People put down other people's tastes in music, gear etc., all the time. As for JF's post: He's waited for quite a while to finally let out his frustrations about the posts on his product(s). If I don't like my Hugo2, I have a right to say it, and whoever doesn't like it, has the right to take me to task over what I put out there. It does seem that the complaints of the Hugo2 are happening in cycles lately, as Mr. Franks points out. My thoughts about price is that it's unnecessary and pedantic. I want a DAVE, Blue two, and an extraordinarily high-end headphone to go with them. Uh, that ain't gonna happen. Those who can swing it, can have them. My setup, as it is, gives me more joy and listening pleasure than I've gotten before, all the way back to my first transistor radio as a 6-year-old. Can't afford a H2, get a Mojo or whatever you like or can. Price is what it is.Dear Mr Franks, I really don't understand.
You wrote:
"Has [Rob Watts] on a daily basis to submit his life’s work for an equal peer review by the likes of Statler and Waldorf from a famous old U.K. TV puppet show sitting in their theatre box."
Here is picture of Statler and Waldorf. They are funny. They wear hearing aids and they often make jokes about it to each other.
Is this the message that you wish to convey? That those who do not appreciate your sound or understand your pricing are like those two puppets?
Also you write:
"Last week it seemed to be that one of the old codgers was chipping away at our prices this week it’s our sound and it’s always so insistently negative and consistently denigrating that if it were more suptle it might be taken more seriously"
This is the Oxford dictionary definition on the word "codger" you used: (fifth edition 1995).
"A man especially an old one who has strange habits".
I really don't understand. I am new to this thread but this is the first time I see someone let alone a brand representative using these words and these analogies to characterize others in disagreement. How often have you heard your peers or say accomplished musicians to refer to others that don't appreciate their music as old codgers with hearing aids?
I understand you are at a disadvantage. All of us use pseudonyms to post anonymously whatever we want but you always reply with your name. However all of us including Rob Watts, regardless of accomplishments, submit our life's work and skills to others on a daily basis. Is it always positive?
Without any doubt I appreciate Rob Watts willingness to participate and explain the engineering behind your products. It is one of the things that sets you apart and develops a different relationship with your audience. I have a mojo and I am expecting a Hugo 2 to arrive. Personally I think this thread is positive and laudatory to you 95% of the time. I happen to disagree with the posts you mention but I do respect them and I do hope that this thread does not become a Chord fun club. You don't need this.
Overall, I don't think this response of yours does you justice Sir.
As for the brightness: I may be getting in hot water here. But, like some complainants do, why not give more detail as to what one is listening to; equipment, music choice...I'm out of steam, now.
