Geoffkait,
You just revealed more that you realize. Anyone who uses Jack Bybee's products in their system will know exactly what I am talking about. In other words, you have NO idea what you are saying when you talk about his products. And if you knew Jack Bybee you would never make the kind of inane comments about him that you posted here.
Jack Bybee's products are "controversial"? And I "must be living in a cave somewhere"? Man, you're what we used to call in the 1950s "a phony". I have upwards of 20 Bybee products in my system. Let me repeat in special English for those who may be "challenged": You have NO idea what you're talking about. My BS meter just had the needle go haywire with your name written all over it.
You are the proverbial chameleon who shows a different color to match the background. Which is why, as Bryoncunningham so astutely observed recently, you have no clear identity. He has no idea who he is taking to when he talks to you -- and neither do I. You are the classic case of the opportunist who will say whatever it takes in order to keep attention focused on himself.
Now, instead of the hawking vendor, you turn into the pseudo-expert and the forum bully. Not that I give a damn -- I am too old for such nonsense -- I believe you are the only one here who will characterize me as closed-minded and self-satisfied. It is truly "bizarre" when you refer to things that I do as "unusual" and in the next breath you call me closed-minded.
How can a person who does so many interesting, experimental and "unusual" things be characterized as "closed-minded"? Only a vendor like you with an obvious agenda could be so inane -- and so crassly self-serving. I say "like you" because vendors like Bobby Palkovic and Ted Denney who contribute to these forums are in a different league entirely. They are not pseudo anything. They are helpful, straight as an arrow, and they do not attempt to divert attention to themselves or to hijack threads.
We should start a VENDORS ONLY FORUM on Audiogon for self-centered people like you to spout off and pontificate to your heart's desire without other threads having to endure your exquisitely boring but oh-so-clever commentaries that fulfill your agenda to divert attention away from the intended topic in order to dominate the thread and promote your vendor's agenda. You are using this forum as a marketing tool -- and you are doing so in a most crass way. This reveals your level of consciousness.
If anyone is "pushing" anything here it it certainly you, the bully-vendor of last resort. Yes, you have the right to "post here and express" your ideas. And, yes, I have the right to call you on your hijacking this thread with endlessly inane commentaries. I started this thread and I am as free to say this loud and clear as you are to try to dominate here and to sabotage the original intent of this thread. If the moderator wishes to terminate this thread to force you to do your inane posting elsewhere I will be only to happy to see this happen. Otherwise, you can fully expect me to keep calling you on your inane behavior.
You have a sense of grandiosity that equals your sense of inanity. Have no fear, nothing you could possibly sell or say would ever "threaten" me -- or impress me. I've been around the block more times than you have had Sunday dinners. Do not try to bully or to insult or to intimidate me here without a very firm response. Do not expect that you will be able to do ANYTHING to make me leave this thread to your devices. It ain't gonna happen. As long as this thread is here I will be here. I will not let you dominate or hijack this thread.