Ferstler's Final Post

[Howard Ferstler]

Dear group:

OK, after writing fast as hell this afternoon I have managed
(I hope) to respond to all of the messages dealing with my
previous comments. (No doubt some of you are typing
additional replies as I type this final message.) I needed
to do this in order to duck charges that I quit on the fly
and under pressure from you clowns and ran for cover, as if
a sane mane escaping a lunatic asylum is running away from
anything.

Yep, this is it. I stopped sending magazine drafts off to
publishers last month and will not do any more commentary
columns or product reviews. I also notified various record
distributors and companies that I will no longer be
reviewing recordings. I will get a few more record reviews
off to the publisher, because I still have a stack sitting
in my main listening room needing review. Also, some of my
product-review articles are in the pipeline and there is no
stopping them from getting into print. (Why should I? The
work is done.)

Last week I purchased a blood-pressure monitor for home use
(doctor's suggestion) and discovered that whenever I work on
magazine articles (those last few record reviews) my BP
rises. The very thought of receiving additional products to
review also pushes it up. It rises even more when I deal
with the nitwits here on RAO. Well, who needs that?

I leave the field to you people and to those whose world
continues to revolve around their hi-fi rigs. As of now, my
world no longer does. Finally, after all these years I am
going to enjoy the hardware I have on hand for what it can
do to entertain more than ever.

And now, on to reading those hundreds of old-fashioned books
I need to finish before my burial.

Howard Ferstler

[Margaret von B.]

"Howard Ferstler" > wrote in message
...
> Dear group:
>
> OK, after writing fast as hell this afternoon I have managed
> (I hope) to respond to all of the messages dealing with my
> previous comments. (No doubt some of you are typing
> additional replies as I type this final message.) I needed
> to do this in order to duck charges that I quit on the fly
> and under pressure from you clowns and ran for cover, as if
> a sane mane escaping a lunatic asylum is running away from
> anything.
>
> Yep, this is it. I stopped sending magazine drafts off to
> publishers last month and will not do any more commentary
> columns or product reviews. I also notified various record
> distributors and companies that I will no longer be
> reviewing recordings. I will get a few more record reviews
> off to the publisher, because I still have a stack sitting
> in my main listening room needing review. Also, some of my
> product-review articles are in the pipeline and there is no
> stopping them from getting into print. (Why should I? The
> work is done.)
>
> Last week I purchased a blood-pressure monitor for home use
> (doctor's suggestion) and discovered that whenever I work on
> magazine articles (those last few record reviews) my BP
> rises. The very thought of receiving additional products to
> review also pushes it up. It rises even more when I deal
> with the nitwits here on RAO. Well, who needs that?
>
> I leave the field to you people and to those whose world
> continues to revolve around their hi-fi rigs. As of now, my
> world no longer does. Finally, after all these years I am
> going to enjoy the hardware I have on hand for what it can
> do to entertain more than ever.
>
> And now, on to reading those hundreds of old-fashioned books
> I need to finish before my burial.
>
> Howard Ferstler


BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<Sniff>

Margaret

[George M. Middius]

Let's start a pool on when Clerkie comes back. Everybody can pick one week
in the next six months.

I'll take the second week of October.

[MINe 109]

In article >,
George M. Middius <cmndr [underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net>
wrote:

> Let's start a pool on when Clerkie comes back. Everybody can pick one week
> in the next six months.
>
> I'll take the second week of October.

He'll announce his last article's appearance (third week of August?
September?)

Stephen

[Clyde Slick]

"Howard Ferstler" > wrote in message
...
> Dear group:
>
>
> Last week I purchased a blood-pressure monitor for home use
> (doctor's suggestion) and discovered that whenever I work on
> magazine articles (those last few record reviews) my BP
> rises. The very thought of receiving additional products to
> review also pushes it up. It rises even more when I deal
> with the nitwits here on RAO. Well, who needs that?
>

for normal people, listening to music
is relaxing and lowers blood pressure.



