Originally Posted by Hambrabi

A nice catch, Mojo. I stopped visiting audio websites, it's easy to develop subculture blindness (long stays in an echo chamber blinds us to that subculture's cognitive and worldview errors) if you don't have a variety of other interests to give you perspective. To me, audiophiles are like cognoscenti who find good health elusive but have encyclopedic knowledge of nutritional supplements and herbs.

Doug is a known fan boy of Axiom. I had a long chat with him at the last Axiom Anniversary parties, and it was obvious. That is not saying that Axiom is not a solid company, but this very thread shows how consuming a merger is. I visited last September and the place was in chaos with the Bryston integration.