"Not one of them that I listened to could have been bettered by a $100 speaker with good wire." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen

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Topic - Any examples of a critic criticizing another critic for publishing questionable theories or advice? - Richard BassNut Greene 07:14:57 02/08/07 (98)

Here's a whopper I pointed out a few years back. - TAFKA Steve 16:18:32 02/09/07 (3)

You couldn't have picked a worse example - Rob Doorack 07:04:52 02/10/07 (2)

Precisely why I brought it up. - TAFKA Steve 19:17:40 02/10/07 (1)

Precisely ! - Bruce from DC 06:17:00 02/12/07 (0)

JA has sort of "criticized" Mike Fremer. - Enophile 11:23:48 02/09/07 (1)

At this point it appears that audio magazines supported by advertising don't expect their critics to criticize anything! - Richard BassNut Greene 09:38:53 02/09/07 (14)

[Sigh] I guess I get different versions of the magazines - Bruce Kendall 16:32:36 02/09/07 (2)

Or maybe you're *just too stupid* to discern Mr. Nut's delightful, insightful observations? nt - clarkjohnsen 10:45:41 02/10/07 (1)

Is bjh related to you? - Richard BassNut Greene 08:16:16 02/12/07 (0)

Yet again you've done a marvelous job convincing your audience, i.e. - bjh 10:13:38 02/09/07 (10)

Once again the Canuck ankle biter comes to the rescue. - Ozzie 01:05:05 02/10/07 (9)

You are way to generous. nt - Dan Banquer 11:20:27 02/10/07 (6)

Hey Dan, ... - bjh 11:37:20 02/10/07 (5)

Hey Ho - Dan Banquer 12:16:27 02/10/07 (4)

Hey Dan, would you say it was the Aczel/TAC review that started - bjh 12:51:16 02/10/07 (3)

Hey Ho revisted - Dan Banquer 13:08:55 02/10/07 (2)

"without that review the business would never have gotten off the ground" Go On! - bjh 14:36:44 02/10/07 (1)

Iraqi marketing - E-Stat 09:47:00 02/11/07 (0)

Yaaaaaaan. nt - bjh 10:47:41 02/10/07 (0)

Holy Cow bjh is a Canuck ! - Richard BassNut Greene 09:08:33 02/10/07 (0)

Why, just a few days ago: "A critic castigates the critics." - clarkjohnsen 14:24:49 02/08/07 (15)

Includes one sentence: Unamed manufacturer's rep complained about an unamed reviewer to author who uses a moniker! - Richard BassNut Greene 08:50:54 02/09/07 (3)

Re: Includes one sentence: Unamed manufacturer's rep complained about an unamed reviewer to author who uses a moniker! - andy19191 15:05:05 02/09/07 (2)

Re: Oh, the irony, the irony - Dr. S 16:30:24 02/14/07 (0)

"So who is going to pay to produce it?" ... - bjh 10:50:43 02/10/07 (0)

That's only your not very accurate take on it. - Pat D 20:31:13 02/08/07 (5)

Wasn't me! Maybe you should try reading it?... nt - clarkjohnsen 12:32:10 02/09/07 (4)

"It" was the article itself. It wasn't "about" critics, so you were wrong about "it", - Pat D 10:39:42 02/10/07 (3)

And where did I "misinterpret" it? Or even interpret it? Put up or shut up, if you can. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:42:34 02/10/07 (2)

It was in your title line--you used the plural "critics," and the article says very little about them. - Pat D 14:29:43 02/10/07 (1)

Critics *inter alia*. Geez Luiz, that's a "misinterpretation"? nt - clarkjohnsen 12:18:17 02/11/07 (0)

Clark, did you put Mr. Nut up to this so you could repost? (nt) - mkuller 18:43:45 02/08/07 (4)

You should include (nt) with ALL your posts .... - Richard BassNut Greene 08:56:46 02/09/07 (3)

"Bellowing Bertha Big Butt Bitch" ? Hmmmm....? You know - bjh 09:05:58 02/09/07 (2)

