I do seem to have a knack for rubbing up sound enginers the wrong way. I've never regarded them and musicians as natural enemies (a la doctors and surgeons, builders and architects etc), but as soon as I open my mouth on the subject I seem to end up implying either "your gear is crap" or "you just twiddle knobs really, don't you ?".
Anyway, if he's prepared to speak to me again, then my mate Roger should be mastering my next CD for me, and who knows, maybe I'll even get round to opening a myspace account with some of the tracks from it.