Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ?

My avatar represent a great Russian artist...

Then your sarcasm only reflect your own ignorance and stupidity...

It is said that a picture does say a thousand words. 

I did not name anyone because I did not want to embarrass anyone- however you just did a good job of embarrassing yourself. I find it amusing that you recognise yourself as making bloviated, meaningless, nonsensical posts.

it was easy to recognize myself in your stupid post, you harassed me saying the same thing for almost 2 years. Harassing me even in private mail.

 I would have not answered if you did not attacked in the most irrational way ASR  members coming here...

But it was too much for me to stay silent in this thread where we must insist on politeness for everyone...

ASR members or not, all are welcome, save those tailored as you, using sarcasms and insults, as a coward with insinuations,because unable to argue  directly  and rationally... ...

One of my defects is i like discussion...

mahgister, you asked for opinions in one of your threads and when I answered, and you did not like my answer, you just argued with me until I left the thread. Completely disingenuous.

If you are frustrated by my passion with arguments i apologize.

But i do not take rational opposition as insults... It is just i like to discuss...

By the way i never dismiss others opinion as such... I gave arguments for my points...

If you felt rejected because you did not had any arguments it is not my fault...

I dont recall this specific  discussion... I apologize for that too ...

By the way i always say what i think directly to the person and did not entertain grudges... But i must admit i react badly to gang-stalking or harassment toward anybody including me.

 Most don’t but there are a few. If I get to know them and I think they are making sense yes.  But if they try to tell me certain things don’t make a difference etc. I let them be. 

I dont remember that you ever harassed me at all. We discussed perhaps.

I remember only indesirable behaviour...

I dont entertain grudges then i forgot many thing useless, which imply that i cannot promise not to gave my opinion in your future threads and i invite you to agree or disagree in mine if you have rational arguments ... We are all "friends" here ...

If i caused you any disagreement be sure i am very sorry for that...

Apologies if it came off as gang stalking or harrassment. That was not the intent.

Perhaps we can agree that I will not post into threads that you start, or address you directly, and you will do the same. Problem solved, no bad feelings either way.

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"One of my defects is i like discussion..."
No, your defect is you bore the crap out of everyone by posting diatribes of meaningless verbiage.

Boring is when everybody looks the same and says the same thing.

One of the elephants in the room is that English isn’t @mahgister ’s native language. But that doesn’t stop me from finding value in some of his posts. Yes, some.

At the end of the day, it’s an internet forum, it’s easy enough to ignore people.

You are certainly an idiot or a hating empty head for repeating this without end  even in threads were i developed complex arguments about sounds with quotes from serious science article, and you do this for more than a year, even sending me like this shit-post, insults or sarcasms in my private box...

Anybody can read you...No arguments...

And to add a cherry on your cake, you invite people to not welcoming someone only because he come from ASR forum...

No, your defect is you bore the crap out of everyone by posting diatribes of meaningless verbiage.

I remember all my conversation for example with Amir and some other engineer from ASR  about sounds and timbre..

I dont forget rational discussion...

I did not claim to be the arbiter of what is rational, i claim that i can remember any discussion i posted here with rational arguments which is more than one or two lines...

I dont entertain grudges and i am sorry if you entertain them...

 Anyway i will try to not bother you again...

 I am not perfect and i apologize sincerely if i  had caused you any discomfort of any kind...

Of course you choose not to remember. If I posted 13,000 times in nine years I could not remember either.

No sir, friends don’t act like that, and I am certainly not your friend. But fair enough, and thank you for your candor. And certainly, you, of all people, will never be the arbiter of what arguments are "rational."

I apologize for my english poor mastery...

But it is me who wrote...( i could use an A.I. easily and ask it to wrote all my posts  in Santayana prose though)

Thanks for your kind understanding of my handicap...

I never spoke English in all my life nor even wrote it before coming here.

