Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?


I think we have.  I have seen many discussion on audio forums and how nasty they can become when you have people disagreeing. Seems like there are a lot more know it alls now. I been in 20 years and I can still learn.  But I also know I know quite a bit. Like cables can enhance the sound and higher end well designed gear can truly be ear candy special.  Is this just on audio forums or the internet period. 

calvinj

He is afraid of his own ears testimony....

Sorry i could not  resist ... 😊

@scottwheel  Toole's listening test were flawed, he positioned every different kind of speaker in the same location. 

Exactly!

I tried by two times to discuss rationally with him to no avail ... The last time he extracted my sentence of his context to made his obsessive point about double blind testing ...😁

I renounce to discuss with him ... He is of good faith tough, very intelligent , and i dont doubt his system is good with the BACCH filters... The problem is his past frustration , his change of mind about high end gear, then his crusade on us , poor deluded audiophiles he want to save us really , we are like he was before the enlightening sun of double blind test revelation as a debunking tool ...Now price tag means nothing for him compared to double blind test ...He turn his coat inside out about high end , beginning to be a customers of high end and now becoming a debunker ...😁

But for me price tags had never mean much because i learned how to use basic acoustics and other optimization methods to reach what i called : the minimal acoustical satisfaction threshold , defined by a balance between all acoustic factors implied in the opti9mizaqtion process of any system/room at any price ...

I learned to trust and train my ears in a minimal way with acoustics experiments .. I dont need to be a debunker ...

Acoustician designing a small room dont use double blind test and has no need for it ...

 

@maghister he can’t trust his ears he does not want us to trust ours.

 

“ Toole's listening test were flawed, he positioned every different kind of speaker in the same location. ”

I agree his tests were flawed. I didn’t say they were perfect. I said they were double blind.