"Up Yours Marco": the title of RD's new rant...

[WikiBoy]

Thank you for mentioning this. I refused to take part in the shill and then the backlash, dirty tricks, and attempt to damage my name and reputation was unleashed. A pity that many believed and still believe the propaganda and my sales of the TC-7520 got affected, even though it is far superior in price and performance to 'the other DACs' who had no problem no doubt in being generous with free samples etc.

However, Marco did not believe and fall for that nonsense, and in my eyes he is a great guy ...when sober.

Stan

It is very easy to support someone who supports you.

BUT there is always the "next best thing" and children are fickle. How will you react then?

BTW I think your DAC is very good, listening to the new one that Jerry brought round a couple months ago convinced me to not bother making a DAC. I still have an old nva DACon from the early 90's and that has the edge in some areas but is so close as to be pointless, PLUS the parts are out of production now, PLUS if I could put it back into production it would cost at least twice yours. So good work - keep it up.

Regarding industry politics, yes it is crap, but no where near as bad as it used to be. Can you imagine producing this in the 1980s / early 1990s and IT pronouncing it as "shite", so the reviewers and magazines would tow the line, the flat earth retailers would laugh at you - you have no on-line sales to fall back on - so basically you are dead. It happened to so many good companies and products it is frightening!

[StanleyB]

Can you imagine producing this in the 1980s / early 1990s and IT pronouncing it as "shite", so the reviewers and magazines would tow the line, the flat earth retailers would laugh at you - you have no on-line sales to fall back on - so basically you are dead. It happened to so many good companies and products it is frightening!

Oh boy, do I remember those days. I still got some pieces of equipment that did not make the grade in the eyes of many reviewers then, but now command a hefty price on places like eBay etc. This I put down to partly the fact that so few were sold because of the bad reviews all those years ago.

Stan

[WikiBoy]

Oh boy, do I remember those days. I still got some pieces of equipment that did not make the grade in the eyes of many reviewers then, but now command a hefty price on places like eBay etc. This I put down to partly the fact that so few were sold because of the bad reviews all those years ago.

Stan

And yet *some people* still want to get involved with the slurping buggers.

What comes around goes around

[DSJR]

Oh the anger and the bitterness...

I can only apologise as one of the first wave of "new recruits." I don't think I was quite as bad as some, as I always had doubts, but when I look back I cringe with embarrassment..

I like to think that people can grow and develop with experiences and maturity - I hope I did...... However, a person whom I knew to be blind, blinkered and even bigoted in the eighties was apparently exactly the same twenty years later, according to a mutual acquaintance.

[Steve Toy]

BUT there is always the "next best thing" and children are fickle. How will you react then?

Richard,

I would really like to know what the "next best thing" is likely to be in terms of DACs. Is it always what Marco is currently using or trying out?

If so then the Beresford DAC would never have featured here so strongly in the first place.

Do you know what DAC Marco uses?

I'll give you a clue - it isn't a Beresford and never has been.

[Steve Toy]

Thank you for mentioning this. I refused to take part in the shill and then the backlash, dirty tricks, and attempt to damage my name and reputation was unleashed. A pity that many believed and still believe the propaganda and my sales of the TC-7520 got affected, even though it is far superior in price and performance to 'the other DACs' who had no problem no doubt in being generous with free samples etc.

However, Marco did not believe and fall for that nonsense, and in my eyes he is a great guy ...when sober.

Stan

The owner of a certain very large US-based forum plastered with advertising (not just Google ads) was banned by me on entry to this site as he was attempting to register. I don't think I need to say any more than that.

Marco is always sober - he's one off those Mediterranean types who consumes only in moderation. Quite boring really

And yet *some people* still want to get involved with the slurping buggers.

What comes around goes around

Quite.

[Marco]

Richard,

I would really like to know what the "next best thing" is likely to be in terms of DACs. Is it always what Marco is currently using or trying out?

If so then the Beresford DAC would never have featured here so strongly in the first place.

Do you know what DAC Marco uses?

I'll give you a clue - it isn't a Beresford and never has been.

Steve, I don't think that Richard was referring to me.

Marco.

[Steve Toy]

I thought that perhaps he was given similar references he's made in recent days.

[WikiBoy]

Richard,

I would really like to know what the "next best thing" is likely to be in terms of DACs. Is it always what Marco is currently using or trying out?

If so then the Beresford DAC would never have featured here so strongly in the first place.

Do you know what DAC Marco uses?

I'll give you a clue - it isn't a Beresford and never has been.

Why do you presume I am talking about Marco - is Marco a Child?

Your presumption tells many tales.

[Marco]

Yup, only Richard knows. But it's not how I read it

Marco.