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[Clyde Slick]

"Howard Ferstler" > wrote in message
...
> Dear group:
>
>

>
> And now, on to reading those hundreds of old-fashioned books
> I need to finish before my burial.
>

Are you going to be buried in your clown suit?



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[Clyde Slick]

"George M. Middius" <cmndr [underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net> wrote
in message ...
>
>
> Let's start a pool on when Clerkie comes back. Everybody can pick one week
> in the next six months.
>
> I'll take the second week of October.
>

Third week in August.
Clerkie can't hold out too long.



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[Robert Morein]

"Howard Ferstler" > wrote in message
...
> Dear group:
>
[snip]
> Last week I purchased a blood-pressure monitor for home use
> (doctor's suggestion) and discovered that whenever I work on
> magazine articles (those last few record reviews) my BP
> rises. The very thought of receiving additional products to
> review also pushes it up. It rises even more when I deal
> with the nitwits here on RAO. Well, who needs that?
>
Prevarication and plagiarism do tend to raise one's blood pressure.
You could just cut out that part of it, and try writing honest, original
words.

[GeoSynch]

Fester waxes swan song-esque:

> Yep, this is it...

> I leave the field....

If we had a nickel for every time you've threatened to quit,
we could buy a brand-new Krell amp.


GeoSynch

[Robert Morein]

"George M. Middius" <cmndr [underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net> wrote
in message ...
>
>
> Let's start a pool on when Clerkie comes back. Everybody can pick one week
> in the next six months.
>
> I'll take the second week of October.
>
Wait a minute...
Ferstler must be memorialized in song.
Ride of the Valkyries?
Bye, bye, Mrs. American Pie?
a Mozart requieum?
an adapted Sinatra tune?
"The summer of '05, it was a very good year...for yelling and screaming and
all sorts of smear..."

[Trevor Wilson]

"George M. Middius" <cmndr [underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net> wrote
in message ...
>
>
> Let's start a pool on when Clerkie comes back. Everybody can pick one week
> in the next six months.
>
> I'll take the second week of October.

**First week of September.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

[EddieM]

> Howard Ferstler wrote
>
>
>
>
> Dear group:
>
> OK, after writing fast as hell this afternoon I have managed
> (I hope) to respond to all of the messages dealing with my
> previous comments. (No doubt some of you are typing
> additional replies as I type this final message.) I needed
> to do this in order to duck charges that I quit on the fly
> and under pressure from you clowns and ran for cover, as if
> a sane mane escaping a lunatic asylum is running away from
> anything.
>
> Yep, this is it. I stopped sending magazine drafts off to
> publishers last month and will not do any more commentary
> columns or product reviews. I also notified various record
> distributors and companies that I will no longer be
> reviewing recordings. I will get a few more record reviews
> off to the publisher, because I still have a stack sitting
> in my main listening room needing review. Also, some of my
> product-review articles are in the pipeline and there is no
> stopping them from getting into print. (Why should I? The
> work is done.)
>
> Last week I purchased a blood-pressure monitor for home use
> (doctor's suggestion) and discovered that whenever I work on
> magazine articles (those last few record reviews) my BP
> rises. The very thought of receiving additional products to
> review also pushes it up. It rises even more when I deal
> with the nitwits here on RAO. Well, who needs that?
>
> I leave the field to you people and to those whose world
> continues to revolve around their hi-fi rigs. As of now, my
> world no longer does. Finally, after all these years I am
> going to enjoy the hardware I have on hand for what it can
> do to entertain more than ever.
>
> And now, on to reading those hundreds of old-fashioned books
> I need to finish before my burial.
>
> Howard Ferstler



Here's another blatant Ferstler attempt earnestly pleading for
self-pity. A person so deluded he refers to himself as a member
of the "Audio-Journalism Elite." When caught in the embarrassing
acts of plagiarism, his only defense to this day for his irreparable
sin is to deplore the time-constraint and deadlines inflicted by his
editor.

