Nah, believe it or not, I’ve been reading AudioGon for over a decade and just never posted. Definitely don’t see myself, or this post as making any kind of headway.
If you noticed above, Steakster not so subtly attempted to shame my peasant level Classe + JBL Synthesis 2-ch setup 😆. The vibe around here is very “Private County Club”, with a very defined pecking order based on the worst kind of implicit biases.
I imagine international readers routinely shake their heads in disbelief at just how thick the bubble is around the Gon.
I still enjoy it enough most days to keep coming back, so take the critique with a grain of salt.