Tom Tomua, 1945 - 2014

Hoʻomaopopoʻana i kekahi o nā mea kākau'ōlelo kūpaʻa nui loa o ka manawa a pau

ʻO ka mea heluhelu i kapaʻia i kēia lā e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kaʻu CEA-2010 Subtitle Manual Manual (yep, ke heluhelu nei ka poʻe heluhelu iaʻu i nā Sābati e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā mea e like me ke anaʻana o ke subwoofer) a ua hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka lono kaumaha eʻo Tom Suaine, no kāna kākauʻana i loko o ia mau puke e like me " Audio , Stereo Review , Sound & Vision , " $ a me ka Audio Critic, ua hala i nā lā i hala aku nei ma ka'ōpio o 69.

Ua mahalo au i nā mea he nui e pili ana iā Tom. I koʻu manaʻo,ʻo ia kekahi o nā helu meleʻano liʻiliʻi o nā mea kākau leo ​​me ke kālepa a me ke kuko e hana i nā hana nui, makemake nui, e like me ka hoʻokolohua makapō o nā mea'ōlelo a me nā kāpili, a me ke kūkuluʻana i kāna "subtitleer" he 8 mauʻoki nā pilo. ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea liʻiliʻi e makemake ana e male i nā manaʻo nui loaʻole, e like me kona manaʻoʻo ka mea heluhelu ke hoʻololi i nā mea piliʻole i ke kaniʻana o kahi pūnaewele, aʻaʻole e hana i kēlā mauʻawa. I waena o nā nūpepa,ʻo ia kekahi o nā loea akamai a me nā hana hou o nā mea pane. Loaʻa iā ia kahi waiwaiʻuʻuku i nā mea i ukuʻia, ua ukuʻia mai no loko mai o kāna pēke pono'ī,ʻaʻole i hāʻawiʻia e nā makelia āna i hana ai. (Ua haʻiʻo ia iaʻu.)

ʻO ka mea nui loa,ʻo ia ka mea kākau mua loa, i koʻu manaʻo, e hana i nā mea kūpono a me ka mākaukau o nā subwoopers, no ka mea,ʻo ia,ʻo ka mea mua,ʻo ia ka mea mua e hoʻomaopopo ai he mea nui ka huapalapala o ke subwoofer, aʻoi aku paha, kāna pane pinepine. ʻO iaʻo ia ka mea kākau moʻolelo lohe mua, i kaʻuʻike, e hoʻomaopopo i keʻano o ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā haʻuki i nā manawa he nui no ka hoʻonanea i nā hopena o kahi lumi hoʻokipa.

ʻO nā mea a pau i'ōlelo mai, ua akāka loaʻo Tom iʻike iaʻu - a me nā mea kākau'ē aʻe he nui loa - e lilo iʻenemi. Ua kiʻi akuʻo Tom i nā mea'ōlelo i ka Hoʻoholo Stereo i ka wā i hoʻomaha loaʻo Julian Hirsch, a hoʻomau i kēlāʻano i ka manawa o ka Stereo Review morphed into Sound & Vision . Ua helemua au ma Tom e like me ka ' ōlelo maʻa' ana a S & V i ka wā i haʻalele aiʻo ia i ka makasena no ka mea ua manaʻoʻo ia ua nui nā moʻolelo - he mau mea i kākauʻia e aʻu -ʻo ia ka mea i makemake i ka manaʻo o kaʻenehana kūponoʻole.

Ua kālepa nā mea hoaaloha o ka hale no Weaine no kāna hana haʻaluluʻana ma luna o nā subwoofers, a me kāna kolepa e wehewehe ana i kāna mau hana a me nā hualoaʻa i ka'ōlelo Pelekane maikaʻi a maikaʻi.

Akā,ʻo ka poʻe kipi -ʻo ia hoʻi, nā mea hoihoi o ka nohona kahiko,ʻelua pūnaewele hoʻokani mele - hōʻeuʻeu iā ia, aʻaʻole hoʻi he kumu. Inā heluheluʻoe i nā mea kahiko o kāna mau mea kahiko, ua maʻalahi kaʻikeʻana iā ia no lākou. Uaʻikeʻia e aʻu i ka manawa e puka mai ai kahi manaʻo e pili ana i nā leo i loko o nā puke hoʻopili puke e like me The Absolute Sound a me Stereophile , e hanaʻo Tom i kahi hōʻailona hoʻolohe maka me ka manaʻo o ka hōʻoleʻana. Manaʻo nā'ōpili i ka mea'ōlelo ke kuhi nei? Ua hōʻoiaʻo Tom "i ka hewa." ʻAʻole makemake nā audiophiles i nā mea'ōlelo THX mua? Ua hōʻoiaʻo Tom "i ka hewa." ʻAʻole wau i heluhelu i kāna mau hana a pau, akā,ʻaʻole au i heluhelu i kahi hoʻokolohua āna i alakaʻi ai i ka loaʻaʻana o nā koa e pili ana i kekahi mea.

Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au ma hope o ke kākauʻana o ka mea kākau ma Stereophile iā ia he "weasel,"ʻo ka Audio Critic - me konaʻaeʻana, ua maopopo iaʻu, a ke manaʻo nei au me kāna mau'ōlelo hoʻoikaikaʻana. maikaʻi paha) e ho'āʻo e hōʻino i kona mau kino.

Maʻemaʻe e like me kā Tom e ho'āʻo nei e hoʻopuka i nā manaʻo hilinaʻi likeʻole, uaʻoi aku ka nui o kona mau haʻawina i kaʻoihana kelepona ma mua o nā mea āpau, akā he mau mele mele wale nō kaʻu e hiki ke inoa. ʻAʻole nui nā mea kākau leo ​​ma kēia mau lā me nā puʻupuʻu e hele kū'ē i nā manaʻo i kaulana nui, aiʻole ka māmā e ho'āʻo eʻike i kahi mea hou e pili ana i ka leo ma mua o ka haʻi waleʻana i ka shibboleth. ʻO kaʻu hana pili me Tom, ua kaumaha wau ua halaʻo ia a makemake wau e loaʻa i kahi mea e pani i kona wahi.

ʻO ke kiʻi ma luna nei kahi aʻu i kiʻi mai ai mai kona pūnaewele. Mai ka "subwoofer" kahi aʻu i'ōlelo ai ma luna aʻe nei - he mīkini hanohano kiʻiʻano nui i paʻi muaʻia i ka Sound & Vision hou i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1990. ʻOiaiʻo ke kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni o ka "'onike hauʻoli leo" he halihali like wale nō ia iā Tom, e hopuʻo ia i konaʻuhane, hoʻokele a me ka makemake ma mua o ka hikiʻole i kekahi kiʻi.

ʻO BTW, ua noi kaʻohana o Tom i kahi o nā pua, nā makana i hoʻomanaʻo iā Tom i ka VFW National Home for Children.