Break In Question?

Didnt see this before so I must comment. Doug, the people that judge issues of vindication and appropriateness of responses are really the members of this forum with Audiogon coming in a distance second. Nobody cares what you think as you dont have the right nor have you earned the right to make such judgements. I would call out the "first string" reviewers on this but they arent stupid enough to do what you attempted. Now Audiogon please be aware that I didnt call Doug stupid I called what he has done stupid. So dont ban for making disparaging remarks about another member when you, evidently, allow blatant self promotion. 

"Now, perhaps we can return to the discussion that I intended to hold..."

And that would be what, mentioning your book a hundred more times?

@thecarpathian - and not answering my question about having headphones playing on a chair for 100+ hours before listening to them again and them sounding perfectly fine instead of 'I'm returning this'; nothing 'getting used to' about it' for a hundred more times. 

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There are clear guidelines prohibiting "self promotion" in the rules regarding forum behavior.

You're mistaken.Yes, AI agrees with your claim, but you'll not find any such prohibition in Audiogon's Terms Of Use or forum guidelines. (So much for the reliability of AI.) Perhaps there should be such a rule, perhaps you should lobby for such a rule, perhaps the rule would be "common sense." But you're trying to invoke a rule that simply doesn't exist.

If you think I'm mistaken, please provide a link to Audiogon's actual rule. (Google and AI don't count. It's Audiogon's rule, not Google's.)

I own Harley's book and think it is an excellent primer. He avoids most controversial topics and concentrates on some basic facts. This is the way to write an audio book. If I decided to write a book that would sell, if selling copies were the main goal, I would find some almost universally accepted audio beliefs and attack them. Even better if I can convince my readers that some sort of industry conspiracy is involved.