Popular Post ted_b Posted December 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2019 Joel, Hi. Thanks for writing. You and I go way back in this hobby, and although I don't know you well, I know you well enough to know you are "one of the good ones" as they say. It is interesting that I found your article/editorial calming while others found it stress-inducing. I think that is one of the major issues with the internet..lack of inflection or soul. These writings can be taken like scripts, where one actor infuses amazing emotion and another reads it as if it is to be whispered. Was there one intent...yes, but the only one who knows is the author. The other TWO issues with internet discussions are: 1) an amazing embarrassment of riches as it relates to data. Any one of us can use data for our own argument, and even contradictory data can be made to sound symbiotic. 2) anonymity.. As the cartoon used to say "on the internet no one knows you're a dog." And it is so easy to start arguments behind this electronic distance that this becomes a catalyst for normally-even-tempered folks to then let it all out. What point am I making? Internet forums have to try REAL HARD to stay balanced cuz the natural tendency is to go the other way. I ask this question: do any of us also partake in other technically complex hobby's forums (automotive, astronomy, etc etc) that act significantly poorer than their older days counterparts used to? I would guess a big YES. Net/net, we need to act better, get out more (to audio stores, audio shows, etc) and meet our posters face to face and feel their real biases in the real world. I think we'll find we are way more alike than what is felt on these forums. BTW, thank your Chris for doing this forum, warts and all. gstew, The Computer Audiophile, thyname and 5 others 5 3 "We're all bozos on this bus"....F.T. My JRIver tutorial videos Actual JRIver tutorial MP4 video links My eleven yr old SACD Ripping Guide for PS3 (needs updating but still works) US Technical Advisor, NativeDSD.com Link to comment
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