Sorry I insulted your wife - Richard BassNut Greene 09:32:38 02/09/07 (0)

Maybe the misogyny isn't pretend...(nt) - mkuller 09:29:46 02/09/07 (0)

I'll bite - Jim Austin 13:37:26 02/08/07 (17)

Your critical article on the Intelligent Chip was good & Clark's articulate but incompetent response was priceless! - Richard BassNut Greene 08:16:23 02/09/07 (13)

You mean, the one published in Stereophile? The one Jim Austin, PhD, blatantly lied about here? He, whom... - clarkjohnsen 10:40:02 02/10/07 (11)

Re: You mean, the one published in Stereophile? The one Jim Austin, PhD, blatantly lied about here? He, whom... - Ozzie 10:29:56 02/12/07 (2)

Any chapter and verse on that? I mean, besides here on AA... nt - clarkjohnsen 12:00:46 02/12/07 (1)

Sorry, but I have a life outside of audio. - Ozzie 12:18:58 02/13/07 (0)

Sorry I assumed he listened before writing a review -- I stand corrected - Richard BassNut Greene 08:28:30 02/12/07 (5)

Re: Sorry I assumed he listened before writing a review -- I stand corrected - regmac 15:13:28 02/13/07 (3)

I think you must have standards for reviews ... and listening to the product is the lowest common denominator standard - Richard BassNut Greene 08:40:56 02/14/07 (0)

Re: Sorry I assumed he listened before writing a review -- I stand corrected - john curl 00:49:15 02/14/07 (1)

Re: Sorry I assumed he listened before writing a review -- I stand corrected - regmac 07:45:35 02/14/07 (0)

"That's just not Kosher." Indeed not. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:02:07 02/12/07 (0)

Yip yip! - Jim Austin 13:45:24 02/10/07 (1)

A proven liar, yet no manful apology or retraction. Talk about self-demeaning... nt - clarkjohnsen 12:16:00 02/11/07 (0)

... and later there could be a Reality TV show where critics hang out in an - bjh 09:12:10 02/09/07 (1)

And if his $83 speaker cables are - Bruce Kendall 16:55:37 02/08/07 (0)

I have heard this effect... - mkuller 16:43:21 02/08/07 (0)

It occurred to me after I wrote this... - Jim Austin 14:14:27 02/08/07 (0)

Only the audio 'tabloids'... - mkuller 13:01:12 02/08/07 (16)

Do Aczel, Hardesty and Salvato criticize and accept advertising too? - Richard BassNut Greene 08:23:34 02/09/07 (15)

and does anyone pay retail? - jdouglas51 13:28:14 02/09/07 (0)

That's why you are The...oh pardon...Mr. Nut... - mkuller 09:27:28 02/09/07 (13)

"EVERY review I have read is critical" -- Really? Name one product whose review said it was average or below average - Richard BassNut Greene 09:06:42 02/10/07 (11)

You may be the only one who wants to read reviews of below average audio products... - mkuller 14:26:00 02/12/07 (1)

Mikey, I know your not that much of a snob. - Ozzie 12:46:45 02/13/07 (1)

Few reviews are critical any more. - Ozzie 10:18:02 02/12/07 (2)

Does anybody regularly trash Julian Hirsch now? - Rob Doorack 12:22:45 02/12/07 (1)

Rob, tell me you didn't just get here? - Ozzie 12:29:25 02/13/07 (0)

Two come to my mind immediately - kerr 12:12:53 02/10/07 (2)

Re: Two come to my mind immediately - Rob Doorack 06:44:46 02/12/07 (1)

Yep - kerr 09:12:55 02/12/07 (0)

Mr. Nut Rating... 0 Stars. - bjh 11:15:56 02/10/07 (2)

I'll debate audio while you respond with your stale childish character attacks - Richard BassNut Greene 08:34:12 02/12/07 (1)

Mr. Nut you don't debate anything, you simply prattle the same tired BS over and over and over and over and over ... nt - bjh 10:15:00 02/12/07 (0)

Here's a review that had no criticism. - TAFKA Steve 16:14:09 02/09/07 (0)

