[Ferstler]

On Jan 16, 10:18*am, Boon wrote:
On Jan 15, 4:40*pm, Ferstler wrote:





On Jan 15, 4:49*pm, Boon wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:36*pm, Ferstler wrote:

I will answer you, because you post a valid question and seem
considerably more sane and honest than most of the other site members.

Um, Harold...Bret is a blatant white supremacist who has been spamming
this NG for quite some time with his *"nationalist" propaganda. If you
think that's sane and honest, then you've sunk even lower than anyone
imagined.

On the other hand, he also tends to offer opinions of stereo gear
(i.e. Harbeth, Koetsu) that he has never heard, and then lies about
having heard them at nameless audio salons. That makes you two audio
frauds quite the matched pair.

Well, I certainly have no use for white supremacists (being a rather
extreme Obama supporter, myself, and a borderline socialist when it
comes to topics like medical and energy issues), but since I have been
away for some time and have not bothered to even read any of the posts
here that do not relate either to audio or to me, since some here seem
to be obsessed with trashing me, I am not aware of Bret's social or
political views. Frankly, it seems rather odd to me that a usenet
group configured rec.audio.opinion would tolerate a multitude of posts
that are not related to audio. I might as well post something off
topic, anyway, and will note that I am certainly not an anti-
nationalist, myself, although I am painfully aware that the USA,
relative to the rest of the world, is in decline, and will continue to
decline. Well, given global warming, pollution, and overpopulation
issues, the whole planet is in decline. I am glad I do not have to
worry about my non-existent children or grandchildren.

I generally base my opinions of audio gear upon what I have actually
heard (especially components that I have auditioned in my own
listening rooms), although if seriously competent people like
Nousaine, Pierce, Toole, or Rich put for strong opinions about gear I
have not heard I will usually take what they say seriously.

I continue to lament the fact that so many of you here consider me a
fraud, particularly because so many of you have opinions based upon
hearsay and not actually upon having read my books and review and
commentary articles. Say, that situation kind of parallels what you
say about Bret and his non-experience with certain audio components.

Interestingly, the rancor here has often reached such a level that
arguments are based simply upon not liking somebody just because they
are supposed to not be liked. A kne-jerk approach is the norm. Actual
issues relating to audio (dbt analyses, speaker comparing, surround
technologies, design concepts, speaker/room behavior, etc.) are
forgotten and the whole thing boils down to basic animosities in a
kind of Hatfields vs McCoys style that has almost nothing to do with
audio.

This situation is almost painful to acknowledge, and is one reason I
am simply not going to be drawn back into the backbiting series of
insult swapping dialogs this site is notorious for.

And yet you remain, making daily declarations that you're leaving,
never to return. How sad.- Hide quoted text -

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One of the interesting things about RAO (and I suppose other sites
that appeal to back biters and those with not much else to do) is that
the regulars make a point of posting insulting and insinuating
comments in the hope of roping certain other participants into a
lengthy and pointless series of insult swaps. I believe they do this,
because they are lonely and even insult swapping makes them feel
wanted.

I hate to disappoint you, but even though I have hung around a bit
longer than I intended, I do not intend to let your terminal comments
about me get a running battle going. What I have done is make some
points here that might give some of the newcomers an idea of just what
you regulars are like.

So, I leave the field to you and your misanthrope companions.

Howard Ferstler