i'm a prog house fan myself but i don't discount other genre altogether just b/c i'm a "prog head". occasionally, i'll go to a trance show, most recently being above & beyond. yeah, it was cheese but i enjoyed it. while i can't speak for other prog house fans out there, i think many of us don't like electro for a various reasons. one is that the traditional prog house djs have ditched prog house in favor of electro so as fans of the genre and as fans of those djs, we're not getting what we used to. the other reason is that we probably just don't like the sound of electro. we just don't like the buzzy, computer-beeping, blatty sounds, coupled with gay/cheesy vocals. it's annoying and sounds way too mainstream. yes, there are prog house tunes out there equally as annoying.
one genre that's kinda lost in this nebulous line between trance and prog house i feel is progressive trance. it's not cheesy (no massive synth breaks), but it's got great pace and energy unlike some of the more dull and slow prog house. christopher lawrence is a great example. and when armin or other trance djs are in the non-cheezy part of their sets, it's gold. so much vibe...

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