Indian Music
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Q: How big is EAR
today, how many employees?
A: We have 6 people in the
company today, we don't want to be too big. Having 30 people or more
increase the administration a lot and I don't want to do that.
Q:Which are the
biggest markets for Ear?
A: Germany
used to be my biggest market. France does well
for us. Japan is one of my two or three biggest markets. I have to be
thankful since
Japan is usually a very difficult market for western companies.
Q: What do You think
about the globality of the companies, will there eventually only be a
few very big companies left in the audio business?
A: In the mass consumer
market I see this happening but I dont see it in the real High
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As You can hear on the clips there was a wery nice party going on
in the background so we at HiFiforum.nu wants to thank Tim for taking the time
to talk to
us and we wish Tim and EAR the best
in the future.
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Neodynium@HiFiForum.nu
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