Hi Guys
I get the impression from whats being said that ,things are a bit dead and that perhaps this was a great party a few years ago. Does anyone know what happened to the great past posters ?Have they gone to other Forums ?Or just lost interest or run out of things to say?
Do you guys use the same names on other forums or not? I joined Pink fish at the same time i did zero gain but i have yet to post on it or get involved in any threads . I quite like the balance of what i have read here on ZG.
I get the feeling that a lot of people have got fed up with the whole HI-FI thing ,and lets be honest there is a lot of crap and misinformation floating around in the press , on-line and in the way a lot of people seem to just buy what certain mags say without trying it or listening to it at home(vital). I meet people who say that they have given up and i ask them why? and a lot just seem to have gone about it the wrong way and then blame everyone but themselves. Many are just to lazy to put the time and effort into doing it right. It depresses me the amount of money and time that gets wasted by a scatter gun approach to this hobby and how many 5 star products end up being dumped because they bought them on the strength of some ill-informed,nebulous,not accountable,non-verifiable,lot of crap review. I suppose its not allowed to say which 5 star review mag has caused so much damage(we all know who it is). People buy it thinking its written by experts,but how can it be when no one knows who the reviewers are or how they were done. All you get is a few lines of writing and lots of pictures .Reviews are useful but only when you can know all the facts.
I don't know about the rest of you but my system is an ends to a means ,to enjoy the music i like . Yes i have played around with a
lot of kit and i have a very good dealer who allows me to do that ,with no pressure and i have made the odd mistake along the way but that has only happened when i thought i knew better and didn't invest the right amount of time in listening .
Sorry about going of topic but modern approaches to life frustrate me no end and especially lazy ,i can't think for myself you make the decision for me people. By the way i am not for a moment saying that anyone here is such a person .
Maybe we all need to be,is bold ,and just post that thought or comment and see what happens.Life is to short as i found out yesterday(was reminded) when a good audio friends daughter
died in a car crash. She was only 18 and loved music and was a good bass player and musician .She enjoyed his system and still like to do downloads etc but for her it was all about the music .You will be missed Shelly God bless .
We need to find away of getting the kids back into this hobby and interested ,any ideas? After all they are the future of audio and forums like this .
Regards D louth
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-no one was winging.
