Fella wrote:

"I once watched a movie about this dude who was into collecting old
stone
78 records. He would collect them, feverishly listen to them, and he
would glorify their sound, their "presence" in parties where such
similar people would gather and exchange ideas, experiences, tips, etc.
Now this was a hobby to these folk. And these folk *prefered* to listen
to music from that medium and they lived and acted out their hobby. I
ask you this, how assholistic of me, how (oin)pinkertonistic of me
would
it be that I somehow would constantly attend those parties and make fun
of these people? I would tell them that 78rpm stone records sound
"****ty" that they have a lot of presence because LOL that's the ONLY
thing they have, that the medium is outdated, that they are idiots to
think that they are listening to music with all those audible
colorations attached, etc??? How arnykruegeristic of me would that be,
Peter? That I actually harras them, that I insult them, patronize them?
Would such a behaviour on my part arouse the kind of anger that this
Jute fella is displaying currently? "

Your post really gets to the heart of the matter. I'm willing to bet
that none of the (ir)regular denizens of RAO and RAT will make a
meaningful reply to it.

TB