The best and worst Audiogon poster's

Carl_eber should be takin out of his missery.Albertporter is one of the most knowledgeable posters.I would love to share a few beers with him someday.He has much to add and enjoy his insights greatly.

I cant believe I am responding to this, but here goes.My favorite audiogon member is me.With that said,Carl is a very nice and caring dude.I know him quite well and like him very much.He has extreme passion for his music and our hobby.Carl also stands up to what he believes and wont back down.If Carl is attacked he comes back with a vengence.Carl is repeatedly attacked here because I believe there are certain members who know they can push his buttons and get a rise out of him.I suggest(you know who you are) that you get your kicks somewhere else.Audiophiles I thought were more sophisticated than this.Please prove me wrong.UU

TM12, or Noel, you know how I feel about you. David, I thank you very much for your kind sentiments, and I agree with you, and also feel the same about you. I thank Audiogon for deleting that little exchange, I was trying to show this guy how silly he's being. I'm sure we can discuss audio only, rather than just saying "this is the worst waste of money ever, only a retarded moron would buy it," blah blah. I never make such extreme comments about audio, because frankly, they don't ever apply, epsecially if it really is "about the music". It is for me, absolutes don't apply to the things humans create, in the way a few posters have wrongly stated here on occasion. When I've tried something I don't like, I always say that I think it would be possible that it would work in some system context (and sometimes try to guess at what that context might be)...And no, I haven't bought most of my cabling "new"...it's mostly been used, and I too have tried a whole bunch of different cabling, much more than I have electronics.....Brulee, thanks for your "sometimes" kind words, heh heh.

And also, I'm not sure this is a good thread, I just feel popularity contests don't do us any good. We should all feel free to exchange our thoughts and experiences here, perhaps with audio as the central theme. Personally, I like several members on here very much. Like most of us, I'm just wanting to learn more about what interests me personally. On occasion, I have been able to share something that has helped someone else. All too often, though, I seem to have brought out the "total utter jerkwad" in most everbody! Make no mistake, I DO blame them more than me, but still want to take some of the responsibility, and to occasionally apologize. The subject that has angered me most is that of women and audio. I continue to resent being thought of as a bigot those individuals who are full of excessive hubris, just because I feel that the two genders (by and large, with noteworthy excpetions) approach music (and especially audio) in vastly different ways. This is why there are many more men in this hobby, than women. It has almost nothing to do with "upbringing", IMO. (To me, this is akin to a woman thinking another woman a bigot, becuase she states that "MOST men do not have an interest in 'high fashion', read Cosmo, or watch Oprah...and like to watch sports all the time". She's stating verifiable fact, not "being a bigot".) My own idea in this area is something that ALL BUT ONE OR TWO OF US KNOW FROM OUR OWN EXPERIENCE, and also from sharing and confirming that experience with other "audio people" over time. Now, if some guy says "My wife and I have young single women over to the house all the time, who are hard core audiophiles every bit as much as we are", I find that essentially IMPOSSIBLE to believe, and ALSO RESENT IT, since I'm single, and would enjoy an experience like that! Believe me, if I meet a single woman who is an audiophile, I would be delighted, but would also "be evolved enough" to allow myself to feel the surprise that would accompany it. Anyway, AG is free to delete this rant, as necessary...