Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is.

You mean that angry litany pointing fingers at everyone? I loved it and he outdoes my dad for scathing criticism which is pretty hard to do. I think he does have a serious point that Stereophile/JA and others are deaf to, which is concerned with the question of how close are we to the sound of reality as we would hear it live. Many people would just as soon not have to answer that question. It is nice to have good "appealing", musical sound as an audiophile but its nice to be working toward accuracy to the source material as well.

Atmashpere, what has his living conditions to do with his point of view? I don't like cigarette smoke either but I wouldn't anull some guy's opinion on how clean he keeps his place.

I don't see much irony in that, nor do I take it as much of a humorous point. The guy does not care for a clean living space, it doesn't mean he does not have other areas of his life he cares about or is frustrated with.