Fersler's never-ending fanfare of lunacy is in the class by itself.
His absurdity is made evident over the years through his relentless
pageantry of bravura, distrust, and enviousness . He made himself
heard with his time-honored brand of deception and fraudulent
audio-testing. To this day, his unsurpassable insanity rest
unappeasable in final quest to reach his untenable fantasy.


You are a booger. A ferociously raging tiny booger.

[Sander deWaal]

Howard Ferstler > said:

>Dear group:

<snip>

Well, it seems you're serious this time, so I'll have to admit
something:
Despite our differences over time, I kind of grew attached to you.
In a weird way, I even liked you. Maybe that's why I mocked you so
much (my wife complains about that, too).

You always stood up for your principles, and you're one of the most
consequential people I have ever met.


Enjoy your life Howard, and keep that blood pressure low.

--

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005

[Sander deWaal]

"Robert Morein" > said:

>Wait a minute...
>Ferstler must be memorialized in song.
>Ride of the Valkyries?
>Bye, bye, Mrs. American Pie?
>a Mozart requieum?
>an adapted Sinatra tune?
>"The summer of '05, it was a very good year...for yelling and screaming and
>all sorts of smear..."


I just put the Requiem by Faure in my CD player.
Just seemed to fit the occasion..........

--

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005

[Margaret von B.]

"Sander deWaal" > wrote in message
...
> Howard Ferstler > said:
>
>>Dear group:
>
> <snip>
>
> Well, it seems you're serious this time, so I'll have to admit
> something:
> Despite our differences over time, I kind of grew attached to you.
> In a weird way, I even liked you.

Oh Lord, spare us....

Although Howard is like the human Citroen. Different and definitely NOT to
his benefit.

LOL!

Sorry, Sander....

.....LOL!

Cheers,

Margaret

[Sander deWaal]

"Margaret von B." > said:

>Oh Lord, spare us....


Allow me my moment of weakness Margaret!


>Although Howard is like the human Citroen. Different and definitely NOT to
>his benefit.

>LOL!

>Sorry, Sander....

>....LOL!

>Cheers,

>Margaret


Oh well, glad I made you laugh.
But I bet you'll miss the old coot as much as I will :-)

--

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005

[jclause]

In article >, says...


Howie said:
" Yep, this is it. --- goofballs, dickhead, **** you, losers,
pinhead, nitwits, clowns, lunatic asylum "

---

Ol' Howie pulled out all the stops...
But we know that he flips and he flops
He comes and he goes..
Quite like a runny nose
But for tenacity we can say he was tops.

So to Howie I'll say my goodbye...
And bid him on his way with a sigh
A hard man to know..
His reviews semi-pro
But better than a poke in the eye.

So to Howie let's wish him the best
And this is not said in jest..
May his troubles be few
And his health good too
And with peace of mind be blessed.

Hammingaway Inc.

[Robert Morein]

"jclause" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
says...
>
>
> Howie said:
> " Yep, this is it. --- goofballs, dickhead, **** you, losers,
> pinhead, nitwits, clowns, lunatic asylum "
>
> ---
>
> Ol' Howie pulled out all the stops...
> But we know that he flips and he flops
> He comes and he goes..
> Quite like a runny nose
> But for tenacity we can say he was tops.
>
What about Arny?
He has a minimum of twenty years on his clock to "convert" humanity to ABX.
And then, at some point, he will realize his "job" was sheer folly.

[jclause]

In article >, says...



>What about Arny?
>He has a minimum of twenty years on his clock to "convert" humanity to ABX.
>And then, at some point, he will realize his "job" was sheer folly.


Please note that we all have our "thing"
With pleasure to our ego it will bring...
If we just have "fun"
An' no harm is done..
Then in our own mind we're the "King"... :-)

Hammingaway Inc.

[jclause]

>
>

A non-original, four-to-the-bar, although modified
ode to Howie and to Georges toilet humor:


The day was sunny and the sky was blue,
As down the alley the ****-wagon flew
A fart was let..
A scream was heard
Ol' George was hit by a flying turd.. :-)

He said now Arny must be nearby...
Since I was hit by a turd on the fly
So he looked all around
An' guess what he found..
He found that Arny was nowhere nigh..

