Lets fight Part2

We rat on ourselves so you even the score? Or maybe it is so you can send us vulgar emails off-thread loaded with foul language and insults? I haven't popped you since that ridiculous Levinson thread (and today), but I suspect it is because you attract so much attention to YOURSELF. I suggest that noone even get near this thing. This is a tarpit.

Lev:

1. Not guilty of any of the above charges.

2. I trust you don't really believe that the guilty parties actually are going to own up to it, do you?

3. One reason I think Audiogon instituted the voting is so that people could avoid getting private e-mail laced with vitriol the likes of which many of us have received from you after publicly disagreeing with you. Hence, the whole point was so people COULD object to a post and preserve their anonymity for whatever reasons they may have for doing so. Your demand that they reveal themselves is patently contrary to the intent of the process. I personally didn't mind you e-mailing me directly, I think that's better than brawling in the group. Others don't feel that way, perhaps hoping that what we say in public might be somewhat more restrained (though historically that hasn't proven to be the case). I can appreciate both perspectives, but you have to respect others preferences just as surely as you demand respect for yours.

Ultimately, the voting thing is bogus, dangerous and effectively uninformative, but if giving negative votes makes someone feel like they are participating, well, fine and dandy for them. I don't know if anyone has been banned from the site yet because of their negative ratings - thus far it seems A-gon is intent on just suggesting people cool it on specific threads or topics. Doesn't seem overly onerous to me, but I shall remain alert for further developments.

chas

I didn't mean to start a fight with the orignal LETS FIGTH thread, just looking for some comments of why people have to give them. How can you rate an opinion? The truth of the matter is it is just an opinion. We all have different setups in our home and with my long quest for the ultimate setup, I have been to about 12 different dealers. I live in new hampshire and have traveled to maine, conn, ma, RI and will vacationing in FL also; and have never heard the same setup as I have at home. So I don't give any votes due to that reason. To much equipement in the loop and if you have taken the time to home audition I'm sure alot of you have better setups than the dealers out there. I find dealers to be very limited to various setups do to the fact that there is so much equip out there to use. And at the local dealer I have listened to a setup were just the change in cables made it from unbareable to listen to, back to audio heaven. So I don't rate. I'm sure if you all have taken the time to buy you equip(home edition first) like me, then I'm sure you are all quite please with what you have and believing that it is the best out there. Like I said, the dealers don't carry all this equip, so they could never get it sounding as nice as we can. With that said, can't we all just get along. pete

It's idotic threads like this that have largely made Audiogon a waste of time for me. SOS... again and again. I know that it's my choice whether to read specific threads or just keep scrolling, but it seems that there's just not much worth reading these days. This is prime example of where this site has gravitated to...

Lev,

if you have (had) the ability to listen to an opinion such as given by Bill E and ChstoB, as well as you seek and give self affirming opinions on Levinson gear you'd save yourself a lot of undue anger and stress.