In after lock. Did I not say I ran a shop, so why would I not know what the process is? My issue is that there is such a small dealer network in place and there is no listing of who is a dealer and where they are. Since there is no dealer near me I am not going to be paying that claimed price it will be much higher due to mark up and shipping costs. The RE move has nothing to do with US Amps. Only the owner of US Amps bought RE not US Amps the company. RE was going to do this regardless of the buy out or not. As for being the admin on here, let me see..... This board was on the verge of falling into the abyss of dead boards like many other audio and other boards I have been a part of. I spent countless hours bring it back up to where it is now. So many of those hours I could have spent more time with my girlfriend / friends / family / working out / etc. Meaning I did not have to do it but because the website meant something to people and it is a place they can come to without flaming and without the spammers to just talk audio and bs with friends. If I did not step up and rebuild the forum and drag all these people over here, this site would not be here right now, period. So I take it personally when people come onto this board and approach me like I am some n00b schmuck on the board I spent too much of my life keeping it up when I could have been doing better things with my life. I am far from pulling any holier than thou routine, you spoke and insulted before you knew anything about me, and for that I flat out explained why. It is basic protocol that once you join a forum it is bad practice to insult or talk down to someone, espically the person to works hard on his free time to keep this place running. If someone has the nerve to do that to me I am going to bluntly tell them other wise. In no way was my defense belitteling towards you. You are the one to came on and attacked me and questioned me with out knowing jack squat. As for a warm welcome, no forum on the planet welcomes people as friendly as we do, PERIOD. Do not expect someone to be friendly towards you once you insult or putdown the person. If you want a warm welcome do like everyone else does. Say hello in the Newbie welcome section and say your name and why your here. I personally want as many members here as possible, we charge no fees from any member or company here, so all the work done is on my free time with preetty much no reward. I am not going to ban you, I have never done that for constructive posts. I know your intentions are good, you just went about them in the wrong way. More audio nuts here the better. Just show a little more respect the next time you jump on a new board with your first few posts. If say Steve or Dave or Diddle or Jim or who ever that I have known for a long time sends a little zinger my way, I know it is in fun or something of the sort, but a new member who has less than 10 posts does that I take it quite different. Anyway, welcome to SSA, stick around I will unlock this thread because I know it is still a hot topic