Those who seek to deny access to information


Like many/most here, one of the main reasons I frequent audiogon is to gather information. I am looking for ways to enhance the enjoyment I get from listening to music on my system. The information most valuable to me comes from those who share their actual experience with products that I am interested in, but have not heard in my system.

The audio community is a diverse one, with many opinions, ideas and perspectives. Many of them differ from mine, and that is fine. Those who disagree with me are free to make posts and start threads about whatever they choose. This doesn’t bother me, I am free to choose what I read, and what I don’t.

What does rile me up up is deliberate attempts to deny me (and others) access to the information that I value. There are some here who repeatedly seek to disrupt, sidetrack, derail, and shut down conversations about topics and products that trigger them. They do not contribute any useful information or experience to the discussion, and make disparaging comments about things they have zero experience with. They are bullies who mock, ridicule and provoke those who use, make and sell certain products. They seek to stifle any discussions about, and especially positive opinions of, the products and people they clearly have a vendetta against.

They can start their own threads, and talk about what a fool I am all day long, I don’t care. Their deliberate and repeated attempts to deny myself and others access to the information we value, however, are intolerable.

tommylion

jjss49

You better stop making sense! :-)

As for the Amex card, PLEASE post the front and back on the Virtual System page. I'd like to use it too.

Regards

Well … there you have it, a guy who knows his way around a multimeter and a soldering iron Vs a guy with an overused Amex card

I have been an AudioGon member for over 20 years.  I enjoy coming to the forums and getting information on things that I am interested in.  Are there very opinionated people here? People who talk about products without ever having heard them? Who belittle other posters who disagree?  Sure, the forums have all of those and more.  But guess what?  That is just a microcosm of our society at this point.  There is intelligent discourse, there are morons, there are genuine people, there are bullies, there are shills for their own products, just like society (and especially, but not exclusively, the USA).  So I don’t think that the forums and AudioGon should be judged because it is a reflection of the world in which we live, albeit a group with a particular interest.   I have learned a lot here, but one has to take all opinions with a grain of salt, because all parts of a system and room affect the sound of one’s system, and a particular component may sound great in one system and no different at all ion another.  I still like to read about it though.  People should not be so thin-skinned.

Yeah well there are Aholes on every site .I like this crazy audio wacko know it alls...You guys know,  who they are...lol...

The irony of many of these posts seems to be lost on the posters.

I think “Thyname” refers to Iron Maiden, not religion.

it seems there are many who want an echo chamber with no indication of deviation from the party line.

There are quite a few products which simply run afoul of established engineering and science.  There are things we don’t know or understand fully yet.  And Everyone hears differently.  We are at the intersection of these differing realities.

Everyone could learn something if they opened their minds.  Might also save a few bucks.

finally, keep in mind there are some relative novices who read these posts and IMHO its important for them to be made aware of the differing opinions on these controversial products lest they be vulnerable to blowing their budget on colored fuses before they even have decent speakers…

Park the vitriol.