Why is HFW so biased against vintage cartridges?

[Marco]

Well you are obviously not a complete idiot, which at one time I was having my doubts on.

You need to look in the mirror and examine your own behaviour and what people might think of you. I can assure you that for the vast majority it won't be complimentary.

You reacted angrily because someone said that you needed medical help, and I removed those comments because they were unacceptable. Kindly show others and me the same respect. You need to learn how to speak to people properly with due grace and courtesy.

So, Richard, let me spell it out for you once and once only...

If you EVER again refer to me or anyone else on this forum as an idiot, you will be gone - just like that. And it will be permanent this time.

Do I make myself absolutely clear???

Marco.

[Steve Toy]

You two are closer than you think, but it is not acceptable to refer to anyone as an idiot however obliquely.

[WikiBoy]

Back to your other post, yes I understand the ethos behind this but experience can either open your mind or close it. The latter is ego based. I have had 46 years of playing with this from getting my first soldering iron and bread board kit. To working in the industry from 1969 in retail, for a manufacturer / distributor, to my own companies, both in the pro and domestic markets. I have designed amps, cd players, dacs, turntables, speakers, stands, cables. I have used just about all the alternatives that are possible including MC cartridge matching transformers, I know how they work, I know how they need to be designed, I know their limitations. So to suddenly be told that the *only* acceptable way of using a cartridge that *I* own is contra to my experience, having used and designed both by someone who hasn't even used what I am using is galling to say the least.

EDIT - Something suddenly went missing - mice?

[Marco]

Back to your other post, yes I understand the ethos behind this but experience can either open your mind or close it. The latter is ego based.

And you don't think that you've got any ego, Richard? Come on, get real!! The problem is that you only see things through your own eyes and no-one else's. If you start looking at the bigger picture then you might end up with a more complete version of reality.

I have had 46 years of playing with this from getting my first soldering iron and bread board kit. To working in the industry from 1969 in retail, for a manufacturer / distributor, to my own companies, both in the pro and domestic markets. I have designed amps, cd players, dacs, turntables, speakers, stands, cables. I have used just about all the alternatives that are possible including MC cartridge matching transformers, I know how they work, I know how they need to be designed, I know their limitations. So to suddenly be told that the *only* acceptable way of using a cartridge that *I* own is contra to my experience, having used and designed both by someone who hasn't even used what I am using is galling to say the least.

But how many times do I have to say it before it penetrates through the concrete?

No-one is dismissing your experience or TELLING you anything - that's just how you interpret it. This is why you get into so much trouble on forums because as I've said already, you've got tunnel vision and only see things through the world of Richard Dunn.

The fact is my equally valid experience is contrary to yours, so I'm just as entitled to express it on any aspect of hi-fi however vociferously or forcefully I choose. Now.............

Please listen up once and for all:

WHATEVER I SAY IS ONLY MY OPINION, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE. It is not fact.

The sooner you grasp that simple truth, Richard, the sooner we can engage in meaningful discussion about hi-fi without arguing like petulant children.

Marco.

[WikiBoy]

And you don't think that you've got any ego, Richard? Come on, get real!! The problem is that you only see things through your own eyes and no-one else's. If you start looking at the bigger picture then you might end up with a more complete version of reality.



But how many times do I have to say it before it penetrates through the concrete?

No-one is dismissing your experience or TELLING you anything - that's just how you interpret it. This is why you get into so much trouble on forums because as I've said already, you've got tunnel vision and only see things through the world of Richard Dunn.

The fact is my equally valid experience is contrary to yours, so I'm just as entitled to express it on any aspect of hi-fi however vociferously or forcefully I choose. Now.............

Please listen up once and for all:

WHATEVER I SAY IS ONLY MY OPINION, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE. It is not fact.

The sooner you grasp that simple truth, Richard, the sooner we can engage in meaningful discussion about hi-fi without arguing like petulant children.

Marco.

Get real Marco. This started because of one thing and I can repeat the post again if you want. There was no mention of alternative, there was a statement that if you did it any other way you were wasting your time and that your experience was the only valid one, if that is not ego based I don't know what is. That is what I objected to, that is the cause of you now trying to defend it with ad hominem insults against me for some reason.

