Popular Post tmtomh Posted September 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2019 It's undeniable that vinyl is an important part of the audio hobby today, and it's equally undeniable that vinyl is a major part of audiophile culture in particular, even if many of us - myself included - would argue that vinyl is less hi-fi than properly designed and engineered digital systems. However, my impression is that @The Computer Audiophile changed this forum's name primarily to get away from the specificity of the term "Computer" in the name - the digital music server ecosystem has expanded massively since he founded this site, and in addition to all the ancillary hardware there's been a real "component-ification" of modern digital audio, with people moving to dedicated hardware and way from computers per se. (Not all of us, but still, a lot of folks.) IMHO a name like "Digital Audiophile" probably would have been a more apt name change than "Audiophile Style," although perhaps the former name was not available or Chris had reasons for not choosing it or something similar. I don't really care if a vinyl subforum gets added, as it's easy to ignore any thread one is not interested in. My only hope would be that, as @Sal1950 notes above, the culture of the forum would remain similar, with the same level of rigor applied to vinyl issues as are applied to digital ones now. The audio internet has more than enough places for unbridled subjectivity to run amok - this place doesn't need to become another one. Sal1950, The Computer Audiophile, lucretius and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment
tmtomh Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 3 hours ago, Norton said: ??? Maybe I misread/mistagged or was thinking of another thread - sorry! Link to comment
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