"Wylie Williams" wrote in message ...
"chung" wrote:
If you don't want to see threads containing dbt discussions, why not
create your own newsgroup, like rec.audio.dbt-free, or
rec.audio.subjectivist? Or simply frequent those sections of Audio
Asylum where dbt's are banned?

A unique and very valuable feature of rec.audio.high-end is the
debunking of high-end myths, and dbt's, unfortunately for some, are a
necessary part of the debunking process. How else can you prove or
disprove the audible differences among cables, for instance, without
mentioning dbt's?

Following this thread as someone who is still a subjectivist and who has
been taken aback by some objectivist posts on RAHE I believe that RAHE
should stay just as it is. The objectivist view is strongly presented and
defended here, and so far as I know this is the only forum in the internet
where that is so. It's a minority point of view that is suppressed
elsewhere. If newcomers are sometimes treated a bit "brusquely" (note:
understatement) that would seem to me to be an inevitable part of having a
vigorous debate which may eventually lead to establishing broader acceptance
of a more rational view of evaluating components. That would benefit all
audiophiles.
After all there is always the entire rest of the internet for someone
seeking the subjectivist viewpoint.

Wylie Williams

Hear, hear! And rest assured, some of us are concerned about the
brusqueness, and are looking for a benign way to address it.

bob