I may be guilty here. I do find it hard to draw the line with this stuff. I think it is appropriate to call out (and we should do it specifically) people who are doing consumers a disservice, and particularly those who seek to profit from peddling nonsense. I may get a bit overzealous, and I apologize if it has coarsened your experience of ASR, that was not my intention.
Not at all, however I really appreciate your message and sentiment. Although it may not have seemed like it, my comments were more in general as opposed to being directed at anyone in particular.
As we say in the South (I was born and raised in Tennessee), after “marinating” on this for a while, and hearing and considering y’all’s perspectives on this, I’ve realized the value in calling out the rampant “peddling nonsense” on YouTube and various other sites out there. There is so much inherent risk to potential customers who may not understand what’s really going on in the audio industry at large, and there must be some counter balance to the (often subtle) misinformation and disinformation that exists in such abundance.
Admittedly, prior to joining ASR, I could have easily been taken in by it all, and would have inevitably wasted a lot of my own hard earned money. I view the “calling out” as a SERVICE to people like myself, and commend these efforts by so many in this community.
Yourself, Dennis, and Rich have made very valid and interesting points on the issue, and I have appreciated this dialogue very much.
So Erin, with that, you’ve done an excellent review on the 226be, and I apologize for taking up space here off topic.
Cheers, everyone.
~ Brandon
