The Horror

@ghasley can I hear your words of wisdom as to why you think so?

@mrdecibel …. other than your comments toward @tvad being unkind and completely off topic for the purposes of assisting @audiodidact with his queries, your posts were unecessarily snarky and mean IMO. I’ve admired many of your posts in the past and you are better than that. The Audiogon community is better than that.

Similar, but different situation (as an audio dealer):

Attended a recital of the national champion Polish string quartet.  The acoustics were wonderful in the room, and about 47 seconds into the performance, I hated every speaker we sold.  Began a search the following Monday morning for a speaker that "could get the lower midrange right".

@ghasley I read all his comments in this thread. I have no idea what you are talking about. Not only your description is vague but I cannot find any way to interpret anything he said as mean or snarky. Maybe I am missing something, it was a deleted post?

@ghasley I would 1st like to apologize to you if you felt my words to tvad were cruel, mean, demeaning, whatever. My statement "One problem I see constantly is listeners having the wrong gear for their rooms or their tastes", was not taken well by tvad. He removed his posts, but I can tell you, he was quite defensive about my comment and felt it was directed towards him, on a very personal level. He spoke about impedance matching and other things and said his system would please everyone. I looked at his system and saw a very nice layout. Lovely is the term I used. However, he jumped all over me, calling BS on everything I say and post and I stand behind every word I said. He took offense again, when I stated that his system was likely very matched and brought him much enjoyment, but I would have selected some different components for my pleasure, and this did not sit well with him. I wish he did not remove his posts so everyone could have read them, but I understand why he deleted them. One comment I have stayed true to with every post I make, is this. "Since we are all individuals, each of us enjoy aspects and characteristics of listening that are different from one another and this is ok". I do not believe every system accurately portrays a listening experience to satisfy everyone. Let’s take Tvad’s room (again lovely). If I was designing it "for me", I would have "my particular pair" of Lascalas in there, with a pair of RSL 12S subwoofers flanking them, and a beefy solid state class a power amp (s) that would optimally control the 15s in the doghouses, to my liking... and let her rip. He defended each and every piece of gear he owned, and I simply stated to him, his speakers nor his amps would "do it for me". He went berserk, and before you know it, he removed his posts. He was nasty, childish, and felt I insulted him. I am not someone who insults, but I will defend myself when attacked. He accused me of all sorts of things, and called me all sorts of things, but I remained polite, composed and professional. If you missed tvad’s commentary, you would understand. Anyway, I wish everyone happy listening, as music is a language we shall all enjoy as we see fit. I feel tvad had a bad day, and I understand more than many, the emotional side to our hobby. I wish him, as I do with everyone, my best. Always, MrD.