http://audioroundtable.com/BillFitzmaurice/messages/4896.html

"I noticed some strange sounds, particularly with a five string bass. It's very difficult to distingush half step intervals, especially the low B to C. Another observation is that certain notes are noticeably louder than others. The louder I crank the volume, the worse it gets."

I pointed to the message here:

http://audioroundtable.com/SingleDriverSpeakers/messages/1089.html

I was accused of being a plant for JBL, Mackie and RCF. I was attacked as being part of a conspiracy to undermine Bill Fitzmaurice. Then my messages were deleted and my computer access blocked. If that isn't censorship, I don't know what is.

Bill Fitzmaurice has admitted to hand doctoring his response graphs, and I'd like to know why that is allowed to stand while my messages were deleted. There are many people that have measured his speakers. Owners/builders have measured them and I don't think they are adversaries of Bill Fitzmaurice, so it isn't as if the charts were made by people "out to get him". All measurements show the same kind of response. I point to what builders of tubas have measured, and let that speak for itself, but my posts are deleted. Why?

The open forums are monitored by volunteers that have no particular association. They enforce AudioRoundTable.com rules uniformly. All are treated equally, and no preferential treatment is given to anyone. If you make a post that breaks the rules, it will be deleted. If it doesn't, it won't.

• Example of a criticissm in good taste and not offensive.

THe main issue is the tone of each post, and the taste beind it, at least asfar as i am concerned. WE have all made or listened to products that sound worse than others, or betterthan others. THe nature of our hobby is such that it's easy to criticize ANY system or component, since nothing is perfect.

None of us are against opinions...you don't need a third party verfication every time you make a statement or express an opinion...it's important to keep posts in good taste though, at least on the single driverforum (and i imagine all fora here, except maybe the dungeon?)
-akhilesh

I think many of us have a problem with posts that are rude or have uncalled for negativity. I know I do. I don't really want this to be an asylum (no pun intended). At least not the single driver forum for sure, which I do moderate.

So if I see a post that I think is rude or has uncalled for negativity, I will delete it, after stating why.

Here is the FIRST part of Forum Rules, reproduced for all our benefit:

No ad hominem attacks or contentious off-topic comments.

We want everyone's experience on AudioRoundTable.com to be a good experience. The idea is to make this a nice place to discuss audio, video and related topics and not a place where personal attacks are seen in every other post. We encourage debate, but the discussion must remain on-topic and cannot be allowed to descend into an escalating exchange of insults. Ad hominem attacks will be deleted, no matter what the reason.

Don't make your arguments too personal, instead, focus on the content of the post rather than the personality of the author. Posts containing overt or covert personal attacks will be deleted. Do not attempt to circumvent this rule by attacking everything about a person - their sound system, their car, their job, their dog, etc. - when the intent is to discredit the person written about.

We don't mind occasional off-topic content, but if you start in on a long discussion about a controversial topic not related to audio, expect to find your posts deleted. Discussions about political matters and the state of the world may be very important, but there are other places for that.
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The above excerpt more than justifies the deletion of posts if the moderator thinks they are too personal.
Hope this makes sense. The idea is to keep it pleasant for all. There are many other fora on the web for paople to get negative. That's just not going to happen on the single driver forum, at least as long as I am the moderator.

-akhilesh

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