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Re: Yea whatever!

If you rec'd so much bad info from the brick and mortar shop, then why are you ripping the OP?

Because he's ripping the brick and mortars. Even he claims he rarely visits them. My problem when I was a newbie was to believe what I read in the magazines and then to find a dealer who was pushing the same concepts. This was much easier for newbie back in the days when TAS ruled and Stereophile was it's surrogate.

There was limited information available and it was harder to find dissimilar but equally compelling perspectives.

And why do you "wonder if you are really as good as you say you are or are you pissing into the wind and just don't realize it"?

I don't wonder how good I am - I realize the benefits I get from visiting and maintaining relationship with local dealers. Obviously the benefits of which the OP seems quite willing to blow off.

Good at what, Don? Recoginizing BS when he reads or hears it?
No good at assembling a quality hifi system without hearing what's currently being offered.

Remember this is a guy who's comtemplating purchases without having heard the gear he's interested in telling us he rarely uses his local dealers and wanting us to believe his capable of understanding synergistic considerations without ears/hands on experiences. Well anyone can fictionalize and fantasize the sound of audio equipment based on what they've read.

OK great the guy doesn't go listen to stuff he wants to buy before he buys it anymore. Wow I'm impressed - what kind of advice is that to offer other audiophiles. It's just dumb.


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