Re: Any examples of a critic criticizing another critic for publishing questionable theories or advice? - kerr 10:22:30 02/08/07 (12)

Not if you use an audiophile horseblanket ... and I happen to have some you may be interested in. - Richard BassNut Greene 08:27:49 02/09/07 (11)

Sure...but first a question. - kerr 10:04:34 02/09/07 (10)

"Not one of them that I listened to could have been bettered by a $100 speaker with good wire." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 10:51:22 02/10/07 (9)

Re: "Not one of them that I listened to could have been bettered by a $100 speaker with good wire." Hmm... - kerr 12:15:15 02/10/07 (8)

And what was that "better wire"? nt - clarkjohnsen 12:20:58 02/10/07 (7)

The Cardas Neutral Reference from my main rig - kerr 17:21:34 02/10/07 (6)

Ah! Perhaps not the sort of *revealing* cable the writer had intended... nt - clarkjohnsen 12:20:19 02/11/07 (5)

Which makes his claim using a less revealing cable all the more unbelievable (nt) - kerr 15:16:37 02/11/07 (4)

I'd expect he'd have had a *better* cable. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:57:17 02/12/07 (3)

But he was talking about Mapleshade so I guess not! (nt) - kerr 13:07:22 02/12/07 (2)

I must be confused... nt - clarkjohnsen 10:29:00 02/13/07 (1)

No more than usual (nt) - Richard BassNut Greene 14:27:15 02/16/07 (0)

Oh, and don't forget Aczel, pre or post Fourrier - Bob Rex 10:05:39 02/08/07 (3)

Aczel slammed some Mobile Fidelity electronics in an issue that contained a MF ad for them - Atexanathome 09:38:39 02/10/07 (2)

Re: Aczel slammed some Mobile Fidelity electronics in an issue that contained a MF ad for them - theaudiohobby 11:22:32 02/10/07 (0)

"He was pretty upset because of turn-on-off transients that blew up his sub" - bjh 11:20:34 02/10/07 (0)

TAS used to.... - Bob Rex 10:02:03 02/08/07 (1)

Re: TAS used to.... - TomLarson 11:24:50 02/08/07 (0)

Re: Any examples of a critic criticizing another critic for publishing questionable theories or advice? - bjh 08:16:33 02/08/07 (4)

Pierre Sprey offers lots of "audio advice" in his catalog - Richard BassNut Greene 08:44:12 02/08/07 (3)

Really? - E-Stat 13:47:34 02/08/07 (1)

I'm right behind you! - kerr 12:18:20 02/10/07 (0)

Richard my boy, are we to expect the "critics" to start - bjh 12:22:12 02/08/07 (0)

Re: Any examples of a critic criticizing another critic for publishing questionable theories or advice? - regmac 07:48:22 02/08/07 (2)

"Why do you ask?" - Richard BassNut Greene 08:15:11 02/08/07 (1)

Re: "Why do you ask?" - TomLarson 11:31:13 02/08/07 (0)

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"Not one of them that I listened to could have been bettered by a $100 speaker with good wire." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 10:51:22 02/10/07 (9)

Re: "Not one of them that I listened to could have been bettered by a $100 speaker with good wire." Hmm... - kerr 12:15:15 02/10/07 (8)

And what was that "better wire"? nt - clarkjohnsen 12:20:58 02/10/07 (7)

The Cardas Neutral Reference from my main rig - kerr 17:21:34 02/10/07 (6)

Ah! Perhaps not the sort of *revealing* cable the writer had intended... nt - clarkjohnsen 12:20:19 02/11/07 (5)

Which makes his claim using a less revealing cable all the more unbelievable (nt) - kerr 15:16:37 02/11/07 (4)

I'd expect he'd have had a *better* cable. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:57:17 02/12/07 (3)

But he was talking about Mapleshade so I guess not! (nt) - kerr 13:07:22 02/12/07 (2)

I must be confused... nt - clarkjohnsen 10:29:00 02/13/07 (1)

No more than usual (nt) - Richard BassNut Greene 14:27:15 02/16/07 (0)