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GENTLEMEN!!!

PLEASE!

I know all of you mean well towards me, and generally towards the asylum crowd. Each has a view they believe in passionately. Excellent! That creates a dialectic, a process whereby the interaction of these opposite positions (hopefully) elevates us to what Hegel referred to as the 'synthesis', where the supposed differences are integrated into an entirely new understanding that allows us to progress, benefit and improve our collective lot.

But when the conflict between positions becomes overwhelming, personal and extremely bitter, it causes damage, a type of collateral damage to those observers engaged in the process, both directly and on the periphery. With enough negativity, some are lost irretrievably to the process itself. A shame, no doubt.

Thus a call to civility and respect is needed.

I think what everyone has offered has been done in what appears to be very good faith. Perhaps not, but I have no emotional crystal ball to look into the psyches of the contributors and determine who is expressing pure self interest disguised as unbiased opinion, and who is not.

And please understand that I am no 'babe in the woods'. While I may appear very sweet, ignorant and utterly lost in all of this, understand I am a retired litigation partner in a well-known trial law firm in one the largest cities in the world. So I know the value (or lack thereof) of 'expert opinions', as I have hired countless of them, some among the preeminent minds and voices in their fields.

What I learned from this career was simple: always keep an open mind, always listen very deeply but critically, never accept anything at face value, and ALWAYS be kind, courteous and thankful for every bit of help offered. Because life is simply to short to be mean and rude.

That said, I can get into a grouchy mood or two, like everyone else, and I can say things I might regret later. We all can. It happens. Forgiveness and understanding are watchwords of any evolved human existence.

We must always bear in mind that this website, these forums, and those who participate in them, are special. We share. We extend the hand of experience and knowledge we have obtained, and offer it for nothing but the reward of helping others. Some may wish to obtain private benefit through their offerings, and some may knowingly offer bad, disingenuous advice from malice, but I strongly suspect these are very, very few and far, far between. Most are honest, caring, sharing people. Again, this place is special.

What is most important is that participants herein are made to feel welcome, that their egos are not targeted for bruising or ridicule, that contrary opinions are honored rather than openly despised and put upon, and that we all work together to make this a very pleasant experience for those who engage this superb forum. This will insure the growth and longevity of a source for useful information that serves the audiophile community to which we all belong.

With that, I thank you all for your advisements, counsels, warnings, opinions, experiences and all else offered and shared, and hope that a spirit of community prevails here in the future, as it so often has in the past.

Because this place IS special.

Cheers,

WS

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