No, of course not.

For those who don’t know, I do my own thing and run Liquid Audio in my unique way. I’m not leading anything or anyone, nor interested in doing so. Thankfully, this approach is popular with intelligent, thoughtful customers and is opposite to that which leads to ruined equipment and court cases. This is no accident, of course. I was also fortunate to inherit a little honesty, integrity and professionalism, and I’m focused on doing good work and supporting my customers. Conspiracy theories are stupid; there is no conspiracy.

What there is, however, is the inescapable reality of terrible work and damaged and destroyed equipment. These people don’t want, or cannot bring themselves to accept responsibility for it, because it reflects so very badly upon them. Instead, they would much rather have you believe that it isn’t that damaged and destroyed equipment, terrible reviews, lost court cases, and incoherent, unprofessional rants at customers generating their poor reputations, it’s me!

Liquid Mike, repairing equipment, saving classic hi-fi gear from the scrap heap, NOT adding to it, educating the hi-fi community, doing my best to raise the profile of classic hi-fi equipment and help people – it’s all THAT guy’s fault!!!

The work I’ve documented as a community service in the Hall of Shame, the unhappy customers who’ve gone to court and won, the destroyed hi-fi gear my colleagues and I have discussed, documented and had to pick up the pieces of, say there is no conspiracy, only excellent, average and poor work that occurs on a spectrum as it does in every sphere of endeavour.