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From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Speaker wire: reader reactions - (nf)
Message-ID: <657@ulysses.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Oct-83 18:43:13 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 15 18:43:13 1983
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	From: bees@drux3.UUCP
	Subject: Re: Speaker wire: reader reactions - (nf)
	Message-ID: <834@drux3.UUCP>
	Date: Fri, 14-Oct-83 21:12:08 EDT

	If anyone on this net has something constructive to say, then say it.
	Quit flaming and farting and squirming in your seat about every damn
	thing you read.  This is a net comprised of PEOPLE, not perfection. 
	If you can't say something good, and say it in a positive manner
	(and I know this is not positive, but possibly more understandable
	to whom it is intended), then SHUT UP!

Ah, nothing like consistent, high-level, discussion.  You've made your
point; please try to understand the opposing point.  Some people claim
that certain kinds of wire have a certain effect on sound.  Others claim
that not only does it not have that effect, but that it cannot.  So what
happens?  You post a note describing a test that gave a certain result.
Others -- including myself -- were skeptical, and inquired about sources
of bias (my inquiry was a polite inquiry via mail).  Do we get back any
substantive replies?  No, of course not -- we're blamed for "flaming"
and "farting".  A simple "I don't know about the test conditions, but I
trust these people" would be far more informative, far more polite, and
far more conducive to rational discussion.