Where as I have never once said your method is invalid or a waste of time, that is the difference!

[Marco]

OMG, someone open the door to the gas oven and put me out of my misery!! The guy just doesn't get it

Show me one DIRECT QUOTE where I have said in exactly those words that your method is invalid or a waste of time.

Go on, let's see if you can.

Marco.

P.S I haven't insulted you. I've not refrerred to anyone as an "idiot", unlike you.

[WikiBoy]

OMG, someone open the door to the gas oven and put me out of my misery!! The guy just doesn't get it

Show me one DIRECT QUOTE where I have said in exactly those words that your method is invalid or a waste of time.

Go on, let's see if you can.

Marco.

P.S I haven't insulted you. I've not refrerred to anyone as an "idiot", unlike you.

You have already asked me this and I answered, see post #61. You stated quite clearly then if anyone (which I presume includes me) did different to you they should "otherwise forget about it - it's as simple as that".


You have made constant referal to me personally - that is ad hominem, mostly refering to other forums. I just happened to say I used to think you were completely misguided until I actually tried one of your recomendations in the M3D and loved the ballsy little thing, so thanks for that - but don't let it go to your head, one swallow doesn't make a summer.

EDIT - someone is editing my posts without a referal - I did not say misguided at all I refered to you comment about me calling you an idiot, so this is what I refered to.

[Marco]

Sorry, Richard, read my request again. I don't see the words "Richard Dunn's method is invalid or a waste of time" anywhere in post #61.

So try again. I’m looking for direct quotes. I presume that you know what a direct quote is? All that’s there is my opinion.

You don't seem to understand that in the absence of indisputable facts all anyone is able to do on any forum, no matter what language is used, is offer an opinion. You're an intelligent man, so I can't understand how you can't grasp this.

You have made constant referal to me personally - that is ad hominem, mostly refering to other forums.

Because your behaviour/attitude on this thread makes it relevant. I am simply stating facts. Facts are not "ad hominem".

I just happened to say I used to think you were completely misguided until I actually tried one of your recomendations in the M3D and loved the ballsy little thing, so thanks for that - but don't let it go to your head, one swallow doesn't make a summer.

You are welcome. Some things I get right, some I get wrong - none of us are perfect, and that includes you

Marco.

[WikiBoy]

Sorry, Richard, read my request again. I don't see the words "Richard's method is invalid or a waste of time" anywhere in post #61.

So try again. I’m looking for direct quotes. I presume you know what a direct quote is? All that’s there is my opinion.



Because your behaviour/attitude on this thread makes it relevant. I am simply stating facts. Facts are not "ad hominem".



You are welcome. Some things I get right, some I get wrong - none of us are perfect, and that includes you

Marco.

Your agenda and desires again - me me me. I have no quotes apart from the one I have given, that is the post I am refering to, have been continually refering to through this thread, no other, no other quotes.

To any logical take on the matter that should be enough.

I object to being told (your post was for the forum members I presume, which it seems I am temporarily one of) that there was *no other* way to do it, and all other ways were a waste of time - poetic licence, I paraphrase.

That is the matter in a nutshell, and I must have said it at least five times now, so if you don't mind I wont say it again as it is wearing out my keyboard.

[Marco]

I object to being told (your post was for the forum members I presume, which it seems I am temporarily one of) that there was *no other* way to do it, and all other ways were a waste of time - poetic licence, I paraphrase.

You're entitled to object to what you like, but proving something that I actually haven't done is a different ball game altogether.

I have no quotes apart from the one I have given, that is the post I am refering to, have been continually refering to through this thread, no other, no other quotes.

Then in the absence of direct quotes showing me using specific language which categorically proves I think that your methods are "invalid or a waste of time", you have no conclusive evidence to support your assertion. Therefore, it is simply your opinion of what I have written: your interpretation of fact, rather than actual fact itself. Subject closed.

Thank God! Can we now talk about hi-fi?

Marco.