Open Call to Mtry, Skeptic, Naysayers, and ABXers

[Resident Loser]

"...the official lexicographer for the AR Forums..."

Like the judge says "...ignorance of the law is no excuse..."

Your unfamiliarity with the connotation of the phrase used is your problem, no one elses...your feeble attempt at sarcasm is just that...

"...telling people what they can and can't hear..."

I said this? When was that? I always tell folks to listen for themselves...but, to be aware of the potential biases involved. Also, I try to familiarize them with the laws of diminishing returns and the perils of deception from without...I make no claims since I cannot replicate all the variables involved in each unique situation...

"...unique interpretations of word meanings..."

Whose?

"...what motivates your attacks on their anecdotal postings?..."

Your choice of the word "attacks" speaks volumes...Reread the paragraph beginning with "I said this?"

jimHJJ(...pay particular attention to the "I make no claims" part...)

[okiemax]

"...the official lexicographer for the AR Forums..."

Like the judge says "...ignorance of the law is no excuse..."

Your unfamiliarity with the connotation of the phrase used is your problem, no one elses...your feeble attempt at sarcasm is just that...

"...telling people what they can and can't hear..."

I said this? When was that? I always tell folks to listen for themselves...but, to be aware of the potential biases involved. Also, I try to familiarize them with the laws of diminishing returns and the perils of deception from without...I make no claims since I cannot replicate all the variables involved in each unique situation...

"...unique interpretations of word meanings..."

Whose?

"...what motivates your attacks on their anecdotal postings?..."

Your choice of the word "attacks" speaks volumes...Reread the paragraph beginning with "I said this?"

jimHJJ(...pay particular attention to the "I make no claims" part...)

Did I mistake you for a naysayer?

[Resident Loser]

...on one's definition of the term...which, as presented here by some, is usually incorrect or at very least oversimplified to allow things to get conveniently pigeon-holed...

It seems to be fair to say, middle ground is "listen and decide for yourself"...I share in that notion...I have always said tinkering is really the basis for this hobby. With the "sophistication"(and I use that word with some reservation) and complexity of today's circuitry, for the most part, gone are they days of swapping tubes, or tonearms, or cartridges etc. What used to be commonplace is now relegated to high-end tweakdom...shrouded in mystery, hoodoo and myth.

But I digress. One side relies on subjectivity and the other objectivity...I tend toward the latter. I do not dismiss things out-of-hand, I rely on experience coupled with limited knowledge of simple mechanics or physics or whatever...a great many things I read here and there, make absolutely no sense to me or are simply filled with hype, psuedo-science and wishful thinking. It's painfully obvious to a nimrod like myself and it simply amazes me how many are oblivious to such goings on.

jimHJJ(...but then again, that's just me...)