Townshend Springs under Speakers

Hammer met nail head.

That opinion does not show clear thinking clearthinker.

Going back a bit MC was always touting the benefits of SR products to the skies for anyone within ear shot. Right around the time he started touting Townsend products I remember a throw away line he had about Ted Denny being an enthusiastic DIYer and not in the same league as Townsend. I could be wrong (a quick search turned up nothing) but it really struck me at the time that he'd say something like that, which made me sit up and take notice. - nonoise

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/extra-extra-millercarbon-proven-wrong-read-all-about-it-extra...

@nonoise this quote?

...Not like I shouldn’t have known better. I Met both Caelin Gabriel and Ted Denney around 1992, back when they were not that far from being DIY’ers themselves. So it is not so much that it can’t be done, as it is just astronomically unlikely... - millercarbon

Good points all. But, forget trying to reason with them. They are not reasonable. Doomed to failure. All we can do is maybe use the attention they generate to help reach the great mass of readers. One thing (among the many) they never will understand, I wouldn’t have near the audience without their constant bickering keeping me front and center.

The only question that remains is when did he start the process of going from happy customer to rep.

I have nothing to hide. It is all in my posts. Go read through them all. There you will find I got excited about Black Diamond Racing Cones and was for some years their only retail outlet in the NW. If you can glorify my taking them around to demo and call that retail. This is all public knowledge.

Then also around this time I was learning from my great audio mentor and friend Stewart Marcantoni. Stewart made his money selling cars but his only real love was audio and so after years of normal high level audiophile type stuff he cut back from cars and started running a very select boutique type audio business from home. It was Stewart who introduced me to Caelin Gabriel back when Shunyata was just a dream, Ted Denney back when Synergistic was still pretty small, and a few others. It was Stewart who pulled the strings to get me into CES even though I really only had one very crude prototype to display.

As to "when did he start" I know the question is of course not genuine but born in jealousy. Anyone truly without an axe to grind would ask only, "Does the stuff perform as he says? Are his evaluations accurate?"

It does. They are. This only makes the haters rage all the more. Sad. So freaking sad.

Ok then MC. I better understand your perspective on this. Yes, your evaluations are accurate, no doubt. Seems pretty reasonable to let folks know, when you actually knew, that you are entering a financial relationship with Townshend. What can possibly be wrong with that?