cjwhitehouse said:
Ilkka,
Just to set the record straight, custom tags like "SVS Marketing Department" are solely in the gift of forum admin. Moderators do NOT have the necessary rights to be able to create them.
I should have said admin/mod, since I can't know who has the rights to do such things. But it really doesn't change the point.
Such tags usually have a bit of wit associated with them and are assigned to members that have come to admin's notice for various reasons. You will find that the number of people with such tags is very small and most appreciate being singled out in this way as giving them some 'cred'. Anyway, if you find the tag so offensive, I suggest you PM admin and ask for it to be removed. If you get nowhere with that, let me know by PM and I will see what I can do. I can say no fairer than that.
If my custom tag would read "SVS fanboy", I would be okay with that. But "SVS Marketing Department" suggests that I'm one of SVS' employees, which is NOT true. It has caused a lot of confusion and I really don't need it. Would you be happy if your tag would read "Velodyne Marketing Department"? Would it rise some eyebrowns regarding your measurements and comments on the forum? So words like 'appreciate' and 'cred' really escape me. Hopefully you understand.
I did sent you a PM regarding this issue some time ago, but I guess you haven't read it. Who is the forum admin? Is it Uncle Eric?
Also, while I have a somewhat 'forgiving' nature, admin may well not. If you remember your first few interventions on AV:Talk after we published our first round sub test results, you joined in the SVS fanboys' rants against our tests (no other group of owners got so hot under the collar), implying that we had tested subs in such a way as to deliberately handicap SVS subs (using old drivers, forward vs reverse sine sweeps etc). As someone who has now conducted his own tests, you will appreciate that having invested significant money in test equipment, time and effort, it is a bit galling to have your efforts questioned and cast in an unfavourable light by fanboys or even certain manufacturers. There are far too many 'armchair curmudgeons' on forums that think their right of free speech should extend to being able to question the motives and ethics of those that have got out of the armchair and decided to try and contribute something positive to the sum of human knowledge. Some of them should really take a look at themselves in the mirror and decide whether they are truly adding any value by their contributions.
Yes, I remember those discussions. Although I don't remember claiming that you handicapped those subs deliberately? I only asked you to test the subs on its side, which you did. I haven't had done any testing of my own in that point (only read how Ed had tested it), so I thought that the difference would be larger. Forward sweep/reverse sweep definitely have their differences and I still prefer the reversed one. It lets one measure the absolute top performance better (before compression). It could be the main reason why Ed Mullen and I have measured quite a lot better performance for SVS subs than what you have. But at least I'm revising some of the tests I do, so hopefully we see a better correlation between our test in the future.
For any like Craig and Ilkka that get out of the armchair and contribute something positive, I have the highest respect.
Thank you. Same to you. Looking forward to your round 4 results.
