[Clyde Slick]

On 19 Iun, 14:03, Vinylanach wrote:
It's funny that Bob is trying to call me a dishonest reviewer. *His
use of the word "dishonest" is very misleading.

First of all, Bob can't call me a dishonest reviewer, because he
hasn't read any of my reviews. *Bob thinks I'm a "reviewer for
Furious.com." *In reality, I write a column for them on how to get
back into vinyl, and what's going on in that world. *I don't even do
reviews for Perfect Sound Forever (not "Furious.com"). *I basically
talk about my own experiences while continuing to listen to vinyl
(something Bob has stated he has no interest in doing). *If I'm being
somehow dishonest about my experiences in listening to vinyl, I'd like
to see Bob provide an example.

Secondly, this whole incident started because Bob made a dishonest
statement. *In the world of audio reviewers (especially among amateur
reviewers on websites and discussion forums), it is common to see
comments such as "this $2000 amplifier blows away all $10,000
amplifiers." *Then you ask that person, "Well, how many $10,000
amplifiers have you had in your system?" *If they're honest, the
answer is usually "Well, none." *And then the response is "Well, you
don't know what you're talking about then, do you." *And often that
person becomes angry because their position becomes unsupportable and
their credibility has taken a huge hit. *Often they lash out angrily
because this is indeed the Internet.

This is what happened to Bob. *He made a list of his favorite SS amps
from the '80s and said they sounded as good, if not better, than the
best amps available today. *When asked which of the best amps has Bob
tried in his own system, he imploded. *He mentioned having heard
something over a friend's house, or something to that effect. *In
other words, when Bob made his statement about today's amplifiers, he
was being dishonest.

I know most of you are pretty sick of this. *I know most of you don't
take Bob seriously. *But I have a problem in that I am a professional
reviewer, and I pride myself on being an honest one. *It bothers me
that someone can do a Google search on my name and have Bob's
ridiculous and dishonest comments pop up. *So I do want to state for
the record that when I do review a component, I listen and report what
I hear...nothing more. *At my magazine (which is NOT "furious.com"),
we've established a reputation for that. *I just don't want a
dishonest person such as Bob affecting that.

We've worked hard to build this magazine. *It doesn't seem fair that
Internet crackpots such as Robert Morein can inflict damage to it.

Boon

He's a piece of **** thin skinned scum.
Somebody needs to put him in a nut house, It'll probably happpen
sometime after mommy and daddy die off,
and there will be nobody to protect him.