@millercarbon, You used to do a lot of threadcrapping and insulting of other posters yourself, and still do some. I think that’s where some of the vitriol that is directed towards you comes from.
Also, your "I’m a genius and you’re not" schtick is not my idea of how to maintain civility on a forum, but that’s just my opinion.
IMHO, the best way to maintain civility on a forum is to try to be respectful of others no matter how different their ideas or tastes are from yours.
Complaining that others are not showing civility or demanding that others be civil are not that helpful in my experience.
So in the New Year why don’t we all (this is definitely not solely directed at mc) try to drop our grudges and quit trying to annoy others on purpose. I say try because we all fail to be civil sometimes, but if we all try to be more civil, the Audiogon Forums will be a much happier, more informative place.