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Lee and Craig (and Jude) have not handled this well at all, they admonished and belittled Parrots at every turn - Now it's out in the wild that they sold cables that were 87% silver their reputation is crud
How can you say its the fault of their supplier? Lee/Craig are the end supplier it is them who "supposedly" designed the super sounding cables
And as for the Assay company asking to take the report down, they never asked for it to be, nor did anyone ever email Head Fi - So you have to ask Jude why he is claiming they did, because it never happened, period
I'll probably be banned for this (and this post deleted) but Jude has deleted the proof that the twag cable is snake oil on the pretence that the Assay company mailed him (they never did). He has also sent me private messages threatening to ban me if I try to post the assay picture (which they are happy for me or Parrots to do, seeing as no one has never emailed Head Fi to take it down)
Yes, per your last paragraph, you are correct--you've been banned.
I've harassed
you? You've called me a liar, via PM, and now publicly.
Acting in the role of self-described "freelance journalist," you demanded that I publicly post emails that were sent to me, you claiming to be in communication with the assay company, and insisting to me that they're okay with the posting of the report, despite what appear to me to be emails directly from that company to the contrary. (You additionally accused me of lying about having received those emails--again, via PM's, and now via public posting.) I asked you to ask them (again, since you have been telling me you've been in communication with them as "a freelance journalist") to email me directly to tell me that the emails that were sent to me previously were done in err and/or that they've changed their position on the matter. What you wanted was for me to take their word (and their apparently changed position
) as it was being asserted by you. Again, using your powers of investigative freelance journalism, you claimed to be in contact with them, so have them email me directly to tell me--to state in absolutely no uncertain terms--that the position you assert is now theirs is indeed theirs.
Following is one of the two emails I received from the assay office. Also included is a screenshot of the full header information. Some things have been blurred.
As for the assertions that I've seen repeated that Lee from CryoParts requested that the report be taken down: That does not appear to me to be accurate. From what I've seen in this thread, it seems to me that what Lee did was contact the assay office to verify that the report was indeed from them. Sometime after that, I received two emails that appear to me to be from that office (one of them below) that seem to me to be a firm request for the removal of it. From what I can tell, that request is from the office, not from Lee. Lee has also posted in this thread stating as much (that he contacted them only to confirm that the report was from them). Also, in neither of the emails did it seem to me that the company indicated or hinted that they were requesting this under threat or pressure from anyone else.
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The v1 is still up for sale. Furthermore, since they didn't take action when the first cables started turning green we're left no choice but to assume that they were hoping no-one would wise up.
The way the sponsors are being shielded around here is disturbing. I don't see why moderators are making excuses for Lee and Craig, it's one thing to make sure discussion stays clean and civil, but another thing entirely to speak of Craig's and Lee's character to try and sway opinions in their favour.
As for the v1 still being for sale: I can't speak for Whiplash, but anyone can confirm with them if what's showing as v1 for sale is any different than the cables in question. I'd guess so, but anyone here can contact them to confirm that.
As for Whiplash being shielded: Are you reading the same thread I am? To the best of my understanding, CryoParts has not been a sponsor of Head-Fi for quite some time. Whiplash
is a sponsor, and, frankly, I'd be very surprised if they felt protected at all.