you might want to read Gene's rebuttal to your post at their thread. Post #373.

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=766448#post766448

Honestly I can't help to read this stuff. I feel like a boy crazed school girl getting the latest gossip on who's hot..... but, I think it would be better for both parties to shut down these threads before things get so bad that the damage is irreversible.