Manufacturers pushing their products and agenda in the forums.

Noble100  4-17-2019
I just wanted to add that I think we're lucky to have industry insiders, like almarg and others, post on various subjects here on Audiogon.

Thanks very much for the nice words, Tim.  For the record, though, I do not now nor have I ever had any affiliation with any individual or organization in the audio industry, other than as a customer.  My professional background is in defense electronics, primarily analog and digital circuits for airborne radar systems.

Best regards,

-- Al
   

From the OP:

Manufacturers now post into the forums dogmatically espousing their myopic view of the hobby, shamelessly pimping their own products and view of the audio world and, even more disturbingly, running down opposing brands.

IMHO, it may be time to throw the baby out with the bath water and ban manufacturers, distributors, retailers and importers. If they can’t get their act together they should take it on the road.

FWIW, my perception has been and continues to be different. Certainly what you describe in the first paragraph I quoted occurs on a fairly regular basis. But nevertheless it seems to me that the contributions that are regularly made here by those who are part of the industry on the whole provide value that far outweighs those negatives.

A much more significant problem, IMO, is the non-constructive and unpleasant turn many threads take, which as I see it is generally attributable to the personalities of some of the posters, whether they be members of the industry or not (and in most instances they are not, if only because most of the membership is not part of the industry). But of course that is inevitable to some degree at any Internet forum, and under the circumstances I think the moderators do about as good a job as could be hoped for in drawing a balance between controlling that kind of discourse and stifling discussion.

Best regards,

-- Al