Instead 'twas Howie that was behind the wheel..
He said "Hey George I know you're not for real
But my stay here I'm ending
So therefore I'm sending
A going-away gift that to you should appeal." har har har

Hammingaway Inc.

[jclause]

In article >, says...
>>
>
>A non-original, four-to-the-bar, although modified
>ode to Howie and to Georges toilet humor:
>
>
>The day was sunny and the sky was blue,
>As down the alley the ****-wagon flew
>A fart was let..
>A scream was heard
>Ol' George was hit by a flying turd.. :-)
>
>He said now Arny must be nearby...
>Since I was hit by a turd on the fly
>So he looked all around
>An' guess what he found..
>He found that Arny was nowhere nigh..
>
>Instead 'twas Howie that was behind the wheel..
>He said "Hey George I know you're not for real
>But my stay here I'm ending
>So therefore I'm sending
>A going-away gift that to you should appeal." har har har
>
>Hammingaway Inc.

-------------------------------------------------------------

Addendum:

"ODE"
An ode is an exalted lyric poem, aiming at loftier thought, more
dignified expression, and more intricate formal structure than most
lyrics. Another characteristic of odes is that they often addressed
to someone or something. Often serious and dignified in subject,
tone, and style, and written to celebrate an event or person.


Please not that the tone of my ode,
Conformed to the above writing code
It was written in style..
Only took a little while
And my humor I'm pleased to have bestowed...

Hammingaway Inc.

[Robert Morein]

"jclause" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, says...
> >>
> >
[snip]
>
> Please not that the tone of my ode,
> Conformed to the above writing code
> It was written in style..
> Only took a little while
> And my humor I'm pleased to have bestowed...
>
> Hammingaway Inc.
>
You are precious, if not kosher.

[Carl Valle]

"Howard Ferstler" > wrote in message
...
> Dear group:
>
> OK, after writing fast as hell this afternoon I have managed
> (I hope) to respond to all of the messages dealing with my
> previous comments. (No doubt some of you are typing
> additional replies as I type this final message.) I needed
> to do this in order to duck charges that I quit on the fly
> and under pressure from you clowns and ran for cover, as if
> a sane mane escaping a lunatic asylum is running away from
> anything.
>
> Yep, this is it. I stopped sending magazine drafts off to
> publishers last month and will not do any more commentary
> columns or product reviews. I also notified various record
> distributors and companies that I will no longer be
> reviewing recordings. I will get a few more record reviews
> off to the publisher, because I still have a stack sitting
> in my main listening room needing review. Also, some of my
> product-review articles are in the pipeline and there is no
> stopping them from getting into print. (Why should I? The
> work is done.)
>
> Last week I purchased a blood-pressure monitor for home use
> (doctor's suggestion) and discovered that whenever I work on
> magazine articles (those last few record reviews) my BP
> rises. The very thought of receiving additional products to
> review also pushes it up. It rises even more when I deal
> with the nitwits here on RAO. Well, who needs that?
>
> I leave the field to you people and to those whose world
> continues to revolve around their hi-fi rigs. As of now, my
> world no longer does. Finally, after all these years I am
> going to enjoy the hardware I have on hand for what it can
> do to entertain more than ever.
>
> And now, on to reading those hundreds of old-fashioned books
> I need to finish before my burial.
>
> Howard Ferstler

Did you purchase a high quality BP monitor or do they all work equally well?
Perhaps you cn explain to the rest of us how evaluating records can change
physiology?
Haven't you claimed all along that there is no physiological change involved
in abx?
your exit is interesting since you have previously claimed you would not
come back...

Carl

[Clyde Slick]

"Sander deWaal" > wrote in message
...


....... and you're one of the most
> consequential people I have ever met.
>
>

other than hitting himself on his head with his own
wrecking ball, I see nothing of any consequence.



