Comments on: Motley Fool’s "Brand Inside a Brand: The Next Intel" http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/motley-fools-brand-inside-brand-next.html Frustrated or intrigued by email teasers from investment newsletters and advisers? We solve them and track their performance here ... so stick around, participate and subscribe (it's free)! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:52:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lee http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/motley-fools-brand-inside-brand-next.html/comment-page-1#comment-9984 Lee Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:04:15 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/31/motley-fools-brand-inside-a-brand-the-next-intel/#comment-9984 Yes, I am a former subscriber to the fool, that is the rec. Yes, I am a former subscriber to the fool, that is the rec.

]]> By: AlanH http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/motley-fools-brand-inside-brand-next.html/comment-page-1#comment-9905 AlanH Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:31:05 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/31/motley-fools-brand-inside-a-brand-the-next-intel/#comment-9905 ppps Just reply 'Im in xyz sector. My email's qwerty.com'. I'll build the database and we can all get the inside track. AlanH ppps Just reply ‘Im in xyz sector. My email’s qwerty.com’.

I’ll build the database and we can all get the inside track.

AlanH

]]> By: AlanH http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/motley-fools-brand-inside-brand-next.html/comment-page-1#comment-9904 AlanH Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:17:10 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/31/motley-fools-brand-inside-a-brand-the-next-intel/#comment-9904 PPS You dont need to say buy/sell xyz product..... there are too many products to comment them all. All you have to say is 'I know x sector' Send your questions and I'll answer all as I see it. In return others will reply to your questions 'as they see it'.... or they can muck off from this blog. AlanH PPS You dont need to say buy/sell xyz product….. there are too many products to comment them all. All you have to say is ‘I know x sector’ Send your questions and I’ll answer all as I see it. In return others will reply to your questions ‘as they see it’…. or they can muck off from this blog.

AlanH

]]> By: AlanH http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/motley-fools-brand-inside-brand-next.html/comment-page-1#comment-9903 AlanH Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:02:51 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/31/motley-fools-brand-inside-a-brand-the-next-intel/#comment-9903 PS ok, so how many people out there had any idea of what a Dolby did? Now you know, you are better equipped to know what you are investing your $ in. How many people out there still want to invest in Dolby? Everyone of you knows the inside story on your own sector. So spill the beans so we know what 'magic' we should/shouldn't invest in. Whats hot and whats not? Its a two way street !! AlanH PS ok, so how many people out there had any idea of what a Dolby did? Now you know, you are better equipped to know what you are investing your $ in. How many people out there still want to invest in Dolby?

Everyone of you knows the inside story on your own sector. So spill the beans so we know what ‘magic’ we should/shouldn’t invest in. Whats hot and whats not? Its a two way street !!

AlanH

]]> By: AlanH http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/motley-fools-brand-inside-brand-next.html/comment-page-1#comment-9900 AlanH Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:07:32 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2007/10/31/motley-fools-brand-inside-a-brand-the-next-intel/#comment-9900 For info.... its a long blog but I will get to the point: I used to be a recording engineer in the 70's and we were the first in europe to get Dolbys. (first album was Crosby Stills and Nash before Young arrived)They were grey boxes about the size of a microwave oven and you needed 16 of them to treat the 16 tracks on the 2" recording tape that was dragged across the tape head producing loads of hiss.! Tape hiss was the bane of all recording. Essetially the dolby compressed the sound waves before they hit the recording tape, then de-compressed the treated sound waves on the way out. Consequently the hiss was relatively 15-25% lower than normal, so the music was the purer. It was immediately adopted for 2 reasons: 1 because it worked 2 because once a tape was treated and moved to another studio they needed a dolby to decompress the sound or it sounded aweful. The brand name within a brand name was born. Of course nowdays recording is digital/solid state so mechanical/amp noise is near non existant so the need for a dolby is debatable espec for an Ipod/MP3. But studios still use them, so other studios/cinemas/home sterio's etc still have to have them them to decompress the sound. Consequently any playback system that doesnt have dolby inside is considered 'lacking' (except IPOD/MP3.) So outside studios etc, dolby really only continues due to the brand name.... not what it actually does. My guess is that it will fade with every new generation of music player. The tapes may arrive dolbied, but apple can just buy one to decompress the music before loading it on their noisless devices.You dont need one in each of the millions of Ipods, so thats a lot less sales. AlanH For info…. its a long blog but I will get to the point: I used to be a recording engineer in the 70’s and we were the first in europe to get Dolbys. (first album was Crosby Stills and Nash before Young arrived)They were grey boxes about the size of a microwave oven and you needed 16 of them to treat the 16 tracks on the 2″ recording tape that was dragged across the tape head producing loads of hiss.! Tape hiss was the bane of all recording. Essetially the dolby compressed the sound waves before they hit the recording tape, then de-compressed the treated sound waves on the way out. Consequently the hiss was relatively 15-25% lower than normal, so the music was the purer. It was immediately adopted for 2 reasons: 1 because it worked 2 because once a tape was treated and moved to another studio they needed a dolby to decompress the sound or it sounded aweful. The brand name within a brand name was born.
Of course nowdays recording is digital/solid state so mechanical/amp noise is near non existant so the need for a dolby is debatable espec for an Ipod/MP3. But studios still use them, so other studios/cinemas/home sterio’s etc still have to have them them to decompress the sound. Consequently any playback system that doesnt have dolby inside is considered ‘lacking’ (except IPOD/MP3.) So outside studios etc, dolby really only continues due to the brand name…. not what it actually does. My guess is that it will fade with every new generation of music player. The tapes may arrive dolbied, but apple can just buy one to decompress the music before loading it on their noisless devices.You dont need one in each of the millions of Ipods, so thats a lot less sales.

AlanH

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