If my posts at anytime are addressed @rsf507 it would not be any care of mine if it was read by yourself or any other. It is known within this forum, I add Posts for the ’looker in’ who does not post or posts very infrequently, as well as for a future visitors looking to see if a broad range of notions and proposals are able to be discovered.
I have made no secret in the past, I periodically receive PM’s from individuals who are not regular posters, or who are regular posters. Where inquiries are made wanting to receive further information about the content they have seen. This is an encouragement and one that keeps myself active.
Additionally, I also receive the occasional PM that thanks me for a content added to a Thread, another unexpected encouragement and one that keeps myself active in this forum.
What is contradictory is you state you don’t read my Posts, but do make the time for reading 2% ? Is it not better to just SKIP the Post ?
With 2% of content being meticulously studied, you are fluent and able to offer up a reasonable interpretation about the content. Is this 2% across all Subjects I offer a supporting commentary on, or limited to the Analogue Subject only ?
I am glad you are absorbing the supplied info, about what I class as the most valuable asset to my Audio Experience. Which is my making it known I do not shut myself away in a Room as a lone listener to recorded music with the sole audio experience being from using the homes dedicated audio system. With the end result being I am Kidding myself I have created a great playback system. That stupidity from being very Insular in relation to recorded music replays on audio equipment was ended a long long time in the past.
For many many years the Bulk of my experiences are from a approach where Social Activity is the fundamental. Where experiencing Audio Systems and different devices as demo’s in such systems are the basic theme to create a reason for a Meeting. The real value is friends getting together, sharing Banter, sharing Lunch and enjoying New Music Tracks and few Old Faithful Tracks to get an ear in to the end sound on offer.
I whole heartedly encourage others to see if they can find a way to have very similar experiences on a regular basis, there is potential to learn vast amounts, through the broad range of individuals who can start to show up.
I make no secret on this forum that the bulk of my main audio system is packed away for storage, as there is a Home Overhaul being planned to occur.
I make no secret on this forum, that much of my musical experiences had in my own home are with my Wife and supplied by using her Amazon Alexa, which in my own opinion are as enjoyable as a musical encounter as any had anywhere at any time, just not as refined as a dedicated audio system can create as a end sound. The Grandchildren totally enjoy the interaction as well, one song being danced to is Alice Cooper the next from Horrid Henry 
If an individual can’t accept another’s chosen methodology for sharing on audio related experiences, that is their beef not mine. Life is way way too short.
Over a decade, a growing number of Members of a Local Audio Club, have evolved to host events throughout a year, taking place in the homes of Members, or where Members have Pooled Equipment to be taken to and used at Public attended Audio Enthusiast Events. 12 Members > 12 Systems of which Three systems are the regularly used ones, but over 18 Months - 2 years all systems will have been used for a Meeting. I can usually attends 4-6 meetings a year.
What’s not to like, what is needed to be criticised ?
@lewm stated " Not all high end component designers are EEs, although ideally one would like to think so. Many/most are just intelligent guys with no degree related to EE who use math, and yes also their own personal biases, to design equipment. "
I am very very familiar with this outlook and have friendships with a Group of individuals from both categories of EE Skills, as well being very familiar with the need to have accuracy in mechanical designs for use in audio, where I also have friendships with very adept producers of audio related equipment who use Lathes for machining, even producing Micro Parts, as well as using CNC’s.
Hence my statement, "During my time and limited encounters, my real trust count in individuals with a Mathematical prowess, that has slowly developed into trust over many years of encounters, is limited to reliance on a number of trusted individuals that amounts to less than the digits on one hand ".
Do I have any regrets to date, more of a want I would say, I would have liked to have been able to have had the available time to attend more get togethers, and had been able to visit all who have been met, who have impressed me with their discussed Skill Sets. To experience their work applied to their systems, is usually a indelible experience and one that inspires way beyond that, which is on offer from a commonly used methods to experience audio related equipment.
A very adept EE put on a event recently that I attended where a 3 Watt output Amp’ Prototype was being Demo'd ( not carried out on my own system ). This experience of this Amp' has blown me completely of track and has myself rethinking a lot about an End Sound that is able to be produced. The expectation that a 300b follow Up Amp was going to show the shortcomings of a 3 Watt Amp did not become realised. There are many questions now needing to be asked and answered to get the full grip on what was experienced and the impression that was made.
Within this Thread I have only shared with the OP my experiences had, my assessments of those experiences had and in relation to being investigative. I have shared, it is of value to have a open mind, with an intent to create a list that contains a broad range of devices to be experienced. Which suggests the investigation may become one that is a long haul with a few devices Superseded as the collateral damages, as I have experienced, or a few devices discovered to be used in conjunction, as I have also experienced and maintain to this date.
