@redwoodaudio No need to PM. The fact that it was a private conversation definitely means that it should not be broadcast.
My only point was that as an expert, indeed a professional who makes money based on this expertise, his advice should be able to stand the scrutiny of others. He's telling you something privately that is easily contradicted both by customers with experience and by many other experts. If he's willing to make money from you by telling you these things, he should be more than willing to listen to and respond to counterarguments.
But, again, I agree that being unexpectedly broadcast to a forum is not quite fair pool.
If it were me, I might say something like, "I have been discussing the idea of no-subs in a variety of places, and there's a fair amount of push-back from amateurs and professionals alike that subs can be quite a healthy part of a system" and see what he says.
All in all, if this was me, I think he's "outed" himself as much less of an expert than one might have thought, and while he can continue to be the functionary who takes a cut in the sequence from producer to consumer, he'd be on the way for me as someone to get advice from.
