..this is in association with the past few weeks of my posts/responses that seem to divide everyone.
I started a thread entitled "Extraordinary Recordings On Vinyl". That thread, I felt, needed me, the OP, to kind of oversee things. Right or wrong, who knows? A member posted Ric Okasek 'This Side Of Paradise" as one of this poster's recommendations. I quickly cleaned and listened to this one and another Cars lp for my response. Things began to spiral out of control after this. In my defense, no one, including the original poster, offered their reasoning other that this, and I may be paraphrasing, "A great soundstage is the major factor for me to post a recording in this thread". I think all reading this will be opposed to that statement. I never heard otherwise. In fact, I was admonished for my opposition to this posters' statement! I received NO positive comments or even the slightest inference that anyone reading would make a mental note or even entertain that the other party involved may be mistaken. (These posters weren't even familiar with the (said) lp of concern! Also, I held back from what little the OP provided as their stance for their conclusion. All I knew was some iteration of an ET arm and a BrightStar sand box platform. (I then gave a brief synopsis of ET set-up, free of charge). Meanwhile, my front end system was on-line ready with the upgrades I had performed over the years. Still, no love at all from the "overseers of Audiogon". The only thing I received from the OP was an Ortofon Bronze/BrightStar platform. Although I didn't want to say it at the time, those (two) factors by themselves, way underperform what I offered by way of my virtual system posts. Still, for some reason, I'm seen as an outsider who doesn't (understand or have the ability) to discern others' systems.
The problem, as I see it is "I'm not obliged to anyone or any entity for my posts, my history of audio knowledge, my ongoing pursuit of all things audio, my lack of anyone here that I'm relying on or am in someway obliged to is here for all to see/read. I enjoy/pursue/evaluate/listen/dream/live all things audio. It's all I do.
After reading the initial thread in question and this thread, I have come to the conclusion that you have issues that extend beyond the borders of this "hobby".
Your illusion of self importance is almost laughable, only overshadowed by your need for validation.
Soundstage is an important way to assess one's setup, but if its not in the recording, then it doesn't matter how good one's setup is. I seriously doubt that any recording by Ric Ocasek or the Cars has any soundstage whatsoever.
BTW, I've also started lots of great threads that went nowhere.
"07-13-15: Stevecham Wait, isn't music art? I had almost forgotten."
It depends. If the people performing the music are referred to as artists, then yes, its art. On the other hand, if the performers are referred to as musicians, then no. It's just regular music, not art.
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