I had read English in science and philosophy books, generally very poorly written with no concrete vocabulary...It is why my style is "square" to say the least...

Some philosopher though wrote a supreme beautiful English, as Santayana, whom i read once and lost even the thread of his reasonings because not only i was struggling behind his intelligence but i was in ecstasy reading his style...

I cannot wrote well...

I apologise...

One of the elephants in the room is that English isn’t @mahgister ’s native language. But that doesn’t stop me from finding value in some of his posts. Yes, some.

Another who  had chosen to insult me beginning in the discussion with Amir about "timbre" and acoustics perception few months ago..

He did not understood the arguments it seems and chose to insult me...

Since then times to times he do it on repeat...

 And i am the one supposed to be nut...

This is what i discussed with articles in science quotation when discussing with Amir and you begun to insult me as an idiot hurted by something you dont understand i must say :

This was the context of the discussion :

Do you understand how human brain can beat the  Gabor limit and create "meaning" in his own time domain ? if you do, you  then  can understand  why Amir evaluation of  "sound qualia" with gear specs only is deceptive use of technology...

You then insulted me in the midst of my discussion with him  with no arguments...

 Another occasion few days ago you insulted me surprised that i can tune by ears a mechanical device... It seems if someone is able to understand an acoustic concept and using his ears it appear as a " miracle" or a "lies"...

 Who is nut insulting others on repetition because they discussed ideas and concepts ?

I will let others be judge here ...

 And now you seems so nervously affected by cognitive decline  you suppose i need document or help  to remember logical arguments in acoustics or in other matters :

It’s possible that the nuthouse clown maintains word documents of his typed up crap.

 I argue with articles in science and arguments. I dont insult people Amir or anyone...

I can make a point with reason not insults...

 You had made no rational argument with me ever... Save insults like a child ...

There are a few who have responded to this post that I enjoy reading what they have to say and many others who I never see on here any more. I am not highly technical and I enjoy learning about the nuances of this hobby. I’ve used some advice from this forum and improved my system by doing so. That is what keeps me coming back.

Almarg may he rest in peace.

I'm getting a little PTSD reading this thread from the time when I was in the barrel a long time ago. I, too, miss Almarg. 

All the best,
Nonoise

When I started posting on here, there weren’t a lot of us and the amount of activity was significantly less. However, I was a bit more curious than I am now. DAC’s were relatively new back then and streamers were still unheard of. SACD/CD players and iPods were what most folks used for digital playback. So Audiogon was like a new frontier in many respects. Even mono cartridges were an arcane topic back then. Anyway, its not that Audiogon members are now less knowledgeable or interesting but much of what gets discussed here seems to be recycled material. Its the same old stuff, just worded differently. Hopefully someone will invent a new type of digital component or a new tweak and then we’ll all have something new to learn about. 

@goofyfoot You have to understand that most of the subscribers here have nothing else to do. There are countless available sources online that are more accurate without the lore and conjecture if people want to seek it out. All you need is a keyword but for many this is the only companionship they have. Hence the redundancy and this kind of banter.

With A.I. anybody can have all the specs numbers, recommendations and opinions summed up in one place...

 I just asked GROK  to explain to me how to use optimally the sextett K240 headphone with my new incoming dac with my headphone amplifier for my secondary system...( i already knew how and why but i was curious and GROK explained to me all the equations at play and why )

What no one will have just reading GROK  is the fun experiments we must do with acoustics... Ask GROK what it is then trust your ears and have the best fun of your life (Helmholtz resonators,absorption-diffusion-reflective devices balance,ASW/LV ratio parameters, comb filters,cross-feed,cross-talk use etc)

Or with unusual "tweaks"  which can improve low cost system...(Schumann generators,ionization,minerals use etc)

 i am here to talk with people  and i read and participate in the jazz and classical questions and other threads indirectly linked to audio, i even created some myself, not for just to gain mere information  for an upgrade i  may & must learn elsewhere anyway by myself... Those newcomers who search for a specific information can ask here but they must know that there is many people here who know each other for many years...

