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until such time as I am unbanned from the DIY/Tube forum. Thanks for the help( those of you who have given it ). I have decided not to hang out where I am not welcome.
cheers and goodbye,
Douglas
Friend, I would not hurt thee for the world...but thou art standing where I am about to shoot.
Follow Ups:
There are different moderators, different people, and different tones in every forum. In a lot of ways each forum is a world unto itself, as is shown by you being banned from Tube DIY but not the Tube Asylum. It seems like you are well liked here, why not reconsider? I know if I got banned from one I wouldn't want to come back and look at any of it, but no point in cutting off your nose to spite your face especially when you are the one suffering for it, not the people who banned you.
I have to agree with you Paully.Doug a la sector7g has been very beneficial in these forums and like me he is one that doesnt feel you have to spend a king's ransom to get good high end tube sound.There are a lot of people in this business that succuum to greed and its unfortunate becuase so many people would love to join the hobby,but when they see the exhorbatant prices they shy away.I know there are people that make their living making transformers and parts for tube audio gear but there is a fine line between price gouging and making a nice comfortable living.When I sought the comparative differences in a similar product and one product selling for 3.5 times the price, I about hit ceiling.This is a transformer Im referring to yes.I guess to each his own.
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Matthew
...some of the the history still remains.In a nutshell: Doug and Mike Lefevre (Magnequest) went at it publicly over Doug's reverse engineering and reproduction of vintage Dyna and Peerless iron for which Mike owns the engrg drawings. As I understand the situation, the actual designs themselves are long in the public domain. However, as Guido the pimp stated in a famous film "...(one) shouldn't #$%& with a man's livelihood."
Doug also participated in heated technical discourse regarding the A-A load of of a class A PP output stage and what each tube of the pair actually saw. In this case it appears that Mike's understanding of the technicalities involved was incomplete. Unfortunately, the nastiness that evolved prevented any minds from being changed and there was no face saving way out for either Mike or Doug (IMO of course).
In the end, I suspect the general disruptive nature of the discussions and possibly the potential legal and financial liabilities were too great for the bored to allow the situation to continue. Someone had to go and the rest is history.
If you enjoy Doug’s discussions he can sometimes be found on the Audio Round Table forum under the moniker “tnuctipun” or something like that. Check the “Group Build” forum but watch out for rampant sycophantism.
sycophantism? A horrible disease?
I really want to stay clear of the "debates" which brought about the ban. But I really do not remember Douglas sucking up to anyone. I think that may have been part of the problem....
The description applies to Wayne Parham...the "host" and apparent owner of the site and a few others. Seems that this is a (hopefully temporary) tactic to help build traffic for the site but I find it offputting to the max.Personally, I believe that Doug would be better off with AA Tube DIY and vice versa. Less goes on over there and quality of discourse is spotty.
Sorry for the ambiguity.
Wayne's alright and willing to give any help he can whether in person or online. One thing you hardly ever see "over there" is bad mouthing between people or arguments.
Of course they get along, there are only about 6-8 regulars over there.Perhaps less, if you count "sock-puppets" talking to themselves.
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"People I respect take my word for what I say, as I never lie. The others I don't care about."
Victor Khomenko
been working too much...
Its sad to see ya go Doug.
Cheers
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