Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?

It’s true 90% of what gets posted here is opinion and everybody has one.

That’s pretty much the case with high end audio in general. Some opinions carry more weight than others and people may battle along the way to wear the crown of hifi know-it-all..

That’s perfectly OK if done civilly. Opinions from credible sources can be valuable if one does all their homework properly.

But behaving like a yahoo in order to win some silly hifi argument is simply petty in my eyes. With all the problems in the world, people want to fight about their luxurious hifis? Please, give everyone a break!

For those who value concrete facts, other sites that focus more on actually measuring the performance of gear will add a lot of value. If that matters to you, you might even save quite a bit of money and time along the way.

well said mapman !!!

Lord…i had banished from memory the Cat and the destroyed REF5 se …… instant PTSD….

@tomic601  "Lord…i had banished from memory the Cat and the destroyed REF5 se …… instant PTSD…."

LOL. Me too! I liken it to a teenager wrapping his dad's sports car around a mail box.

But even more so than that I am an advocate of time synchronized quick switching comparisons. Both are vital for getting reliable results. How other audiophiles choose to do their comparisons is on them.

By the sound of your statement, it looks like you never went and listened to Darko’s interview with Paul Barton, did you? Your way of quick switching is just a parlor trick, whereas the one you said I made up was actually done by the real experts.

I have to give you credit for sticking to your guns. That’s some real obstinance.

All the best,
Nonoise