"The Milkman" wrote in message

(Nousaine) wrote:

What's interesting about all this is that John Atkinson initiated
all this by making a reference to my Corvette infering that I was
somehow "disadvantaging" my music playback system by owning such a
vehicle.

This is sooo 1999..

Looking at the origins of this topic on google, it's clear that John
Atkinson was pointing out Arny Krueger's hypocrisy in condemning him
[and others] for spending considerable sums of money on audio
equipment for pleasure, whilst simultaneously slapping you on the back
for buying a luxury vehicle.

*That* is why your Corvette was referred to.

http://tinyurl.com/6vlrv

Really?

Here's part of that post:

"From various things Mr. Krüger has said at various times, I must conclude
that it basically comes down to envy. Envy of other's success in the
businesses in which they work; envy of others' financial wherewithal
and willingness to spend money on things that he personally does not
value. And again that can be rendered down to a lack of respect for the
choices others make that do not align with Arny's own beliefs."

Atkinson obviously has my last 10 income tax returns sitting before him, so
he knows exactly what my financial wherewithal is. Of couorse he doesn't.
Atkinson's delusions of ominsicence therefore come to the forefront once
again.

"For example, Arny has praised Tom Nousaine's purchase of a Corvette as his
vehicle of choice.

I'm in favor of people making choices that provide them with tangible
benefits. as opposed to the purely illusory benefits of the kinds of snake
oil purchases that ragazines like Stereophile ofen glorify.

"That means that not only has Tom spent more on one rather
impractical luxury car (IMO) than I have on all three of my old Mercedeses,
I
have spent more purchasing audio components in the past 10 years, even
at industry accommodation prices, than Tom has on his car (assuming
he bought it new)."

So what's going on here, is Atkinson trying to glorify spending money for
the sake of spending money or what?

Now let's review Milkman's claim:

"Atkinson was pointing out Arny Krueger's hypocrisy in condemning him
[and others] for spending considerable sums of money on audio
equipment for pleasure"

I fact, I've never condemned Atkinson or anybody else for simply spending
considerable sums of money on audio equipment for pleasure. This would be
hypocritical given the $10,000's I've spent on audio equipment for my own
personal pleasure and the pleasure of my friends and guests.