Sound Guy, you were snarky. It's easy to do in this type of communication. Without going back to find the post, you said something like "the Yamaha 2800 you seem to love so much...", and then told him/us why it is crappy. That is snarky. It made enough of an impact that I can recall it from yesterday without re-reading it. It gave me a bad impression of you. You probably didn't mean to be snarky, but like I say, in anonymous places like this, it's easy to toss out aggressive phrases like that without thinking twice. And probably without even realizing how they sound. Many of us have done the same. I'm not trying to be high and mighty. Just explaining, since you said you don't see it.
Your mileage may vary.