When the internet evolved beyond the old BBS world I thought this was gonna be great, people sharing knowledge, growing with and from one another. Has turned into something rather different, polluted by self-righteous and cowardly bullies hiding behind annonyimity to be intolerantly rude and judgemental and dumping the stream fecal sewerage the emminates from their mind into the clearer waters of those wanting and willing to listen and share. Audiogon and the audiophile community is certainly not alone in this unfortunateness. Some people want to stay with the same audioi system forever. Fine, I'd never put them down for it. Some people like to experiment. Sometimes they even do heretical things like adjust the hue or bright/contrast of the TV or even buy a new one! I'd never put them down for that either.
And there's one tremendously ironic thing about this dynamic and we see it displayed widely and clearly here. The people who do experiment and change equipment and spend money on what have often, but not always, provided some small improvement in the experience and have proven to be advancements in the technology of audio reproduction are almost NEVER judgemental of those who don't experiment with changing equipment. They consistely and sincerely express the position of, "Hey, I think it's great that you love your system the way it is. Good for you." It's universally the people who don't want to change anything and/or won't spend even a little bit of money to try something new who pile on with riducule, smug abuse and, honestly, a lot of ignorance as they attack people who are just having an open conversation. Cowards hiding behind a screen, armed with a keyboard, spewing sewage into otherwise interesting waters.
@sns
You say you only trust the people who've learned "what they DON'T like." Why? What's wrong with people who've bought a piece of equipment they do like and sharing that?? If you go into a wine shop do you say to the person working there, "Hey, listen, just tell me all the things here you don't like?" If you're thinking about going on a trip, the beach, skiing, traveling abroad and someone starts telling you about a place they really enjoyed do you say, "Hold on there! I only want to here about bad trips you've had." If you suddenly discover you need a plumber and a neighbor starts telling you about a great experience they had with a particular plumber do you say, "Whoa whoa whoa, I only want to here about all of the crappy plumbers you've hired?"
You're whole story makes no sense, in fact it smells, like sewerage. I'm calling BS on it. It's made up trash to support your self annointed superiority. Never happened.
@wspohn
The search for betterment is the passion of the intelligent and curious mind. It is not a disease and not a symptom of a disease. The inability to understand that coupled with the need to ridicule it is, however, a symptom of retardation.
