OCD audio guy naming shady Audiogon dealers by name


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Flaconquest and markmuse I would not agree that he knows his stuff.  He knows what he wants to know and bashes everything else without really knowing the full story. He did not know the difference between a music server and a streamer.  He even said inhave not looked at these expensive servers in a while.  Kept saying incan do the same thing with a 2000-$3000 computer.  He did not get it. Could he get it? I’m sure. But why would I want to watch a guy who is years behind the rest of world?  He admitted he never even heard mac stuff. But it’s pretty. That’s why i should go to this dealer. Heck I am not even sure what he does or what he sells at this point. When I hear dealer bash other equipment from the other guy I walk. Tell me why I should get yours. Not bash the other guys stuff. I get it you can only have one dealer for certain stuff per area. So why do I shop here. Inform me don’t gossip. 

In this topsy-turvy world in which we live, anyone with a youtube channel can garner himself a "following", however low in number that may be.

His "business model" (double air quotes) is to present himself as an alternative voice, a bit of an outlaw (and yes, sorely in need of a shower and shave), telling it "how it is".  The insider who dares to pierce the veil.

But as at least two other fairly recent threads on Audiogon demonstrated, there is a much darker side to this too.

I think he was using the term proper hifi store in the context of showing different rooms to display various systems.  We all have been to dealers who cram audio gear into a room that looks like a dorm room.  The owner of the store indicated that they didn't cater to the audiophile community but rather the hifi users and home theater.