frenchbat

Damn, I should have wrote provoking thought, instead of food for thought.

My wife lost her plane to. I was in a very bad mood.

Seems like you needed to vent. Glad I offered the opportunity.

Who's Herb?

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/herb-reicherts-tube-manifesto.6547/

Will IF continue to publish review with technical details, impressions and measurements with the aim to be as objective as possible? IF is a monument for this hobby. The way Tyll wrote reviews really helped to understand audio better...

There's also less wait between seasons...

I've come to very much enjoy the SBAF drama. I'm always disappointed when a mod steps in and shuts it down, these days.

What'd I miss?

"I'm safe"... That's what she said 9 months ago. It's mkey if you where offered a bat. Just disclose it.

I approve of the rules UB. I still wish we were not in a situation where they are necessary.

Also I'd like to state formally that, contrary to the outrageous insinuation from a mod, my second kid was not an accident.

No need to be an invite-only club. But there's a strong sense of community here, and it takes time for newcomers to "get it". Periodical opening would have been a solution IMO

Or just be more liberal with the ban hammer, or at least temp ban hammer.

Nobody is doing anything for money here. Mods and admins don't need the extra work. Anyhoo, what's done is done.

It's nice that we can talk about stuff like dbt here without throats being torn out. But I have to admit to having been much more hot-headed in the past and elsewhere.

@anetode : back off Vador! I won't go back to the dark side!

@Thad E Ginathom : unless I'm mistaken, you haven't experienced the dark years of the DBT wars. You lucky you!

I still get ptsd from those days...

@frenchbat, well, I've also hung around hydrogenaudio on a regular basis over the years, and actually read some of those epic length oh-yes-it-is-oh-no-it-isn't threads. Arnie at his finest! Etc.

And I ceased regular contribution to one forum because the word audiophool was banned.

But there is probably stuff on the Dark Net about ABX testing that would leave me quivering with fear!

I'm taking good care of it. But I wouldn't count on seeing it back any soon though :)) Kenrads X Krons are doing it justice.

I know the Studio is all the rage, but in some ways I prefer the 2A3mk4. More of that classic 2A3 warmth. That amp kicked ass with OB speakers at a meet a few years ago.

The only thing I'm still wondering about is whether getting better trafos than the hammond would be worth the effort.

I'm handing them out to anyone willing to post in that thread :)

as far as no one tries to banish me to St Helen's ilsand, I'm good