I'm not quite sure why I was ticked off, this seem to be ages ago and it will never be repealed it seem.
Never mind - I did certainly criticise the terrible Sopra speakers, maybe I said Snaic or Teddy, who knows.
No longer a place for anything near free speech, very restricted, my goodness I'd not want that moderator job for all the money in the world.
No, they didn’t, and it would indeed have been ridiculous. It was their head of comms who took umbrage at me expressing my dislike of Focal speakers, as though opinions were ok, so long as they were positive. I can see their point, as it’s a manufacturer run Forum and there was name slagging off the speakers. Maybe I was simply too blunt, but it was very much like being told off by teacher.
Just read these posts. Well, I presume it's only with Focal speakers and not Naim gear? I don't recall being told off by the moderator (Richard) for saying that Naim amps sound worse than another amp from a different manufacturer on their own forum? I am sure I have mentioned it several times on the Naim forum (on the Luxman thread ). Perhaps the French are not as tolerant as the Brits and view any small complaint on Focal speakers as a threat to their sales? Their speakers are not selling incredibly well anyway so it does not matter too much.
I've encountered worse on the Harbeth forum and have departed from the clan about a decade ago. The speakers are also gone already since last year. Had them for more than a decade.