>         I find your message sarcastic and insulting. You question my
 > integrity and my ability to honestly express myself in a public 
 > forum
 > based on differing opinion. I find that not only unconstructive to
 > the Echo and participants, but to date, out of character.
        I'm sorry you found my message to be so insulting, John.  I was 
genuinely curious about many of the questions I posed.  I didn't mean to 
insinuate the "worst," but rather to provide them as examples of some of the 
thinking that goes on with some upgrades.  We all fall victim to the urge to 
upgrade sooner or later.  I was curious at the methods you used in what 
seemed to me a rather sudden decision to upgrade almost every piece of 
electronics in your system at the same time.  For example, in the case of the 
Carver Amp, I was curious what made you think you suddenly needed to upgrade? 
 Many possibilities exist.  I simply listed a few of the possibilities and 
ended each one with a question (they weren't statements, but questions and 
weren't meant to be sarcastic.  For example, power problems, borrowing an amp 
and upon comparing it in your system, finding it better sounding, going 
strictly upon recommendations from a friend, listening to a friend's system 
that uses the same speakers and finding their's superior sounding, etc. etc.  
I don't know what reasons you had, and that's what I asked.
        I do admit that I was a bit snotty about the bi-wiring thing (I guess 
I'm spending too much time on RAHE reading scientific arguments against 
various tweak methods), but I readily admitted that cables CAN affect the 
sound, but usually this is do to measurable reasons.  I also mentioned I 
believed the cables in question DO measure differently.  Once again, I wasn't 
questioning what you were saying, I just wanted more clarification since such 
items are controversial.  Is it so insulting to ask WHY you think a 
particular product makes a difference?
        As I told you privately, after I had sent the message, I realized it 
probably did come across very bad, but it was too late to cancel the message 
and rewrite it.  (usually I wait an hour or two before I upload my QWK 
packets so I can go back over my messages with a level head, but 
unfortunately this was one of the ones that needed rewriting but go rushed 
out)  Also unfortunately, my message to you got there after the Fido one (I 
was surprised it got there in less than two days).
 >         Of all people in the Echo, I would not have expected
 > this of you. You have always been level headed and forgiving
                                       
        Once again, I'm sorry if I insulted you.  I've just been a bit 
surprised over the past two months or so in your sudden and unexpected 
interest in such things as tube amps, jitter busters, high end cables, 
outboard DACs (that need the busters in the first place due to the industry's 
poor S/PDIF interface), the comment about "brassy" solid state sound (I've 
yet to encounter anything like this, but it's something I've read about in 
Stereophile), the sudden change in opinion about bi-wiring (something I can't 
recommend except in the special cases I mentioned to another poster) and the 
sudden "sale" of all your previous electronics (this really surprised me) all 
at once.  All these combined together is what lead me to respond and question 
each as to what your thinking was.  Again, I'm sorry that you were insulted.
I'm out of time.
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