Re: russian forums. It is true that what Ivan wrote wasn't very respectful, but reading too much into it is a mistake. Things routinely said over there would be considered rude, toxic and plainly unacceptable on majority of english-speaking forums. People can talk like that to each other for years and consider each other buddies and friends. It is a much much more direct and confrontational culture, and border between banter and insult is not where you assume it is. Keep that in mind if you ever want to google translate something from russian forums and social media. Especially technology related.
I am good at factoring out cross-cultural issues. This is not that. You don't even see Ivan using this defense. Let's look at what he writes:
"Amir who -he sent Cosmos ADC grade B for testing, I myself would never have given him anything for review. It’s just that he’s a completely wild teapot, one word - manager/blogger))
And here, without delving into it, he gave 4V to the ADC (set to 4.5), that is, almost 2 dB without loading it to full scale and gave the result measured by the space of his AR generator - 120db. The ADC was in mono and the right channel came out -117, of course, he averaged it into the table, getting -119dB. That's a deer.."
You think there is a translation error when he calls me "manager/blogger?" You think I am a manager/blogger?
Then there is the technical bit. He claims that I should have tested it at 4.5 volts input even though vast majority of DACs I test stop at 4.0 volts and a few go up to 4.2. Is he imagining that you can force the DAC you are measuring to output more voltage as to make this ADC happier? Or that it would be fair to test his ADC at 4.5 volts while testing all others at 4 volts?
On that "mono" thing, why in the bloody hell does he not provide that simple documentation in the box? This is not a $5 item. Instead of spending money on that ugly wooden box that it came in, print a sheet or two of paper explaining odd and highly unique aspects of a product like this.
And what the hell he expects me to do when left and right channels produce different results? I average them because that is the only fair thing I can do as many devices generate differing responses in each channel.
He goes on:
"Well, I don’t feel sorry for the 1.5 dB lost by him, just measure an underfed ADC, just because “4V input is Amir’s measurement standard,” how’s that? What if they sent him an ADC switched to 10V, or 1.7V? It’s like writing reviews of light bulbs, ONLY 24V, 12 volt ones burn out in the first seconds, the output is unreliable, and 230V ones don’t light up at all - faulty? )) He is 100.00% a non-technical person and has no reason to be offended by this."
I am 100% non-technical person? You think that is a cultural thing among Russians?
And he thinks a difference of 1.5 dB would have made an impact on my review which was universally positive? The offense comes from someone lacking so much in common sense and social aptitude to write insulting comments about me here and there over that, when the argument itself is faulty.
Earlier he said that he was all positive on Archimago. Yet this is what he writes about him:
"Take Archimago, this is definitely a technician, moreover, corrosive, but also careful. He wrote to me, having received the 9039S for testing, saying yes, without load everything is the same, THD+N is -126dB, cool, but on the 16th it’s not even close to -124dB, can you explain?"
That sure as heck doesn't sound like a praise to me even if the "corrosive" translation is wrong.
"Yes, it’s me who kicks Amir every time)) He’s an illiterate little bast, and now he writes, they say, I gave this Ivan the best recommendations, but contrary to common sense, he dunks me in calla lilies every time."
You think this can be explained by cultural differences? Or translation? I gave him an incredibly positive review while holding back everything I know about him and this is what he posts?
No. This is a person who has no common sense. He is constantly insulting both here and elsewhere. About me and others. Here is the manual of his again:
"Anyone has "am I boomer?" psychological complex, who feels the LED blinking is too much 1960th style, please request in our discord channel for the Boomer_free Firmware with no LED flashing + how2reflash instructions - you are welcome "
If you want him to improve at all, please, please don't make excuses for him. He will continue to be the way he is. He needs to start respecting other people's knowledge. He needs to be more professional. He needs to be more cordial. He needs to know his place and level of expertise. And he won't if you try to explain away conduct that even when on topic is completely improper. The racist remarks are just on top of that.
Maybe you and Ivan could consider such a meeting.
