"Spiderant" wrote in message
news:KnWSc.89841$J06.77147@pd7tw2no

Lastly, I noticed in this newsgroup that Howard Ferstler posted a
question about Thane equalizers and if anyone had any opinions about
them. Interestingly, of the twenty or so replies, only one replay
related directly to his question. And his name is on my list.

I think you've correctly discerned the essence of RAO. There's basically two
groups of posters here - those who are interested in audio, many of whom
know quite a bit about it.

Then, there are those who have actually have very little interest in audio,
but like to read themselves posting what they think are witty things about
people.

The latter group has been overtly trying to rid this place of people in the
former group for about 4 years.

My advice - if you want to discuss audio topics, check out the dozen or more
other audio groups.