Nobody doing thier own experimenting or research?

People often vary in degrees in regards to experimentation. There are people who must build their own equipment according to their own specification. There are people who do extensive research and auditions before making purchases. And there are people who wants to be led like lambs to a slaughter.

I am not categorizing people who post on Audiogon as one of the three personas above. Obviously there are more. But this demonstrates there are varied types of people out there who will ask very technical questions to very brain dead questions; very self serving questions and very asserting questions.

I think for most of us, including myself, there are just too many options, and we all want to be sure that we end up with the right options with our limited resources.

For an example, I did a day's worth of research on the internet on tubes. I seem to have decided on getting a set of Siemens 6922 and a set of Svetlana 6550. I posted a "Newbie Tube Question" thread to ask whether these would work with my ARC amp. Also, I wanted to know who to deal with because I didn't want to end up with low quality or bogus tubes.

It seems simple enough that I can just plop in the tubes and listen for myself. But this would be a costly experiment. Asking a brain dead question would probably save me lots of dead brain cells in the long run, assuming I get the right responses.

Jvia, Sir, as you will kindly notice that after your first response correctly identifying the arm, I stated that the Grado is mounted to the arm and that I am pleased with the results. I was just asking if anyone had further experience with this arm and other cartridges.
Kind regards,
Michael

I can relate to some of the frustration voiced on this thread. Experiments can be costly or impossible for some folks.

Still, asking for detailed information can be risky. I got roundly flamed because I asked equipment advice and dared to say, "please don't just tell me that you love it or hate it but specifically why."

For some reason, this request (which still seems to me both reasonable and obvious) intensely irritated a couple of the regulars, who subjected me to tedious lectures and more than a little sarcasm. One fella, in particular, was so annoyed that I wasn't willing simply to accept his pronouncements that he wrote me 3 or 4 private emails before his anger abated. Sheesh!

Let's be gentle with our newbies and with those who simply want to benefit from the wisdom and experience of others.

Will

Mpoulos, sir, I just went and read that post agian, you did not state it was mounted on the arm, you asked if the cantilever was too low or too high in compliance, you never stated anywhere it was on the arm and being used. Had you, I would have asked what you thought of it. a post earlier i stated I thought it would go well with anything from the current Grado line. Anyway, not meant to be a slam, or an insult, but the way it was worded, at least the way I read, did not look as if the cartridge was on the arm.

Jvia, 3rd response dated 3-25-02 posted my mpoulos (me)
Let's not quibble. Life is too short. Take care.
Michael