Arny Krueger wrote:
"randy" wrote in message
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John Atkinson wrote:
randy wrote:

How do you respond to I think Pierce's comment in the high end
newsgroup, that it will be just a pis-ing contest with no real
relevance to anything.

The alleged debate is going to be what John Atkinson makes it. So far
he's
done the expected high-handed job of misrepresenting my activities
and my
viewpoint. He's been corrected, but that effort was just as futile as
I
expected it to be.

For people to be discussing the outcome of this debate 10 weeks
before it is due to take place seems at best premature and at
worst
dumb, in my opinion. But I do note that the majority of people
posting to r.a.h-e seem to feel Arny Krueger is being set up for a
fall, having to debate me in what they feel to be an unsuitable
venue
in front of an unsuitable audience.

The venue doesn't matter as long as the mics and the video projector
works
well enough. If Atkinson can't keep his crowd under control any
better than
he does on RAO, then it's going to be a mess.

I'd like to reassure Mr. Krueger and his supporters on r.a.h-e
that
the debate will be fair. And as it will be available as a live
webcast, as a subsequently streamed audio file, or both, everyone
will be able to judge for themselves.

Atkinson's debating style on RAO has relied heavily on others to
intimidate
and harass those who might stand up to his self-serving weirdness. It
would
be even more ugly in person. If he makes it happen, I think it will
happen.

Maybe so, but I posted the event was coming on a thread "do all
amps
sound the same" on the AVS forum and this was a response from one
of
the people (a seller of audio equipment in St. Louis, I believe)--

Is this the same Tom Grooms who shills for Monster Cable?

http://www.monstercable.com/speakup/...iew.asp?ID=916

"John will chew her up and spit her out. I've heard her arguements
before (and she makes good ones) but I feel she's outgunned by JA.

It's hard to get through to people with minds this closed. I'm amazed
that
he can follow my arguments at all.



Thanks for the tip, I'll try to make that show."

Sounds like Dick may be onto something, but I guess it IS an
"entertainment show".
First, didn't mean to treat you like you don't exist. Yes, it is Tom
Grooms.