Please Read and express your feelings and opinions....

Personally, I feel that the worst offenders are folks who own a certain piece of gear and come out swinging even at the slightest hint of criticism regarding their gear of choice. See what happened on the Goldenear Reference thread. The OP was asking for opinions from people who have either heard OR own the speakers. I chimed in and provided my opinion. I was upfront about the fact that I had heard it at dealer showrooms twice, but one of the posters started calling the opinions as 'laughable' and 'crap' and accusing me of doing a great disservice. I quickly bailed out of that discussion, but this is another form of bullying where the owners resort to tough language to drive out dissenting viewpoints. 
The irony is that the same poster is ranting about Tekton fanboys on this thread. Lol!

I don't understand why people get so defensive about what they own. For me, unless I am the manufacturer or at least a major shareholder, I just don't understand how people get so emotional about these things.

arafiq - ....See what happened on the Goldenear Reference thread. The OP was asking for opinions from people who have either heard OR own the speakers. I chimed in and provided my opinion. I was upfront about the fact that I had heard it at dealer showrooms twice, but one of the posters started calling the opinions as 'laughable' and 'crap' and accusing me of doing a great disservice. I quickly bailed out of that discussion, but this is another form of bullying where the owners resort to tough language to drive out dissenting viewpoints. ...

Hi arafiq. I'm sure you're aware I am not the one you are referring to. That said, while I cannot speak/write for the particular poster you are referring to, I shall extend an apology simply on the basis that I'm a Golden Ear Triton Reference owner who also happened to post in that same thread. All the best.

@gdhal  No sir, you're most definitely not the one I was referring to :) 
You stated your POV in a very reasonable and respectful manner.

BTW, I completely understand that anyone who owns a certain piece of gear has done a lot of research before they made their decision, So it is reasonable to expect them to share their passion and wisdom. My point was that there is a fine line between enthusiasm and vitriol.

Civility is overrated, but some of the bad advice given out in these forums costs folks some long green, IMHO.

I think to answer your question... we can improve the communication by keeping the discussion on the point.  Stick to the OP question, rather than starting your own thread in someone else's thread.  As A'Goners, we can point others back to the original question.

I always hate threads that start with "anyone have experience with a Doodad who can compare Doodad A to Doodads B and C?".... to which someone replies and says "The best Doodad is F."  In other words, this doesn't answer the question and doesn't contribute to anything.  It's just some shill for the F product who wants to promote it.  Generally I believe that if someone comes in here and asks specifically about a comparison of two products, they have done research and are getting down to final choices.  So, let's help them out if we can... as long as we can relate back to the original question, or how the thread may evolve.

@jayctoy I think I'm answering you... too often people cannot accept that there is a differing opinion, so they have to attack others for having a dissenting opinion.  Instead, let's remind people to help each other and focus on the point, rather than pointing fingers at each other.