The dumbest things' I've heard Audio
engineers and Studio Owners say (or do!).

But for now how about this one.... "I can hear 1/2 db difference at 20,000
hertz".

Told of course by an Audio Engineer who has never worked on a
'major' project.

and does his work in digital... and thinks it sounds great,
thinks he's great too.

Same guy walked into a Control Room and said confidently and with authority it
was up 6db at 300 hertz...

but when measured it was down 6bd at 300 hertz!

Wow!   The Golden Ears of Cotton!

or... Can you help me...
I want my voice to sound like John Lennon on Rubber Soul

what equipment do I have to buy to get that vocal sound ?...

a 'real' request from the 'Prodigy Professional forum...

Hey...You aren't John Lennon... you will NEVER sound like him.

everyone thinks if they just buy the same gear they will sound
just like

whoever they want.... yet they have no talent, no skill, but what the hell...

isn't that what ProTwels is for - to allow
non-talented folks to pretend to be musicians???

the best and most constant one is (of course)

"It sounds like a capacitor going out..."

or

"It should be easy to fix."

Recently a guy emailed me and told me that he could tell which tape
recorder

was used on any record he heard - even on FM radio !!!

Well this is honestly impossible - you can NOT tell which tape recorder
recorded what

over FM Radio which has it's own compression, EQ, noise, distortion on it's
own,

let alone someone 'knowing' that say an Ampex MM1000
was used for the basics,

a MCI for the guitar overdubs, a 3M56 for the vocals, and all of this mixed to

a 3M M56 two track then Mastered via an Ampex
440B....

geeze what was this guy thinking.... but there are
folks out there who will tell you they

have a set of Perfect Ears, and are the greatest Audio engineer ever, and can

hear a pin drop on a pillow 1,000 feet away

Likely the same guy who pretends to be a 14 year old girl in chat rooms!