"I have not once heard you say in your responses here, how you could do things better or where you fell short. That is why you are vilified here and Erin is beloved. you have no modesty and you can't even witness it. "
Erin is not vilified because he doesn't go after your sacred cows. You know, all the stuff that makes no difference to sound but you all swear by it. Go ahead and ask Erin if he uses your fancy audio and power cables in his testing. Or uses boutique amplifiers, DACs, etc. You won't like the answer, I assure you.
Erin also learned his lesson early on when he got to speaker testing. That you best not deliver negative outcomes straight out or it would not be good for growth of a youtube channel. See comments he received after his transparent review of a Klipsch speaker: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/klipsch-heresy-iv-objective-speaker-review.1028801/page-4
"To male Karens in this thread ...
You can wave the tube flag all you want. It won't fix the deficiencies in this speaker. Surely you can't be ignorant enough to think a tube amp corrects dispersion patterns, enclosure resonances and diffraction effects. Surely. Surely?
But... If you think it does, enjoy your setup. Don't let me make you feel bad for enjoying what you enjoy. That's not my intent. There are plenty of others who have simply disagreed and didn't seem to feel like I kicked their puppy with my review. Don't take it so personally.
As for me being a troll or just trying to get money: that's laughable. I get about $0.02 per view. I have probably 30+ hours in this whole thing as it sits. So, let's do the math... if I paid myself $5/hour for this review I would need 7500 views. I'm at 1k. I'm paying myself far less than minimum wage. I could get a part time job paying more than that. It isn't "worth" it for me to spend the time I do, in that scheme. I do this for the passion. Not for the money. If it were the latter, I'd be presenting things in an entirely different way and would look like just another YT reviewer (some of whom have been discussed). Not that I imagine this will change your mind. But, facts.
If you are that upset with my analysis (and the correlating data which is standard in the industry) that you feel the need to talk to me like you're a big boy then you have your own set of problems. Take it up with the industry because whining and acting tough to me isn't going to change the performance of your speaker. See ya' around. "
Not the "beloved" Erin you know, right? Fortunately for him, he learned early on that saying stuff like this is not going to get you subscribers so best to tone it down.
Me? I have not promised anyone niceness. What I have promised is data, objectivity, science and professionalism. Sometimes an answer is something you are not going to like. Not being motivated by money, I am not afraid to tell it like it is. Or have some of you get upset as you are. It can't be helped. As long as you put your emotions ahead of learning, that is going to be a problem for you.
