[x10guy]

I don't necessarily think it is a slight on the cooks. They always do a good job.

Rather I think it's an indictment of the perception of Stock ROM. I would say that the majority of TP2 users still have the perception of Stock left over from the Titan/Mogul days where the difference between custom ROMS and stock was night and day. I admit I was in this camp too. When I got my TP2 the very FIRST thing I did was install a custom ROM. However, I had to get my TP2 replaced and so I had to wait a few days to get another HardSPL. That forced me to use stock for like a week. I was bummed. But after like 5 days, I was like... "hmmm stock isn't that bad after all."

With a few tweaks, TP2 stock is more than adequate. But one area where I think the custom ROMS is still much better in is in customization and eye-candy.

I think one other thing that might contribute to this is that the most popular custom ROMS tend to be the "latest and most recent cutting-edge" ROMS. Just look at the threads. That is fine but very often the "latest" ROMS tend not to be as stable as the older custom ROMs.