Industry Participants

I think some are taking this forum a little too seriously, and giving to much weight to the opinions expressed here. We all have preferences on the products we use and recommend. Should every participant state their favorite products next to their screen name to expose any hidden bias? Am I going to cross-check every statement here to determine whether the comment was made by an industry participant? Not me! Opinions are like...well, you know...and everyone is entitled to one. That's just my opinion.

I think everyone has different reasons for posting here . I will give you mine . To hopefully assist a newcomer or someone still trying after years from making the mistakes i have . Took five full years just to get a system free of distortion . Now from there there is still all the other attributes of sound that can be tweaked as well . What are your reasons for posting here ? 

tonykay +1

There is a difference between opinions offered by a vendor and others.

Vendors stand to gain financially from the opinions expressed. Others do not. if anything, they tend to be the losers if they act on bad or biased inforamtion from a vendor with a vested interest in selling particular products.

So its different but all fine as long as one realizes what the situation is.

I do think it reflects negatively on AUdiogon over the long term to let this go on this way, but I have no problem with their business decision to do so.  High end audio is full of grey areas, although this is one that could be addressed if desired.    Its just another fact to consider in the decision making process as a buyer.

I agree that industry participants have a potential for placing economic self interest first. I agree that having the "Industry Participant" designation would be a good thing.