I don't think that's the problem here. The problem here is that the original poster obviously does not really have any idea of what mastering really is. He starts off saying that people who make posts regarding mastering don't know what they're talking about, and then goes on to mention "reference" amps with loudness buttons...the nonexistent 15-band shelving EQ Ethan has already pointed out...talks about "peaks in sync with each other"..."sucking out" the midrange...and makes no mention of limiting, or what's involved in mastering anything more than a single song at a time. There's some good advice in there...mainly, to listen to what you're doing...but there's no magic secret (or "pretty much standard method") for this, and the nonsense about "gaps" and making things sound "blended" and even "bland" is really meaningless. One can certainly do a decent job of mastering a song or album with some relatively simple tools, but if you think that there's one standard easy way to do it you're mistaken...and if you're going to say that people who frequent the forum "don't have a clue" about mastering you'd better make sure you have a clue yourself.
-Duardo
I agree with you. that there is no magic secret and each song will have it's own problems to deal with. But this person gave a few tips, maybe he doesn't have experience or use the right terms ,but still, just because he gives a couple techniques doesn't mean that everyone who reads it HAS to follow them. Many of these people could have easily read it, thought to themselves that it doesn't apply, and then moved on, but instead they rip on the original poster. There were a couple good techniques, maybe not for mastering, but for some mixing things even, if a newbie were to read his post, and then read from everyone that it is stupid, they might not even try the things that were said. Since this is a recording forum, and we all have the same goal, to make our mixes/final products sound better, the threads should no consist of just calling other people stupid or wrong. But maybe people can add on their own suggestions, or maybe why certain things wouldn't work, but to just bash on someone because they have a different way of working on things is childish and it really doesn't reflect good light on people in this forum trying to be "professional."