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[Clyde Slick]

"Sander deWaal" > wrote in message
...
> "Robert Morein" > said:
>
>>Wait a minute...
>>Ferstler must be memorialized in song.
>>Ride of the Valkyries?
>>Bye, bye, Mrs. American Pie?
>>a Mozart requieum?
>>an adapted Sinatra tune?
>>"The summer of '05, it was a very good year...for yelling and screaming
>>and
>>all sorts of smear..."
>
>

"Tears of A Clown"



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[dave weil]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:28:41 -0400, in rec.audio.opinion you wrote:

>Dear group:
>
>OK, after writing fast as hell this afternoon I have managed
>(I hope) to respond to all of the messages dealing with my
>previous comments. (No doubt some of you are typing
>additional replies as I type this final message.) I needed
>to do this in order to duck charges that I quit on the fly
>and under pressure from you clowns and ran for cover, as if
>a sane mane escaping a lunatic asylum is running away from
>anything.
>
>Yep, this is it. I stopped sending magazine drafts off to
>publishers last month and will not do any more commentary
>columns or product reviews. I also notified various record
>distributors and companies that I will no longer be
>reviewing recordings. I will get a few more record reviews
>off to the publisher, because I still have a stack sitting
>in my main listening room needing review. Also, some of my
>product-review articles are in the pipeline and there is no
>stopping them from getting into print. (Why should I? The
>work is done.)
>
>Last week I purchased a blood-pressure monitor for home use
>(doctor's suggestion) and discovered that whenever I work on
>magazine articles (those last few record reviews) my BP
>rises. The very thought of receiving additional products to
>review also pushes it up. It rises even more when I deal
>with the nitwits here on RAO. Well, who needs that?
>
>I leave the field to you people and to those whose world
>continues to revolve around their hi-fi rigs. As of now, my
>world no longer does. Finally, after all these years I am
>going to enjoy the hardware I have on hand for what it can
>do to entertain more than ever.
>
>And now, on to reading those hundreds of old-fashioned books
>I need to finish before my burial.
>
>Howard Ferstler

Godspeed to you, Howard.

I hope that taking a REAL break from the "politics" of audio will
allow you to relax more and enjoy the music.

[Margaret von B.]

"Sander deWaal" > wrote in message
...
> "Margaret von B." > said:
>
>>Oh Lord, spare us....
>
>
> Allow me my moment of weakness Margaret!
>
>
>>Although Howard is like the human Citroen. Different and definitely NOT to
>>his benefit.
>
>>LOL!
>
>>Sorry, Sander....
>
>>....LOL!
>
>>Cheers,
>
>>Margaret
>
>
> Oh well, glad I made you laugh.
> But I bet you'll miss the old coot as much as I will :-)
>

As amatter of fact I do. I feel kinda guilty...

Cheers,

Margaret

[George M. Middius]

Margaret von B. said:

> > But I bet you'll miss the old coot as much as I will :-)

> As amatter of fact I do. I feel kinda guilty...

You're ahead of the curve on this one. I used to think of Howie as one of
those plastic toys you punch but it won't tip over. Now I'm leaning toward
one of those wind-up cars that keep revving and ramming the furniture until
the ticker finally gives out.

[Norman M. Schwartz]

"Howard Ferstler" > wrote in message
...

>
> Last week I purchased a blood-pressure monitor for home use
> (doctor's suggestion) and discovered that whenever I work on
> magazine articles (those last few record reviews) my BP
> rises. The very thought of receiving additional products to
> review also pushes it up. It rises even more when I deal
> with the nitwits here on RAO. Well, who needs that?
>

Too bad I couldn't possibly replace you because I have low BP.

[paul packer]

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:16:53 -0500, dave weil >
wrote:
>>And now, on to reading those hundreds of old-fashioned books
>>I need to finish before my burial.
>>
>>Howard Ferstler
>
>Godspeed to you, Howard.
>
>I hope that taking a REAL break from the "politics" of audio will
>allow you to relax more and enjoy the music.

Very good, Dave. Keep it up.

(Just flying over RAO keeping a watch out for aus.hi-fi invasion
plans).