That is exactly what they did to me, in two threads!
I spent a lifetime (more than 35 years) in his shows working at technology companies having products reviewed. Even when dealing with the nastiest, most biased reviewers, we always took the high road and catered to every need they had. Never in a million years call them derogatory names (like Mike did by saying I am the "NW guy with Japanese wedding picture"), or banning people from conversation, etc. He has this completely backward. Cleary he has no training or experience in how to handle difficult situations like this.
My charter and goal is to get data to audiophiles out there. My reviews do that and I am done. It is his job from here on to figure out if the story continues or ends here. I honestly don't understand this point of view that I have to go and seek him out. For what? If he has data to counter mine, he should post them. If he doesn't, then that is that. There is really nothing else to talk about.
That was hardly an insult that Mike gave you. You posted your
entire review, once in Jason's thread, and once in Mike's thread. At head-fi, if you want to start a discussion, you start a thread. Not a difficult concept. Also, at head-fi, they kill references to other sites. They don't tell me why, it just is how they do things. It's their site; I'm not paying for it.
Just as I took a look at how things worked around here before posting a single comment, I don't think it would have been too much for you to get the feel for the place over there.
If I were in your shoes, I would have done something like,
Hey, @Baldr, I run a site dedicated to quantifiable measurements. I took a look at your Bifrost MB DAC, and saw several disturbing things, including spurs up and down the spectrum around a single-tone test, and surprisingly low resolution. I'd like to talk to you about it. Jude doesn't want links to other sites, how can we do this? I'm looking for information, not for a fight.
Again, that's how I would have done it. But I also told Jason directly that he was thin-skinned, in a diplomatic way (using the words, "thin-skinned", with examples).
Um, you'll know when Mike insults you. He has a very colorful way with words. It would probably involve expletives, questions about your ancestry, species of origin, and level of intellect. But I digress...
Bottom line: You did the same thing,
twice, with all the diplomacy of a thrown rock. I'm sorry you are banned over there -- they and we are poorer for it. I don't think it was Mike. I think it was a head-fi mod or site owner. But you sir, if you weren't before, are now carrying a large chip on your shoulder about them.
Not that you care, but as I stated in the Bifrost thread, I plan on buying a DAC you recommend and spending some quality time with it. If I blew my money on Schiit that was unwarranted, I'll move on -- life's too short to get wound up in regrets.