Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?

I am not surprized by your reaction my friend... 😊

I know personaly that you are a generous and great soul... And they generally cannot imagine the rest of us as we are ...Fearful and revengeful because easily manipulated.. then there is truth in the two posts, yours and the friend to whom you replied ...

Merry christmas to you and enjoy the mate cold or hot and stay healthy ...

I neither fear nor hate anyone who disagrees with me, and I’m sure that goes for the vast majority. See, I completely disagree with you, yet I hold zero animosity towards you. I do however find your statement quite odd.

@mahgister ,

Joyeux Noel, mon ami!

Merci pour vos aimables mots.

I think a hot mate this time of year. Blessings to you and your family this Christmas season and throughout the year! I extend this to all my fellow forum members. Even the ones with whom I disagree! 😄

*sigh*....late to the...'party', as usual.... :(

@waytoomuchstuff "Expiration date"? *wry L*
...that just means you leave in the oven or pan, and call it 'Cajun'....always nice 'n crunchy.....😏

@tomic601 ....I like 'double-blind' barkeeps....The drinks get stronger (🤞) as the night gets shorter..... ;)

I like SOTA, really....just can't afford to play in the rarified airs.  Always had and have to dodge about in the clouds...*tsk*  But, I trust my ears, bad as they are of late.  So I expend the $ on SOTA-like aids. *s*

I trust that y'all trust yours.....If not:

Save Yourself; Stabbing Westward.  Play loud, please....

(No 'mic drop'.....they're too expensive if they're worth a >DELETE<....)

Don't over Shink Thit.

Have a better weakend, J

it’s pretty clear, i am both a measure and listen guy. I get enough exposure to have a sonic memory of a wide variety of systems, i would consider state of the art. My life, blessed as it is, includes  a generous heaping helping of live acoustic musical events in lovely reverberant spaces to have a reference. 

Note plural systems. I am not alone. Seek out community, peers, those you can learn from. Join an Audio Society.  Find a mentor ( RIP Roger, Thank you Richard ), find someone you can help …. 

I am sincere in my ask about how he intends to evaluate SOTA against his expectation. Especially given his stated methods and the multi variable changes. I am not questioning his assertion of a SOTA expectation. Frankly, i’ve heard quite modest systems surf the edges of SOTA on some key attributes of sound reproduction - including the sometimes elusive emotional engagement factor.

@asvjerry you made me laugh…. best to you…

@tomic601 *5's*  ...and a simple admission as yours can make my day....Rually...

...and thanks for that....gets your 3 rounds if/when we IRL in some bright-ish future, which is still In Prog....

Any 'philes in this neuvo-niche 'stance-city' seem to prefer anonymity...I'm still on fence whether or no they're frightened by me or I'm just not... Gud 'Nuff.

 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😒😖😣!?  'k....*l*  No Macs, no SOTA Schitt, no tubes, no $10K+ TT, or the cables to 'perhaps' match....

Just f'n raw deterministic devotion to a goal....Mine.

I'd still like another pair of ears that don't belong to me to comment on how far out I am or not....🤷‍♂️

The body will be found rather quickly, but all in a good cause....

Pardon....having watched Leave The World Behind (despite the Macs' & all the lp's on the wall:  Speakers? What speakers....) and the comment of a Tesla owner 'bout the car scenes....("...just like my wife's driving....") ("Well, you know the car will find it's way home..."),,,in the local ABC store....*figures*L*

Anyway....if I can still draw a *L* from the assembled, it may allow enough to sneak an aside in....and hopefully....make some sort of sense to some....

It's a life....