ralphpnj wrote: > Hey I represent that remark! > > The main reason that I was willing and able to make such a reasonable > post is that I felt that jh901 was attempting (quite successfully I > would say) to be reasonable and appeared to be truly puzzled at the > behavior of me and several other forum members. And I do agree with > jh901 that this forum should be a pleasant place to visit and offer the > members a place to freely exchange information and hopefully learn > something new. Hopefully this new approach will help to bring about more > understanding and less bile. > > And I will repeat again that my main issues are not with my fellow > audiophiles, regardless of how much I may disagree with them, but rather > with many of so called audio "experts" or gurus who so willingly > propagate so many of the misconceptions and outright untruths that make > this hobby such a laughing stock to so many people outside this hobby. A > lot of audiophile nonsense, which at one time in the not so distant past > was on the fringes, is now part of the audiophile mainstream and I am > often embarrassed to even call myself an audiophile. Hopefully this > little sub-section of a forum dedicated to a discontinued and soon to be > forgotten line of music streaming devices can be at the forefront of a > movement to make the term "audiophile" mean something other a punch line > to a very bad joke.
Well, I thought it was bit of a breath of fresh air. But, I have to warn you that the word on the street is that, if you continue besmirching the clown profession, after a brief visit to your home from Bozo & Emmett Kelley and a couple of their colleagues, you're headed for that long swim in the Hudson. Rg System information ------------------------ Main: Vortexbox/Squeezelite > USB> Benchmark DAC2 D > LFD LE IV Signature amp > Revel Performa F208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) > Pioneer VSX 919 > Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1, Touch FW 7.8.0-r16754. LMS 7.9.0 - 0.71.20150313git1426153261 on a 1TB Micro Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