I learned how to do room/system installation  for myself with acoustics..

I advice people to read about acoustics before upgrading if their system is already synergical and minimally good...

Purchasing race is a plague ... Learning is a cure...

If someone says cables don’t matter or if they say usb cables are just 1’s and 0’s that’s a red flag to me. I don’t respect or listen to their opinions. Just being honest.  

Just for fun, it takes me 15 seconds to have the answer to this question from GROK :

https://x.com/i/grok/share/x73moRLkvY6kwFlDGwXNKMqli

 Do you see the details it can give  referring even  to my opinions in another forum about the synergy of these pieces of gear and reference from others reviews ? It is astounding..

I am here to learn from "friends" in a human way...

 I can learn anything alone and i had done it for audio because we learn from our experiment not so much from others opinions...

But i cannot have  human discussion with a machine or a book...

 Some of those who complain about "old dudes" with nothing to do who come here   are young ignorants about life...

By the way to give my comment about GROK analysis to my question about the Sansui alpha specs and the AKG K340 hybrid:

Electrostatic Driver Demands: The K340’s electrostatic driver requires clean, high-voltage amplification. The AU-α607i’s balanced circuit should provide this, but a specialized headphone amp (e.g., tube OTL) might extract slightly better detail from the electrostatic driver.

Yes here and there. 

Found ‘not common’ sources for quiet LPS, good cables, tweaks, etc. 

Great insights and eloquence in some posts. 

Been observing here in silence for over a year and will say there are a few folks that have imparted some really good information and others that just run their keyboard or mouth and offer nothing of real value. 

I've been here since 1998, and I've learned from individuals here as well as cementing a few buying decisions based on the recommendations of a number of members who all liked the same specific component. 

It's been fun mostly, but there have been some nasty dust-ups which I'm not proud to say I have sometimes been a part of, but that's part of maturing I guess. You learn from mistakes.

I'm learning who's who to some degree and therefore who's the real deal and who's just bloviating.  It takes time to see the patterns and contributions.   Overall I've learned alot and enjoy the threads.  Almost all...

Not if they claim that new power cords and expensive speaker cables change sound.

They do if I agree with them...

Getting advice has its pros and cons. What you’re getting is another’s experience. But opinions are like something else that everyone has. 

Elbows?

Well, do the opinions of people who call into political talk-radio shows carry any weight with you?

I think the answer says more about you than about the opinion-holders.

I miss geoffkait. 

Cranky dude. 😝  if I may paraphrase an old country song that the Byrds resurrected on Sweetheart of the Rodeo: you don’t miss your whatever ‘til the well runs dry. 

As for your question, I look for specific answers for specific questions. I don’t waste people’s time with window-shopping or kick-the-tires kind of questions. At least, I try not to. 

"I miss geoffkait."

He is alive and well over at the Audio Asylum ...

Yes, the collective knowledge and experiences of the folks here do carry weight with me.  I learn something from just about every thread.  I find value in hearing the “why” behind an opinion, reading technical explanations that describe how things function, and seeing posted systems which, to me, help provide context.

@unreceivedogma +1 "kick-the-tires kind of questions"

inna

Of course I listen to opinions here, otherwise I would not waste my time.

(1) I have found a bunch of equipment from companies I was not familiar with, that I may not have know about otherwise, and then it is up to me to do my research and listen to that gear before I form an opinion.

(2) I place a good amount of credence on those who share their experience with equipment they have actually owned, demo'd, or or hear is systems they know well.....like friends. Whether I agree with them is not important, someone took the time to put up an honest opinion.

(3) I despise posts that knock gear that they have never heard, nor had the time to listen intently

(4) There are some posters on A'gon that I really like and find their posts informative and helpful, there are some posters that I don't find helpful and find their posts useless. They tend to be similar people frequently