There are rules and then there is etiquette. Criticizing a product is fine, but getting excessively personal or hyperbolic is not in very good taste. I for one hang out here becuase of the good taste. Does this make sense? For an example of criticiszing a product in good taste, please see the following post in the same forum: http://audioroundtable.com/SingleDriverSpeakers/messages/1213.html thanks -akhilesh