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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 73981" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Grumpy guy observation about the X32 threadRacism and prejudice are strong words. It isn&#039;t prejudice if you form opinions based on first hand experience. I have seen some subtle racism associated with discussions about Chinese manufacturing, and having actually traveled to China I can speak about that subject also from my first hand experience. If anything I have generally been a defender of Chinese manufacturing, even defending one Chinese contract manufacturer that Uli disparaged, because my personal experience with that actual vendor didn&#039;t agree with his.&nbsp; =====This actual thread strikes me as more about some of the regulars waxing nostalgic for the days when it was mostly a small group of professionals here taking to the other professionals here and the great unwashed masses were over on the LAB asking their newbie questions. Bennet said &quot;forums for audio professionals run by audio professionals&quot; at the top of the page. Not &quot; forums for newbies looking for new product hand holding sessions&quot; .&nbsp; The X-32 thread happened here by accident when all the interest in the unshipped product cluttered up Uli&#039;s promotional Q &amp; A thread. The breaking out of the X-32 thread was meant to improve the S/N of the forum. I don&#039;t think anybody anticipated the interest. This X-32 new product question thread &quot;should&quot; have occurred on a Behringer hosted factory support forum but apparently people got better answers here, and the rest is history.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am happy for Bennet to get all this traffic (if he wants it). I have never been in a position to buy any of this gear... however i did design and market lots of similar gear in my old day job (some very similar), so my first hand experience goes well beyond just using the gear. I often try to share my insights into the behind the scenes machinations of the industry to other professionals who don&#039;t know that side of the story. You guys could block all of my posts if you don&#039;t care for my perspective. JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 73981, member: 126"] Re: Grumpy guy observation about the X32 thread Racism and prejudice are strong words. It isn't prejudice if you form opinions based on first hand experience. I have seen some subtle racism associated with discussions about Chinese manufacturing, and having actually traveled to China I can speak about that subject also from my first hand experience. If anything I have generally been a defender of Chinese manufacturing, even defending one Chinese contract manufacturer that Uli disparaged, because my personal experience with that actual vendor didn't agree with his. ===== This actual thread strikes me as more about some of the regulars waxing nostalgic for the days when it was mostly a small group of professionals here taking to the other professionals here and the great unwashed masses were over on the LAB asking their newbie questions. Bennet said "forums for audio professionals run by audio professionals" at the top of the page. Not " forums for newbies looking for new product hand holding sessions" . The X-32 thread happened here by accident when all the interest in the unshipped product cluttered up Uli's promotional Q & A thread. The breaking out of the X-32 thread was meant to improve the S/N of the forum. I don't think anybody anticipated the interest. This X-32 new product question thread "should" have occurred on a Behringer hosted factory support forum but apparently people got better answers here, and the rest is history. I am happy for Bennet to get all this traffic (if he wants it). I have never been in a position to buy any of this gear... however i did design and market lots of similar gear in my old day job (some very similar), so my first hand experience goes well beyond just using the gear. I often try to share my insights into the behind the scenes machinations of the industry to other professionals who don't know that side of the story. You guys could block all of my posts if you don't care for my perspective. JR [/QUOTE]

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