[c. leeds]

Harry Lavo wrote (about Sullivan's preference to buy audio equipment
without listening to it first):

Except that Steven is very quick to accuse anybody who claims to hear what
they think is better sounding electronic gear of fooling themselves. It is
a very hypocritical position to take, it seems to me, for someone who
doesn't even bother to listen, yet claims to know that others can't hear
what he doesn't even bother to listen to or for.

Quite true, but here's what's sillier: that in a "high-end" newsgroup,
anyone would be criticized for simply preferring to listen to equipment
before purchase. Sullivan insists such listening is "error-prone."