Tom Nousaine, 1945 - 2014

Kukumbukira Mmodzi mwa Olemba Mauthenga Ovuta Kwambiri pa Nthawi Yonse

Wowerenga wotchedwa lero kuti afotokoze za wanga CEA-2010 Subwoofer Output Measurement Manual (eya, owerenga amandiitana ine Lamlungu kuti ndiyankhule za zinthu monga subwoofer measurement) ndipo anandipatsa nkhani yowawa yakuti Tom Nousaine, wolemba ndi womangamanga amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha zolembedwa zake m'mabuku monga Audio , Stereo Review , Sound & Vision , The $ osible $ ound ndi The Audio Critic, anafa masiku angapo apitawo ali aang'ono msinkhu wa 69.

Ndinayamikira zinthu zambiri zokhudza Tom. Ndikulingalira, anali mmodzi mwa olemba ojambula okhudzidwa ndi magalimoto komanso chilakolako chofuna kugwira ntchito zazikulu, zowonongeka, monga kuyesa khungu kwa okamba ndi subwoofers, ndikudzimangira yekha "wotsiriza" pansi pake ndi masentimita asanu ndi atatu oyendetsa galimoto. Iye anali mmodzi mwa anthu ochepa omwe anali okonzeka kukweza malingaliro osawakonda kwambiri, monga kukhulupirira kwake kuti zamagetsi zamakono zimapangitsa kusiyana kochepa phokoso la dongosolo, ndipo zingwezo sizikupangitsa konse. Pakati pa atolankhani, adali mmodzi mwa akatswiri odziwa bwino ntchito komanso odziwa zambiri. Anali ndi chuma chamtengo wapatali m'zikwanira zamtengo wapatali, onse analipira pamatumba ake, osaperekedwa ndi magazini omwe ankagwiritsira ntchito. (Kotero iye anandiuza ine, osachepera.)

Chofunika koposa, anali woyankhula woyamba, mwa lingaliro langa, kuti achite zogwira mtima komanso zogwiritsira ntchito za subwoofers, chifukwa anali, mwamtheradi, woyamba kuzindikira kuti zotsatira za subwoofer ndi zofunika kwambiri, ndipo mwina kuposa yankho lake kawirikawiri. Iye anali mlembi woyamba wa audio, kudziwa kwanga, kuzindikira kufunika kokhala ndi ma subwoofers angapo kuti athetse zotsatira za chipinda chamagetsi.

Zonse zomwe zinanenedwa, zinali zomveka bwino kuti Tom anandiona - ndi olemba ena ambiri - kuti akhale mdani. Tom adagwiritsa ntchito mayesero pa Stereo Review pamene Julian Hirsch wapuma pantchito, ndipo adapitirizabe kugwira ntchitoyi pamene Stereo Review inamveka bwino. Ndinapambana Tom ngati S & V's speaker guy-testing guy atasiya magazini chifukwa anamva kuti pali zolemba zambiri - zochepa zolembedwa ndi ine - zomwe zinapangitsa chidwi kwambiri maganizo, osati sayansi maganizo kuposa iye.

Anthu okonda masewera a kunyumba adagwiritsa ntchito Nousaine chifukwa cha ntchito yake yovuta kwambiri pa subwoofers, komanso luso lake lofotokozera njira zake ndikuwonekera m'Chingelezi choyera komanso chochezeka.

Koma audiophiles - mwachitsanzo, okonda miyambo yachikhalidwe, njira ziwiri - amamunyoza, osati popanda chifukwa. Ngati muwerenga nkhani zambiri zakale, zimakhala zosavuta kumva kuti ali nazo. Nthawi zambiri ndinkangowona kuti nthawi iliyonse malingaliro okhudzana ndi mauthenga amawonekera m'mabuku owonetsera ngati Absolute Sound ndi Stereophile , Tom adzalumikiza mayeso osamvetsetsa ndi cholinga chotsutsa. Audiophiles amaganiza kuti oimirira akuyimira kusiyana? Tom "anawatsimikizira kuti iwo ndi olakwika." Audiophiles sakonda oyambirira a THX oyankhula? Tom "anawatsimikizira kuti iwo ndi olakwika." Ine ndithudi sindinaliwerenge ntchito yake yonse, koma ine sindinayambe konse kuwerenga mayesero omwe iye ankawapeza omwe anapeza audioples anali olondola pa chirichonse.

Ndimakumbukira kuti pambuyo polemba mlembi ku Stereophile anamutcha "weasel," The Audio Critic - ndi chilolezo chake, ine ndikutsimikiza, ndipo ndikuyembekeza ndi chilimbikitso chake - anapanga dzina lake lotchulidwira, momveka bwino (ndi mwina kupambana) kuyesa kukwiyitsa zofuna zake.

Mwachangu monga Tom anali kuyesa kuti adziwe zikhulupiliro za audiophile, zopereka zake ku zojambula zamakono zinali zofunika kwambiri kuposa za onse koma olemba ochepa omwe ndimatha kuwalemba. Palibenso olemba ambiri masiku ano omwe ali ndi zifukwa zolimbana ndi zikhulupiliro zomwe anthu ambiri amakhulupirira, kapena kuyesa kupeza china chatsopano pazomwe amamvera m'malo momangotulutsa shibboleths. Ndewu monga momwe ndinalili ndi Tom anali, ndikudandaula kuti wapita ndipo ndikukhumba kuti pali wina woti atenge malo ake.

Chithunzichi pamwamba ndi chimodzi chimene ine ndiri nacho kuchokera pa webusaiti yake. Zachokera ku "subwoofer" yomwe ndatchula pamwambapa - chidutswa chodabwitsa chojambula pamanja chomwe poyamba chinayambira muwongolero watsopano ndikumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990. Ngakhale chithunzi chojambula cha "wasayansi wamisala" chimangokhala chofanana ndi Tom, chimagwiritsa ntchito mzimu wake, kuyendetsa galimoto ndi chilakolako chabwino kuposa chithunzi chilichonse.

BTW, banja la Tom lafunsa kuti m'malo mwa maluwa, zopereka kukumbukira Tom apangidwe ku VFW National Home for Children.