Ah, No!

Do I like or respect bad technicians, the damage they cause, the bad vibes they impart on the industry and the resulting awkward conversations I have to have with affected customers, though? Also no. Actually, I despise it.

I’m a patient and reasonable person, fortunate to inherit ethics, integrity and professionalism from my parents. I bring that and a little care and skill to everything I do. Not everyone does. I’m not with everyone here. I never have been.

If there’s one thing that irritates me, it’s unprofessional, unskilled equipment damagers wailing about an imaginary conspiracy against them, rather than taking responsibility, accepting blame, and fixing the things that keep getting them into trouble. That would be an ethical and intelligent way to proceed. We don’t see that with these people.

Several in this industry consistently deliver damaged and destroyed equipment, terrible work, court cases and unhappy customers whose reviews they scrub through bribes and business name changes. These people would have you believe that all that is really no problem at all, just one big ‘misunderstanding’ (how nice!), and they definitely don’t want me warning you about it.

The work I’ve documented in the Hall of Shame, the unhappy customers who’ve won their court cases, and the destroyed hi-fi gear my colleagues and I constantly work on prove the facts. I WILL warn the public about this. That’s no conspiracy, it’s a public service.

The REAL story:

A handful of unskilled and occasionally barely literate individuals damage people’s hi-fi equipment whilst pretending to improve it, and aren’t smart enough to learn how to run ethical, professional businesses without copying the work of others.

Liquid Mike, out.