If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear

Richard Krebs designed and probably built at least the first prototypes of K3. Richard is an honorable gentleman and a qualified engineer. The K3 evidently went where Richard’s brain took it. None of us know what we don’t know about it, so perhaps silence is golden when it comes to a critique. Even Mike has only third person knowledge. I am no big fan of the OMA proprietor either, but that’s no reason to denigrate the K3.

Richard Krebs designed and probably built at least the first prototypes of K3. Richard is an honorable gentleman and a qualified engineer. 

Richard is not a qualified engineer. I have known him for 30 plus years - he has an electrical certificate from Air New Zealand when he was an apprentice in their service department, but he has no tertiary education in engineering.

Perhaps, but why over years have you been so persistently antagonistic toward Richard? In any case, it’s my fault, not Richard’s that I erroneously credited him with a degree. 

Perhaps, but why over years have you been so persistently antagonistic toward Richard? 

Thats not true.

In actual fact if you read the thread on the Eminent Technology air bearing arm I simply disputed his suggestion of adding 30 grams of mass to the arm and removing the patented decoupled counterweight and replacing it with a rigid bolt.

He argued for almost 12 months on why adding 30g of mass was a good thing ( along with much junk logic ), and then some time later claimed he hadn't in fact added 30 grams of mass.

Ditto on the thread on direct drive vs idler vs belt he claimed the Goldmund DD motor had a sampling rate of 34000 which he conceded later was not correct.

You falsely assume because someone disagrees there must be antagonism, which is simply not correct.

Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. I on the other hand, would avoid OMA gear - tons of better stuff out there at a lesser price. Way overpriced.

I totally agree, lots of snake oil.