Sirius and Walker

Dear Vicks and Hiho,
I have to admit I find this thread entertaining in a perverse sort of way. What would be the motive to denigrate the Sirius? It's not even any longer in production and is so lofty in cost as to be more of a theory to most of us than a reality. And to tout the Micro Seiki 8000 at the expense of the Sirius is equally pointless. Talk about a "fangroup". There is no snootier a fangroup than the ultra-exclusive MS8000 fangroup.

Yet, good detective work by Mr. Belchev, which reveals that Unoear has been publicly on both sides of the Sirius fence, does suggest that there is some skullduggery afoot. I say the butler did it in the kitchen with a spaghetti noodle.

Dear Unoear, I have no dog in this fight, but do I correctly understand the following?
(1) You went to Mike's home and listened to the Sirius prior to purchase.
(2) You evidently liked what you heard, because you then bought it from Mike.
(3) You were present during the disassembly and packing of the Sirius at Mike's home.
(4) You reassembled the Sirius in your own listening room, AND the reassembled unit was then blessed by a member of Rockport's original design team.
(5) Now you and Dertonearm find that the Sirius "cannot track" more than 3 cuts from the outer edge of an LP before seriously mistracking.

And you are saying what? The Sirius is an overpriced fraud? Someone deceived you in this process? Given that you can be credited with due diligence all along the way (assuming my assumptions above are correct), I would say that you have no one to blame but yourself. But I also tend to think or guess that the tracking issue you describe can be resolved. There is something missing from this story that is of key importance.

Dear Syntax, You are too droll. So droll that I don't understand the true meaning of your posts on this subject, save that there are a lot of overpriced and underperforming audio products, of which I do not think the Sirius is one.

Dear Dan, That is an admirable goal, but I am afraid it just does not work that way. Your only path to finding out what is "right" for you is to sample some good equipment in your own home, in your own system, and for a prolonged period of audition. That way, you can first find out what you don't like so much, and it seems like you are experienced enough to make good choices based on your own dataset. Such experiences are the best pathway to your own Nirvana. Whatever you do, don't blindly follow the advice or the unsupported opinion of anyone who posts on the internet. Anyway, IMO you cannot go wrong with a Walker OR a Sirius III, but there may be others in the same category for less money that might please you more.

Dear Unoear, You were right on cue with your latest pot-shot at Rockport. It doesn't help any of us neutral parties to figure out what happened between you and your Sirius, seriously speaking. So what do you want your readers to think?