Robert Morein wrote:

"Howard Ferstler" wrote in message
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Marc Phillips wrote:

Howard said:

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2. Glory. Yep, one publisher told me that he could not
imagine audio without Howard Ferstler as a writer. I am
apparently quite the audio celebrity in some circles, in
spite of my reclusive nature.

Has it ever occurred to you that he was putting his nose deeply in the folds
of your gluteus maximus?

Well, he does like what I write. It was not for nothing that
he was laying on the complements.

You're not reclusive. You are a compulsive usenet exhibitionist. Otherwise,
you wouldn't be talking to us, because you know we despise you.

Only you goofballs despise me, and the feeling is borderline
mutual. Borderline, because you are not significant enough
for me to work up the energy required to despise.

Here is my take on you clowns. I think that guys like you
are doing more to undermine upscale audio (as opposed to
tweako-freako audio) than any economic turndown - or even
more than the explosion in home theater. Because of guys
like you, few intellectually serious individuals get excited
about high-end hardware. You have so wrecked the hobby with
your nonsense about exotic wires, goofy accessories,
overpriced amps and players, and ultra-megabuck speakers
that people with any amount of sense have backed off and
just gone to Best Buy and picked up some basic hardware.

I suppose I should just let you idiots rant and rave here,
since you are basically a fringe group. However, I find you
so offensive as individuals that I simply have to drop in on
occasion and rescue some of the newbies from the muck that
you call information.

3. Perks. Yep, I get accommodation prices on the gear I
review.

That is corrupt. I always suspected you were corrupt, Howard.

How corrupt? I mean, I sure as hell am not going to purchase
a junk product, no matter how good the discount, and it
would make no sense at all to give such a product a good
review just because of a discount price. And I am doing the
manufacturer a favor if I do purchase something, because he
does not have to pay return shipping for a used component.
Actually, I rather think that you are maybe a tad jealous,
Biff.

4. Testing stuff is usually fun - and educational. The more
I do it, the more I validate what I have been saying about
audio for years. It is a great feeling to discover again
that you are correct.

With constant practice, I'm sure you can learn the position of the on-off
switch. Retention is another problem.

As opposed to you, who, instead of testing gear to refine
and expand upon previous knowledge learned from earlier
testing, retain your cock and bull beliefs with zero
evidence.

5. Writing helps to keep brain cells proliferating well into
old age. Keeps some people sharp - not you, though.

Howard, you may have a glioblastoma multiforme. Proliferation of these cells
will not make you smarter.

As I said above, not you, though.

6. I get free copies of the magazines. This lets me read
other writers for nothing.

But of course. Where else could you get material for articles?

Hey, there have been times when most of the articles in
those free magazines were written by me. I defy you to find
one technical or review magazine article I have done where I
copied some else's ideas or observations without giving them
credit. Talk is cheap, Biff, and you make it even cheaper.

7. Makes it easy for me to contact audio notables and bounce
ideas off of them.

The correct word is "plonk", not "bounce." What ideas for destruction of the
audio world do you try to foist on them?

Well, most of those individuals certainly agree with me when
it comes to the goofy approach to audio we have with guys
like you.

8. Doing so annoys you guys.

That is emblematic of great mental health. You become hateful in your old
age, and put it out on usenet.

Not hateful. Just annoyed, with a bit of detestation thrown
in for extra flavor.

Howard, this is one thing you're genuinely good at -- you're a hater!

Only to those with a juvenile mindset.

Howard Ferstler