An Open Letter to All Members

[audio amateur]

As long as you dont post something like i have in the "steel cage" your fine ;-)

I was looking for that one brings back memories

[emaidel]

I for one am not afraid to say you brought out the worst in me, thanks for the scape goat. "Emaidel, made me do it!"

That's the spirit! Glad to be of service!

[Florian]

Holy crap! Here it is.... OUCH

Rant of the week to all you so called knowledgeable guys

I just reread it.... quite emberassing.. but some points are still valid :-)

[SlumpBuster]

I just reread it.... quite emberassing.. but some points are still valid :-)

Yeah, especially that part about Goldmund vs. Toshiba transports. No difference at all. They both have Phillips guts.

[GMichael]

Holy crap! Here it is.... OUCH

Rant of the week to all you so called knowledgeable guys

I just reread it.... quite emberassing.. but some points are still valid :-)

Muwahahahahaahahaha.... Still one of the funniest posts even IMO. Thanks for the walk down memory lane Flo. You sure have changed.

Oh, and I still like my Yamaha receiver.

[SlumpBuster]

Emaidel, I finally read the threads in question. If it was AK that you were banned from, then that's cool. I got banned from AK too. I still don't know why. The best I can tell is that maybe someone took offense to my name, which is a salty old sports reference.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Holy crap! Here it is.... OUCH

Rant of the week to all you so called knowledgeable guys

I just reread it.... quite emberassing.. but some points are still valid :-)

I remember this thread, wasn't that the day we were picking cactus needles out of yer bum? The censors were sure busy on that post.

I really miss Resident Loser. I had some good debates with him, some contentious, but always fun.

[Rich-n-Texas]

I remember this thread, wasn't that the day we were picking cactus needles out of yer bum? The censors were sure busy on that post.

I really miss Resident Loser. I had some good debates with him, some contentious, but always fun.

I've said the same thing many many times Sir T. There were some great contributions from him in that thread. May sound corny, but he was in many ways a mentor for me here on the forums.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I've said the same thing many many times Sir T. There were some great contributions from him in that thread. May sound corny, but he was in many ways a mentor for me here on the forums.

He may not have been always up to date with his knowledge about HT, but he was practical, logical, and very reasonable, and that is what I liked about him most.

[johnny p]

"why Ike, are we no longer friends???? Ya' Know Ike, if I thought we weren't friends, I don't think I could bear it"

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I dont' know why this is so, but I seem to have an innate ability to bring out the worst in some people. It's not something I consciously do, but it still somehow manages to happen.

When I joined AR, I had just been banned from "another" site, and wrongfully used AR as a sounding board to state my dissatisfaction with that site. Rightfully, I was informed that such was "bad form," and my posts were deleted. I rarely ever mention that "other" site, unless someone else mentions it first. If anyone's really interested in why I'm not there anymore, just send me a PM, and I'll give you all the gory details.

When I post a thread here, or a comment to another's thread, I generally do so with the purpose of providing useful information. Either I'm relying on my experience in the industry, or my personal listening experiences over the years to make the comments and judgements that I do.

If, for example, I send the woofers of my Dahlquist DQ-10's to a facility in Florida for a refoam, and that facility takes over 8 weeks to complete the repair, and sends the woofers back with a significant defect, that then becomes information readers of this site need to know about. If I then take those "repaired" woofers, and send them off to Regnar in N.Y. for a complete rebuild (for three times the money), and get them back in outstanding condition in less than two weeks, resulting in my DQ-10's sounding better than ever, then that too is noteworthy. So too, is the first outfit's statement that "we stand by our work," and then refusing to refund the $80 I paid them for a sloppy job.

If I spend $80 on a digital coax cable to connect my CD player to my DAC, and it sounds noticeably better in all respects than another one costing more than twice as much, that's worth posting too. So too is posting my stunned observations as to the significant sonic improvements the "Achromat" turnable mat makes.

If I purchase a used turntable on ebay, and receive it in near mint condition, with not one, but two perfectly functioning Shure cartridges, and then discover that the turntable winds up being the best sounding one I've ever owned, that becomes news worthy of shouting from the rooftops. And, it also provides a modicum of credibility for making purchases on ebay.

While I'm 63, and spent close to 40 years in the industry, the old adage still holds: I may grow older, but I don't necesssarily grow up. Little ticks me off more than someone disputing what I've stated, not just because they disagree (which anyone has a right to), but because they accuse me of being a liar, making up stories as I go along, and, for reasons that have totally eluded me, calling me a coward as well, then I, unfortunately, allow my ego to take over, and I respond with an equally nasty post of my own.

AR is not the place for such stuff, no matter how justified I, or others may think. My experience should give a modicum of credibility to much of what I have to say, but, since I've been retired now for almost 8 years, I know that many things have changed. I know nothing whatsoever about the interface between one's computer, and one's home audio system, and so I never dare post a comment on any such related thread.

