Holy shit, John Krutke is an *******

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Why not just put up a bunk email link and call it a day?

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

No, but what he's doing instead is potentially steering away people from the hobby that are genuinely fascinated. A noob and an idiot are different, as one is just starting and wants to learn, and the other is just starting, but thinks they have already learned. Therefore, if you turn away everyone, you come off as an ******* who turned down someone who genuinely admired your work.

Exactly.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

No, but what he's doing instead is potentially steering away people from the hobby that are genuinely fascinated. A noob and an idiot are different, as one is just starting and wants to learn, and the other is just starting, but thinks they have already learned. Therefore, if you turn away everyone, you come off as an ******* who turned down someone who genuinely admired your work.

Sounds like someone went to the e-mail link to send an e-mail, and then had his feelings hurt when he found that page instead of an email address //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I'm personally found this one quite enjoyable;

Q. What's up with all this? I just want to ask you a question.

A. Denied! Once again, I must emphasize that I don't have a lot of time. I also have very little patience. I've already mentioned that my designs come without any technical support whatsoever.

Is he an ******* ? I dunno, maybe. I found the page more humorous than anything. What does it really matter though ? He's just one guy with a relatively popular website (to a relatively small minority of people) related to DIY speaker designs. There's thousands more where he came from. He's far from the only reference on DIY speaker design.

Frankly, I can understand where he's coming from. Just because he is a guy with a relatively popular website (to a relatively small minority of people) related to DIY speaker designs it doesn't obligate him to being friendly, convenient, accessible or otherwise open for contact or conversation. It's his time and his email.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I totally agree with him, I have the same exact feelings towards this site a lot of the time...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

Hahahaha nice Jim //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif And uh... yeah ditto haha

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

No, but what he's doing instead is potentially steering away people from the hobby that are genuinely fascinated. A noob and an idiot are different, as one is just starting and wants to learn, and the other is just starting, but thinks they have already learned. Therefore, if you turn away everyone, you come off as an ******* who turned down someone who genuinely admired your work.

Read most of the questions on there thoroughly, most of the questions are obviously retarded, and many of them could be found with a few seconds of searching //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif
Yes they are noobs, but does that mean that they deserve to be spoon fed? **** that, they can search for their **** answers....

I learned that a long time ago, many of us did. If an email reply is enough to steer you away from a passion or hobby, then you have other issues that you need to address //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

If an email reply is enough to steer you away from a passion or hobby, then you have other issues that you need to address //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

It isn't a passion then either.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

It isn't a passion then either.

EXACTLY, was just being general //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like someone went to the e-mail link to send an e-mail, and then had his feelings hurt when he found that page instead of an email address //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I'm personally found this one quite enjoyable;

Q. What's up with all this? I just want to ask you a question.

A. Denied! Once again, I must emphasize that I don't have a lot of time. I also have very little patience. I've already mentioned that my designs come without any technical support whatsoever.

Is he an ******* ? I dunno, maybe. I found the page more humorous than anything. What does it really matter though ? He's just one guy with a relatively popular website (to a relatively small minority of people) related to DIY speaker designs. There's thousands more where he came from. He's far from the only reference on DIY speaker design.

Frankly, I can understand where he's coming from. Just because he is a guy with a relatively popular website (to a relatively small minority of people) related to DIY speaker designs it doesn't obligate him to being friendly, convenient, accessible or otherwise open for contact or conversation. It's his time and his email.

Well okay, I can understand if you've had a lot of emails asking redundant things over and over again, and I can understand someone who doesn't have patience 4 teh l33t cr0wd. But if you want to ask him something about a design whether it's for clarification or otherwise, there's no reason to chastise those people.
And no, I wasn't going to email him. I was looking at the tweeter mis-mash and saw that the email link said "don't click" or something of the like.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

The only way I would consider him an ******* is if he posted the names or emails of the people who sent the messages...

That would be a low blow...

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

But if you want to ask him something about a design whether it's for clarification or otherwise, there's no reason to chastise those people.

Currently he has around 10 projects up on his page, and another 5 or so comparisons. Lets pretend he receives 1 e-mail regarding each topic per day. That's 15 e-mails that would need responded to from legitimately interested individuals on the first day. Now keep in mind that legitimately interested individuals usually ask relatively in-depth questions which generally take considerable amount of time to properly respond too and also typically ask follow up questions after receiving the initial response. So on day 2 he would have 30 e-mails (15 new e-mails plus 15 responses). And this cycle would continue to build.

You can see how this would quickly build into a completely unmanageable level of correspondence for someone who is just doing this in his free time for fun. The above might be a slight exaggeration....might be relatively accurate.....either way I think it's pretty easy to see why this is something he wants to avoid.

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

And just to point out.. I think the last count was around 1 million hits a month..?

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Currently he has around 10 projects up on his page, and another 5 or so comparisons. Lets pretend he receives 1 e-mail regarding each topic per day. That's 15 e-mails that would need responded to from legitimately interested individuals on the first day. Now keep in mind that legitimately interested individuals usually ask relatively in-depth questions which generally take considerable amount of time to properly respond too and also typically ask follow up questions after receiving the initial response. So on day 2 he would have 30 e-mails (15 new e-mails plus 15 responses). And this cycle would continue to build.
You can see how this would quickly build into a completely unmanageable level of correspondence for someone who is just doing this in his free time for fun. The above might be a slight exaggeration....might be relatively accurate.....either way I think it's pretty easy to see why this is something he wants to avoid.

Okay then, let's assume that this is true. A simple "Due to overflooding of my email inbox, I have chosen not to post my email address. All designs are as stated, and any additions or changes you may want to make are yours to decide." would have been sufficient, not being a dick to everyone who might have a question.

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

"Q. HI CAN U MAKE ME A XOVER 4 MY WUFFERS THEY SOUND BAD MY EAR HURT I HAVE A CAPACITATOR ON ME TWEETZ WHAT DO I DO OK THX BYE

A. Start by returning to school. Come back when you've learned grammar, punctuation and the English language. Actually, don't come back. You're already in my spam filter. Give up on the speaker design - you're not smart enough. Oh, and lose the l33t-sp34k. It went out of style in the late 90's. This message is for others who are not yet in my spam filter: emails with all-caps or poor grammar and punctuation will be immediately deleted. My IQ goes down 2 points every time I read some crap like that. "

I ****in love it!

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

Okay then, let's assume that this is true. A simple "Due to overflooding of my email inbox, I have chosen not to post my email address. All designs are as stated, and any additions or changes you may want to make are yours to decide." would have been sufficient, not being a dick to everyone who might have a question.

Does it really bother you this much to stand up for individuals you don't know over an EMAIL and a WEBSITE??? My goodness, you act like he murdered someone...
I am glad that you have the compassion, but keep in mind the audience that you chose to show this to. We don't give a shit if he was "mean" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Better luck in the Dr. Phil forums, no offense //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif