I'm rather new blood to these forums but I feel that there is definitely more value in terms of community here despite their being less traffic and members. I'm not as openly dismissive of HF as some of the members here, but there are definitely valid reasons why one would be irked by the drone nature of a place like HF. One large difference between CS and HF is the open forum stage that Marv and friends allows. They welcome constructive criticism, respectful arguments, and above all else no BS. A rather annoying aspect of HF is the constant side-lining of good discussion. Whether a thread is mod bombed or a cheeky member comes in with the famous lines "sound is subjective, we all hear different, etc." most valuable information is lost. I was tired of seeing people that had real questions and concerns completely dismissed by the droves of mindless plebeians. HF is good for two things... news/updates about new gear and late night laughs.

I used to believe that HF was a place where newbies could come to learn about personal audio, but I was dead wrong. 

Answer to TS's question:
I agree with previous comments that it's mostly due to competition, and HF could've seen CS as the one who started to "attack" them first. That's why the "retaliation".

Opinion:
I started from HF, I learnt a lot from HF, I moved from reviews to SS to nwav to lots of uncountable craps.
I realized that HF can be good as long as u know who to stick to and who to ignore.
And able to read between the lines.
Disregard the shilling and name callings by butthurts, I actually still can pick up a lot from HF (At least updated on the new stuffs I really interested in). Maybe that's just me being a newbie thus "You have much to learn!" (read it using the voice of Cockpuncher's master)

Sometimes, reading reviews, I'll go straight to features and comfort and all those comments not about sound quality. In sound quality section, oh well...s ince I wrote some reviews before, I can guess it's mostly about all the goody bass, neutral mids, and extended highs. Oh, and also wide soundstage. Almost all gears out there have these descriptions.

In CS, I am greeted with virtual beers, and sometimes vomits from sober guys on gears designed by drunks they possessed. Well, it's harshly honest, and almost everyone are ready to shove a six feet long pole into anyone's arse and everyone still have a good laugh at the end of the day. It's amazing, as over my place here our culture is kinda closed and sensitive. I still travel between the two parallel universe nowadays tho.

welcome

Welcome. Some of the things that bug me there are fixed simply by blocking ignorant members. When blocked posts start competing with legible posts in a thread, I unsubscribe. That's happened twice this year (thrice because one of them has two threads). It's "better for my blood pressure."

Loving the edit, Mike. 

Gotta be fair and balanced ya know!