Surprising and unnecessary.

I was finding the discussion about speakers and room interactions informative. If 3d, SM & bottleneck then wandered off onto discussions about current speakers and what they consider state of the art, so what?; let them.  I didn't find anything factually inaccurate in what they said - possibly a difference in what they each perceive as relative priorities.  No need for an offensive response.  I find it very easy to avoid what, to me, are 'vacant' threads - I don't read them, or I take a look in and then exit immediately.  Seems like a simple method to me, and I can leave the participents at the other end of the bar to carry on with whatever discussion they want... I join in with the discussions which I believe will be of benefit to me, and generally avoid the rest.

So can we leave the thread (all threads) to a discussion about audio rather than comments on the participents.  I'm sure that even if it's not explicitly stated in the AUP, it's definitely against the spirit of the AUP and spirit of why we should be here.

Right, end of my completely off-topic post. Let any discussion on audio resume...