It has been months since I took a gander at this group, and
as best I can tell (baring a few exceptions) it is as
pointless, ill-informed, and inane as ever.

Man, am I glad to be "retired" from the business of audio.
Those of you who are still in the business (journalists,
manufacturers, dealers, PR agents, etc.) and are not retired
have my deepest sympathies. Your futures look bleak. Those
of you who remain involved for psychological reasons
(tweakos, goofballs, etc.; you know who you are) should have
my sympathies, too. However, with me being an ungenerous
person, you do not. I can understand someone getting
involved in this crazy enterprise for money, but simply
cannot see why a sane person who is not in it for the money
would bother to waste their time. I find it hard to have
sympathy for jerks.

I will drop back in in a few months to see who has either
died and therefore left, or left because they finally grew
up. In the meantime, soldier on, suckers.

Howard Ferstler