I saw that post as well and had the same reaction. I find that while a lot of the discussions at AA can be provocative and informative (particularly the tubes forum), too many of them seem to me to be bordering on paranoia and distrust of any established companies or wind up turning into name-calling and childish fights. The Audiogon forums seem a little more civilized to me, and include some interesting offbeat threads (often started by Sdcampbell or Onhwy61 and the like) that you might never see on AA. Maybe a reviewer could find A-gon a little watered down, less spicy, but on the whole I find it more enjoyable.
Audiogon/Asylum and magazine reviewers posts
For whatever reason(s), I have always prefered Audiogon over the Asylum; a few weeks ago there was this post on the Asylum, "Is Stereophile Abstaining From AA ?". Many on here may already know that several reviewers do participate on AudioAsylum. I posted this question to that post, "My question is, why don't they frequent Audiogon as well? Any response JA?" I received the following reply from the reviewer Kal Rubison, "I monitor Audiogon but there's rarely anything worth commenting on."
This post isn't anything against Kal, I was just curious if others that frequent both sites find that AA has more meaningful posts?
This post isn't anything against Kal, I was just curious if others that frequent both sites find that AA has more meaningful posts?