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Myles B. Astor

Myles B. Astor

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Know I could make this a Baker's Dozen List but choose one and why!

For me, it's the wannabe, armchair QBs that know more than the designer and are going to redesign the product. You know the types. They're going to tell Wilson everything that's wrong with his speakers but have never been to the factory and seen the parts/speaker being built, the schematics or even built a xover themselves. But they know it all.

Corollary #1: the online wannabe that either has never heard a product and or room sounds and has an opinion.
 
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I can be accused of #1 but you'd never truly know unless you knew everyone's breadth of experience and had their CV before you.

my biggest pet peeve are the LP vs CD, aka analog vs digital debates. where one side listens to one format exclusively and has definitive/conclusive opinions on the other format they haven't listened to in years (at home) or occasionally at a random show.
 
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Myles
In addition to your excellent examples here are a few of mine.

1) Individuals who believe only boutique manufacturers can make quality products. In other words companies such as Wilson, B&W, McIntosh, etc, cannot be SOA.
2) Posters who want manufacturers to participate on websites then proceed to criticize them for not providing future product plans or beat them up for design choices or for features added or left off of products.
3) Posters who can't understand that there is no Best Product(s) for every audiophile.
 
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puroagave said:
I can be accused of #1 but you'd never truly know unless you knew everyone's breadth of experience and had their CV before you.

my biggest pet peeve are the LP vs CD, aka analog vs digital debates. where one side listens to one format exclusively and has definitive/conclusive opinions on the other format they haven't listened to in years (at home) or occasionally at a random show.
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This is one of my big pet peeves also!

Another thing that really ticks me off because it will ruin an audio forum overnight is when the owners encourage someone who is loathed within the high-end community to join the forum and they are bestowed with "industry expert" status. These are people who actually hate the high-end and everything it stands for and are constantly looking for a soapbox to stand on so they can remind you how stupid, gullible, naive, etc. you are for thinking there is actually better sound quality to strive for than what you can buy for $1,500-$2,000-and I mean the entire system.
 
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Signatures with long lists of equipment.
 
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mauidan said:
Signatures with long lists of equipment.
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Until recently, I never listed my gear as a tag line. I only relented when people started asking me to do it even though all of my gear was listed in my profile. I get your point.
 
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mauidan said:
Signatures with long lists of equipment.
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I disagree Dan. It allows prospective buyers and interested audiophiles to communicate and ask questions. Not to mention for me, it gives a POV. POV is not good or bad but it's good to know where people stand.
 
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Myles B. Astor said:
I disagree Dan. It allows prospective buyers and interested audiophiles to communicate and ask questions. Not to mention for me, it gives a POV. POV is not good or bad but it's good to know where people stand.
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Myles,

If I'm interested in someone's system, I'll check their profile or send them a PM.
 
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mauidan said:
Myles,

If I'm interested in someone's system, I'll check their profile or send them a PM.
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Well if 1/4 the participants list their system, it's a lot. (That's a plea!) Personally one of the pluses of the net is the ability to share experiences. (BTW that extends to health and many other things too!)
 
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I guess the other thing is that just as we have people who haven't figured out how to a post a picture to a thread, we probably have some who don't know how to check someone's profile as well.
 
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Pet peeve threads on audio forums. LoL
 
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I am not sure. What I do like is that sometimes a great underdog product is hyped for a good reason. When a friend of mine was looking for a new power amp in the beginning of this year I was advising him in the direction of the Hypex n-core in the nice Kramer housing.
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Then I found the Job 225 and the people who raved about it. He ordered it and I have to admit that it is a phenomenon! It is amazing what you can get for little money.
 
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Myles B. Astor said:
Steve, you ignorant slut! :)
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Ha ha, that made me laugh! Thought you should know that I bought that Elvis album after hearing yours at RMAF. My sister-in-law, who absolutely adores him just sat in my chair and didn't move through the whole album!
 
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mauidan said:
Signatures with long lists of equipment.
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People who don't like signatures with long lists of equipment (especially if they don't like TBD's in the sig;:upthis: then I get really cranking).
 
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When some one post who think he knows everything .
 
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