Originally posted by Honkeytonk Monkey:

After spending all that time looking after another person's interests and leaving his suggestions keeping in mind budget, performance and tastes, there's always some idiot that pops on the forums and suggests something stupid. For instance, Dave may suggest a Brahma and a JBL 1200.1 for a good SPL/SQ setup. Minutes later someone else suggests a W7 and a JL 500/1. 90% of the time people will go with the W7 and JL amp because they are idiots.




While I agree with just about everything you (or Dave) said, this one I disagree with. Not that it doesn't happen, because I know it does, rather I disagree that this would be a reason to give up and leave. This same exact thing is happening in both Duratec Performance and Duratec Maintenance, as well as other forums (many of which I don't frequent). Yes, its frustrating; I know as I've been involved with a couple debates where I just want to smack someone for being stupid. I've seen people come to CEG and immediately blast away at long-time members (some pre-website) who are ASE certified and/or have taken the time to tear apart their engine/tranny and truly know how these cars function. I don't understand how some people can challenge common wisdom even after having been slapped upside the head with hard facts and test data, but they do.

However, leaving and letting these people overtake the forums is not the solution. I say, if someone wants to ignore the advice of a knowledgable veteran and be an idiot, let them. Just laugh at them when they do something stupid later on. I'm one member here who took Dave's advice very seriously and I myself purchased a PB-12 based on his recommendation. It was the smartest decision I ever made regarding audio in my Contour. I'm incredibly sad to see him go, but if that's his final decision, then so be it. I hope that eventually, being away from CEG for a while will allow him to return and carry on his role as our audio guru. I would truly hate for Dave to be regarded in the same vein as TH.

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