In reply to:Down, boy.Bren: If you don't have anything positive to say about the subject SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!!
In reply to:Is that the Marv Albert plan?
In reply to:Or even have a laugh. There are a lot of things to different people where an attack on the subject becomes an attack on the individual... for the pious - it's religion, for the politickers it's their political party, for me - it's Workplace Health and Safety. These are things people have made a large part of their lives and, in a way, their beliefs in each, and the work they do in their names defines them as a person.Yes, most people who who share your point of view about Bren have learned to ignore the kind of post you're referring to. You should try it.
In reply to:Now, I have to admit, you've turned down your "thumb in the eye" knob in the past while (credit where credit is due!) so I don't mind rationally discussing topics now. I'm intolerant - I'll admit that. My tolerance level has been eroded away by all the sales & marketing hype, I'm 31 now and the youngest of all my friends so for about the past 18 years I've been involved (either as a consumer for home audio or a tech for pro/event audio) with this stuff, and heard every lame sales pitch and fell for most of them and I've been shown the error of my ways directly and indirectly. I don't know about offensive, though... take this post... I suggested that the poster should ask you... and that most of us SS guys would suggest a SS amp listened to from the inside of a barrel. Was more poking fun at the usual debate than anything. As for insulting... everyone here has been guilty of that sin at some point, I was recently called the worst expletive in the English language.The issue is not whether you are entitled to your opinion, Bren. I think the point is that you are offensive in your expression of your opinions. You are intolerant of the opinions of others and insulting to those who hold opinions which differ from your own.
In reply to:I'm not sure charlatan or ignorant are the right terms... the problem comes when the tube guys admit they hear a difference (we all do, not too many won't concede there is a "tube" sound) but it breaks down when the tube guys are asked to call a spade a spade... the tube sound comes from a form of distortion. Yes, it's distortion, but that's not an insult. The same way caviar is really sturgeon eggs and escargot is really snails.Folks who tell you, from their own experience, that tube amps can provide a wonderful musical experience, in some cases superior to the best solid states amps, are neither charlatans nor ignorant.
In reply to:I guess it helped that I was still wondering what a "mullard" was at the time...