"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message
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"None of the proponents on this newsgroup have any business relationship
with
the high end.Personally, I do not have a business that deals with hifi
in
any way. "

How do you know that no one here has any such vested interest? And is
there only one form of vesting this interest may take, or are there
several?

Over the years, the backgrounds of the various posters have been fleshed
out. As far as I am aware, the only persons who have had some kind of
financial connection to high end audio are Greg Singh, Arny Krueger, and
John Atkinson, and Bill Watkins.

There may, of course, be occasional posters who do have connections. But I
do not sense that the debate is polarized as John Richards states. He
follows the tradition the so-called objectivists in the use of dirty
debating tactics, trying to undermine the sincerity of the incorrectly
termed "subjectivists".

Truely, the attitude of the Krueger gang is weird:
1. You can't hear what you care about.
2. Your sighted observation is not merely vulnerable to prejudice, which is
a legitimate concern, but WORTHLESS.
3. All amplifiers sound the same.
4. You must use our magic box, which has NOT been proven to be transparent,
or what you think you hear is a lie.
5. In spite of all of this, you enjoy listening to music.

The ABX camp is sheer foolishness. This is why, in spite of the signficant
possibility of imagined differences, they have never been able to gain any
traction with the consumer. After all, who wants to deal with a belief that
discredits the entire audio community in doing what they like to do best,
listen?