I know cartridges very well, but not any of the newer, very expensive moving coil models, all of which I suspect would dazzle me if I were to buy one and install it in my tonearm. I've frequently heaped praise on the Stanton Collector's Series CS-100 I own because, after extended listening tests between it and many other cartridges, I prefer its sound. Some of those "others" are: Shure V/15 Type V Mxr, Ortofon MC-20 MKII, and Denon DL-103D - all fairly stiff competition for sure. To off-handedly dismiss the CS-100, without ever having heard it, is just wrong.

So, to any who may have found my posts offensive in any way, I sincerely apologize, with one very noticeable exception (see, I told you I don't have to grow up!). To those of you who feel what I have to offer is worthwhile, and interesting reading, then I hope to continue in that vein in the future.

In the meantime, happy reading, either from me, or others here at AR.

Meh, you are tame compared to me. My delivery is as smooth as steel wool, everyone is just pleased after I post something.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Meh, you are tame compared to me. My delivery is as smooth as steel wool, everyone is just pleased after I post something.

I wish you would start being nice to pix...

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I wish you would start being nice to pix...

Hell no!!! I want to sandpaper him to dust. I probably should be nicer to nightliar though.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Hell no!!! I want to sandpaper him to dust. I probably should be nicer to nightliar though.

I'll tell ya, I didn't think this site's s/w was be able to handle so much text in one post! You must either have special posting priveleges or you've found a way to hack around the character limitation threshold. In some of those posts, my up-down scroll bar was so thin I could hardly grab it. Great reading nonetheless.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I'll tell ya, I didn't think this site's s/w was be able to handle so much text in one post! You must either have special posting priveleges or you've found a way to hack around the character limitation threshold. In some of those posts, my up-down scroll bar was so thin I could hardly grab it. Great reading nonetheless.

And to think, as long as the post were, they only took me about 5 minutes to think it up, and type it. He called me names I have never even heard of.

[Groundbeef]

Meh, you are tame compared to me. My delivery is as smooth as steel wool, everyone is just pleased after I post something.

Actually, I was thinking your delivery is received as well as 80 grit sandpaper on a fresh case of road rash. Of course it depends upon the recipient. More times than not, a hammer would have done nicely.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Actually, I was thinking your delivery is received as well as 80 grit sandpaper on a fresh case of road rash. Of course it depends upon the recipient. More times than not, a hammer would have done nicely.

Hammer too easy, sandpaper......road rash......can't be good....must continue....maybe find virgin skin untouched by road rash....hammer=mess......no mess just pain.......need reprogramming.....

[audio amateur]

Meh, you are tame compared to me. My delivery is as smooth as steel wool, everyone is just pleased after I post something.

Throwin' flowers at ourselves are we?

[Rich-n-Texas]

T, I have a mind sometime to assemble a list of all your references to pix and post them in the Off Topic forum. Some of those are hands down the funniest names I've ever come across. And you know how I feel about "pixeless".

Funny stuff.

[JSE]

I dont' know why this is so, but I seem to have an innate ability to bring out the worst in some people. It's not something I consciously do, but it still somehow manages to happen.

Like others have mentioned, don't worry about it. Your stuff has been tame compared to past threads around here. I've been called just about every name there is at one point or another by various past and even some present members. Some of the name calling was probably justified. I have actually been really laid back the last couple of years.

As long as you don't lie, you will be fine. True Liars tend to get run pretty quickly around here. Having strong opinions just adds to the spice of these forums. Nothing wrong with that.

[Rich-n-Texas]

I have actually been really laid back the last couple of years.

Yeah, just look at his post count.

He he he, ha ha ha, ho ho ho!

Funny eh?

[JSE]

Yeah, just look at his post count.

He he he, ha ha ha, ho ho ho!

Funny eh?

I'm pretty sure my post count from the old system/format was set back to zero after a change over many years ago. If I could add that count to my current count, I would be ahead of you!

Besides, it's a quality over quantity thing or me. I don't just blab my mouth every chance I get like soooome people of this, cough, cough, gm, cough, cough board.

[GMichael]

I'm pretty sure my post count from the old system/format was set back to zero after a change over many years ago. If I could add that count to my current count, I would be ahead of you!

Besides, it's a quality over quantity thing or me. I don't just blab my mouth every chance I get like soooome people of this, cough, cough, gm, cough, cough board.

Hey! Knock that off. It's not my fault that you've been slacking lately. Maybe if we brought Lex back you'd have someone else to pick on.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Hey! Knock that off. It's not my fault that you've been stacking lately. Maybe if we brought Lex back you'd have someone else to pick on.

What does "stacking" mean (in this context)? Is he stacking pies or something?

I'm pretty sure my post count from the old system/format was set back to zero after a change over many years ago. If I could add that count to my current count, I would be ahead of you!

Besides, it's a quality over quantity thing or me.

OKAY JSE! No need to get your panties in a wad! (I love that expression )

[Rich-n-Texas]

Isn't if fun that we have the uncanny ability to drive even the most serious threads...

Right into the ground!!!