estreeter
Super Member
I know Arthur Salvatore is about as popular as genital warts with many AKers, but I like the fact that he isnt afraid to ruffle feathers/dent egos - similarly Lukasz Fikus' rants often cast aspersions on certain gear which is considered 'sacred' elsewhere. This isn't class warfare - both of these guys have gear costing many thousands of dollars - and the big difference between these guys and various naysayers elsewhere is that they have actually HEARD the gear they are describing, often paired with similarly specced partners, over a period of months not a few hours in a dealership.
In an industry characterised by a *very* cosy relationship between the magazines and many of the industry 'players', I get a perverse kick out of reading the odd rant - when its based on experience and not simply a rehash of something written elsewhere - I know that makes me a sad, strange little man, but I'd appreciate any links you may have to opinionated types who arent afraid to call it like they see it. A lot of Steve Deckert's marketing hints at a fairly cynical attitude to his competitors, but very few in the industry are prepared to 'name names' : even Fikusz pulled his 'blacklist' of Audio Manufacturers' when it became apparent that there were real consequences for putting something like that in print. Smart man, but I still wish he had published it.
http://lampizator.eu/Thegoodthebadandtheugly.html
(fwiw, both these guys are nutters, IMO, but Lukas is an evil genius who puts his soldering iron where his mouth is - Mr Salvatore is just an extremely opinionated guy who has bought and sold a lot of high-end gear. Both have websites that look like they were designed and maintained by grade-schoolers, but that just adds to my perverse joy at visiting their sites)
Lets have those links, people.
In an industry characterised by a *very* cosy relationship between the magazines and many of the industry 'players', I get a perverse kick out of reading the odd rant - when its based on experience and not simply a rehash of something written elsewhere - I know that makes me a sad, strange little man, but I'd appreciate any links you may have to opinionated types who arent afraid to call it like they see it. A lot of Steve Deckert's marketing hints at a fairly cynical attitude to his competitors, but very few in the industry are prepared to 'name names' : even Fikusz pulled his 'blacklist' of Audio Manufacturers' when it became apparent that there were real consequences for putting something like that in print. Smart man, but I still wish he had published it.
http://lampizator.eu/Thegoodthebadandtheugly.html
(fwiw, both these guys are nutters, IMO, but Lukas is an evil genius who puts his soldering iron where his mouth is - Mr Salvatore is just an extremely opinionated guy who has bought and sold a lot of high-end gear. Both have websites that look like they were designed and maintained by grade-schoolers, but that just adds to my perverse joy at visiting their sites)
Lets have those links, people.