The past baggage gives me hindsight, I'm zero emotional in everything I wrote. I try and be as factual as I can... I never said his business strategy was bad either. So even if you come across as defending, I won't challenge it. But are you really playing devil's advocate or are you trying to convincing yourself it's worth the investment? If that's the case and you got the zeniths on rebate, I'm sure you will be satisfied.
“But are you really playing devil's advocate or are you trying to convincing yourself it's worth the investment? If that's the case and you got the zeniths on rebate, I'm sure you will be satisfied.”
A few pages back I was reading about what some people paid in this hobby... Off the top of my head in 2019 I have purchased (not all arrived) said Zenith, DM6, S8F, TSMR-3 Pro, Kanas Pro, Tin T3, Hidizs MS4, HiBy W5, ZMF Eikon, HiBy R6 Pro, Voky Erupt, Schiit Loki, quite a few cables for IEMs and headphones... And 2019 has been WAY less expensive than 2018. But the year’s still young... Justifying my purchase of the Zenith? Nah, doesn’t even crack the list of things where I might feel the need to do that!
Seriously, none of you know me, so you don’t know how I am wired.
1. I really am interested in the facts and impressions, simply separated from the emotion. Emotion is for over glasses of beers or wine. As to feeling burnt by a seller... I once bought a house where the well went dry in a week. The seller knew that they had a problem. Didn’t say a word. And it was in a state where that level of disclosure was not required. A year and more than $30,000 later we have a well with 60 gallons/minute. All's well that ends well (rereading that I see the unintended pun!), but at quite the cost. I think that’s a bit more than some audio gear not delivered, so I do have perspective.
2. I typically have a knee jerk reaction when I see overly specific comments about gear versus generalized comments (in this hobby I would say 33% comes from the gear, 33% comes from taste and experience, and 33% comes from anatomy/age/hearing health, etc). Someone stating that A is better than B and anyone who disagrees is deranged gets a reaction that is different than A is better to me than B for these perceived reasons.
3. And I am typically going to ride to the aid of whoever is the target, whether or not they need or deserve someone trying to redirect the conversation on their behalf. I stumbled on this private party looking for anything on the Zenith and the first thing I saw was what I thought was a string of messages conflating an individual, their history, and an unrelated product family. Absolutely and sincerely, if I misunderstood what you (or anyone else) were trying to say, then you have my unqualified apology!
And, oh, yes, bought the Zenith at 50% off - £250, plus £10 to give it a seat on a plane or boat or whatever!
I make myself laugh. After all the anti-Bob discussion yesterday and the PTSD that all you guys exhibited.... What the h-e-double-hocky-sticks. This Bob guy is a master manipulator.
