…and, best of luck in your continued endeavors,
SEE
Hyperbole—well-intentioned or not—erodes trust as the proclamations mean less and less. It’s one thing to watch the sausage being made. Fascinating for those of us who are into the nitty gritty of how such things are made, not just interested in consuming a fine product at the end. It’s another to listen to a chef assert that the “best sausage must contain Vidalia onions grown in Georgia.” The next day the chef maintains, “the best sausage don’t need any sort of onions.”
I find it interesting some state they simply ignore Paul’s mercurial statements preferring the spontaneity and inclusion to a more measured, less transparent approach.
Wake - I suspect there are some here who might be surprised (incredulous, even) to find that my opinion is closer to yours in this regard than you might suspect. I have in fact argued this point in emails and conversation to Paul over the past couple of years, to no avail, Jah Bless 'im ; )
I would imagine most of us are at the point in our lives where someone else telling us how we should be doing things or running our businesses has about the same effect : )
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I’m reminded of a quote attributed to John Maynard Keynes. When accused of often changing his mind, his reply: “When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?”
Apparently he changed his mind quite often, which was both amusing and frustrating to those who followed his thinking contemporaneously.
“One of the jokes is that if Parliament asked six economists for an opinion on any subject they always got seven answers. Two from John Maynard Keynes.” (Paul Samuelson in testimony to the U.S.Congress).
And this: "Legend says that while conferring with Roosevelt at Quebec, Churchill sent Keynes a cable reading, ‘Am coming around to your point of view.’ His Lordship replied, ‘Sorry to hear it. Have started to change my mind.’ "
When creative makers livestream their thoughts, you have to expect this, IMHO.
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At least this would be a much more friendly interpretation than “calling out each phase of awareness the current state of general truth” 
When thoughts are PR and Marketing and delivered with the conviction of a cleric on the pulpit, they are prone to being interpreted differently than a scientist—or artist—offering tentative conjectures about the nature of reality or creative interests. It’s a matter of tone and intention.
Curious, do you see Paul as the Keynes of Audio? One of the singular geniuses in the field?
I think of Paul as a friend. All of my friends, and me, have quirks one needs to learn an account for. I like his enjoyment of learning and experimenting, with accompanying hyperbole.
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Moog knobs! Now I must have!
Given your position, I’m sure you are friends. Paul certainly is friendly and welcoming, but most of us are not his friends in the true sense of the word. I usually love quirky. Embracing some quirks is an ongoing challenge.
I too am a bit frustrated with Paul’s about face on his long standing sermons about servos. But I’m not perfect so I can’t hold him to being so either. Whatever the case, the opportunity to watch the sausage making is so rare and (to me at least) amazing that I don’t mind at all. Actually I applaud Paul - many people are unable to change their mind when presented with new evidence due to long held beliefs.
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I have a quite differentiated and mainly positive opinion about Paul and how he does things, but imo this is not a public and non hosted forum like the asylum etc. where everyone can talk about everyone.
I feel like a tolerated guest here with Paul as our host…and talking about a third while he’s with us and hosting this is not comfortable for me more than I already do occasionally. I feel someone should have the same chance in the opposite direction…but this here is only one-sided because he’s in public and we’re not.
I think this is mainly the place for him and PSA‘s products plus various other discussions, so I prefer to keep this thread closer to its original intent (even if I was initially contributing to its way off). You see I’m successfully taming myself 
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I’ll follow your lead and try to stay on topic as well.
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What brand is the HP amp?
Knob? What knob? I don’t see any knobs.
Paul and I have no relationship outside of the forum. We have never met, or even spoke on the phone. I am using the word “friend” in the broadest possible sense. Perhaps I should have instead indicated that I know Paul from his posts and writings and have a good sense of how he looks at the world.
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Yes, actually stolen off of Gus Moog. They look pretty cool. But, we’ll likely not use them in production, though it’s tempting.
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Thanks, and remember, I haven’t yet changed my mind.
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All I care about is whether or not the sausage tastes great at the end.
A design process that doesn’t include speed bumps, pivots, etc is the exception… Not the norm.
They say the same thing about Elon Musk all the time (no, I am not trying to directly compare Paul to Elon). Over promising and under delivering can be ok if what you are delivering in the end is out of this world.
…and the “sausage” tasted pretty good this weekend despite not being completely cooked.
I’m glad Paul is open to changes, and if servo implementation isn’t as good as a properly designed driver, then I’m all good to do without the complicated control electronics. It just that I was afraid the decision would handicapped the AN3 potential due to cost/schedule constraints and it would be then introduced in the AN2 and AN1, making the AN3 the ugly duckling. Paul has since settled that fear, he mentioned that AN2 and AN1 will be based on AN3 design.