I'm here for the sharing, not the snobery

@erik_squires 

Aaaaaaaaamen!!!I entered this forum to get advice and insights from those more knowledgeable. I found rather quickly it turns into insults, political comments, and name calling. Other forums are less like this and I now frequent them more often for advice or to answer a question. Sadly this forum, at times, becomes a megaphone of cacophony. 
Thanks Eric 

For me, one of the big benefits from reading the discussions, is when people share their first hand experiences with gear. Be that a component or a tweak. Something they tried, how they felt it worked for them and if it was worth the effort, or $$$'s to acquire it.

And I agree, there has been much in the way of opinions by contributors who have never tried tweaks or listened to the gear in question. And there are a lot of strong opinions being expressed based on a belief of what they think it should do. 

Couldn't care less how much, or how little something costs. I do care what someone who has tried it thinks about it, and the context in which it was being used.

And there is not much in the way of new ideas being introduced here. How many times have you read the question "Has anyone tried doing A to B? I think, if you do A to B, then C may be a possibility?" But I suspect that is more of a DIY thing. 

More often than not, there is a strong negative backlash to any approach or tweak that someone has tried. They feel this works for them and they explain what they hear. Then there are the responses. From people who have not tried it, but they know, in no uncertain terms, that its not possible.  When asked if they have tried it, some variant of "I don't need to taste dog crap to know it tastes like crap" response generally pops up. Which is the opposite of being open minded. And this, there has been a lot more of lately.

Right on Erik. Well said. Just ignore the trolls. If you read their comments they become easy to identify . After that you can now enjoy the benefits of the majority of people that support this forum. 

This has always been a good resource for me and I appreciate the contributions from many knowledgeable people.

Erik Squires,

I could not agree with you more.  I thought I was the only one.  Some of the put downs and cute remarks makes me feel perhaps you need to be a snob to be an audiophile.  What would be funny would be to discover the cute guy doing the put down might be worth 1/10 the amount.  I thought this group was created to encourage people to share and learn rather than troll for opportunities to put someone down.  It would also be interesting to know who the dealers are.

We all should strive to keep it a discussion and not sarcasm or snobby.