I posted this because of how I’ve seen us go after each other from time to time. It just Audiogon either. Was on another forum and a response to me was filled with assumptions. The person was a first time responder to me. He was off base on every point he tried to make. That made me realize how many ass sumptions we can make about people we don’t know!
Dealer affiliations and attitudes, assumptions and lack of respectful engagement in audio.
When I started in Audiogon 20 years ago it was a different place. There was pretty civil discussions with fellow audiogoners. There were audio dealers on the site and there were also hobbyists and it wasn’t a big deal. I been on the dealer side/business side the last 7 years. Here is what I find. A lot of us tend to be quickly negative and nasty to those who disagree with us. We don’t have the sharing of knowledge spirit that we used to have. A lot of us want to show others how much smarter than we are than them. In addition to that there seems to be an attitude that if you are a dealer you gotta be shilling instead of just telling the truth. More importantly there seems to be an attitude that audio is the only thing you do. I have a firm in my professional life that I have ran for 25 years. I’m smart enough to know you never know who you are talking to. I just think audiogoners have repeatedly started to step over the line and become HABITUAL LINE STEPPERS and not engage with the necessary level of respect. A lot of us in the hobby just want to meet and have positive audio and music experiences. Not rage debate! WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS EVERYONE?
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@benjamminva i try to be mindful when people call me for items. A lot of guys don’t understand you don’t know who is on the other end of the phone. Respect everyone. |
@mitch2 @devinplombier i agree. I literally had a guy get mad because I couldn’t send him a demo cable fast enough. Goes crazy. Seems our cables evn though he secretly likes them. Proceeds to bash me every where I go just because he wasn’t prioritized fast enough. Left a bad taste in my mouth. What a shame. I’m not here to make enemies. I just wanna hear music and suggestions etc. Life is too short |
@mitch2 i agree I have had guys be ultra aggressive and only wanting to thumb thug instead of engaging into healthy audio conversation I’m done with them
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