Merlin ...

>>> Oh and Roy's ramblings about all things Nordost and Eben aren't then

Not just Roy, most of the other reviewers who hear this stuff seem to be impressed as well including the eminent Binns who isn't hoodwinked lightly (see post above).

>>> Come on Jason, you make it seem like RG is so important that he is somehow above forums.

Not at all but how he chooses how to spend his spare time is surely his concern ... no?

>>> The guy might spend his life listening to music, but he is almost certainly less busy than the majority of forum users, and probably has a lower basic income than many. Great system he's managed to put together on such a low wage! That Nordost stuff must have cost a packet

He has built a system up over years buying at trade price I would imagine. He did spend 10 years at the coalface in retail in London and Salisbury. How many dealers do you know that have crappy systems at home? I actually know one but he has a young business so his gear got subsumed. As to his busyness well he is the editor and major contributor to the magazine and that does involve a serious amount of work. He definitely works more hours than I do for example.

>>> Check out places like AA, the majority of Sterophile scribes and many reknowned manufacturers and designers post on there on a regular basis. Maybe little RG would feel out of his depth in such esteemed company

Well I am not sure about the many or the regular bits in the above. Perhaps we should say several contributors have posted usually to try to clear up something factually incorrect and/or offensive?

Cheers

Jason