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I discovered this place around 2 years ago, and found it to be very informative. In fact, had I not read about them here, I would never have known about either the Reference 3A MM De Capos or the Audio Analogue Puccini SE that are both in my system.Within the past 6 months or so, however, I have found myself increasingly frustrated by the almost incessant squabbling, the personal attacks, and the repetitive nature of topics discussed (not to mention how in some areas, e.g., the Cable Asylum, nearly every question is given the the same answer: "Forget that cable. Just make your own...").
All of that said, I still can't resist coming back every day (and usually multiple times a day) to check out what's going on. I've even deleted the bookmark in my browser, hoping that the extra effort to get here might make it easier to 'just say no' but this has not worked, so far. Anyone have the same problem? Does the Betty Ford clinic handle this type of problem?
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Good points all-around. Rather than question the behavior of others look for those like-minded individuals that you either have something in common or share a need to exchange info. If those exchanges do not reward your time spent searching I'd scam. Remember, not only do forums evolve but so do individuals. So that your time spent here may eventually lead to not enjoyment but your dissatisfaction. MikE
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It's kind of funny but it seems to me for every squabble on some audio topic there seems to be three post complaining about the squabbling. It's almost as if most of us don't want to be involved in a conversation or debate and would rather come up here a post some kind of complaint or bitch about the site - but when it comes to getting involved most of us just clam up.But then again I can almost see why - if someone approaches any topic with any enthusiam or attempts to make a strong argument for a different opinion the general rule of thumb around here is "just ignore them and they will go away". Then on the other hand there are posts with possible incorrect technical information or poorly based subjective opinion that seem to generate a ton of enthusiasm - and challenging the misinformation just gets someone labeled as a trouble maker.
Actually I find the "it's so bad around here" type of posts to be the kind of posts that really bring this place down.
We can only control the quality of our contributions. That is how we can best serve or make a difference. Though occationally expressing one's self on the behavior of the group can be benefical. Though such sentiments are typically not well-received. MikE
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I get frustrated and almost daily think of posting a &@*&*$#@!@#$#^$&$%^*%^&$%# as a 'goodbye'.Half of you guys are nuts. Either you take this way too seriously (audiophile nervosa) or seem to be only marginally stable in your personal lives.
But I keep coming back because it's too damn much fun. To me, AA is kind of like the other AA. It's a way to just sit around and 'share'.
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As in life.... Those that know, share and speculate and those that have nothing better to do then be a thorn in the A_ _.
Smell the roses and ignore the thorns.
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I used to have that problem until I just stopped checking here. ;-o
Psychologists know they can train a pigeon to keep coming back to the feeder longest and most often if they reward it with food, not every time, but randomly.The Asylum is the same - sometimes you check it out and there is something interesting, and sometimes there isn't. So, you keep checking in out, in hopes it will have something neat again (instead of the same old, same old).
So, we are the pigeons and the psychologists of the Asylum know their stuff!
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Me too. I learned a lot here and have tried to reciprocate, but it really seems like there has been a lot of contentious and redundant posting lately. To much ego IMHO. Maybe it's time to go away for a while. However, Romy still amuses me.
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AP,Did you see the image of the late Romy? I didn't know a cat could eat that much spaghetti. But he will return, 8 lives to go.
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All that's left are a couple ears. I guess now he's either "All ears" or "The cat without a face"
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you'll be less annoyed. But then I suppose it would be hard to stay away from the other forums.
Jeff
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...Rocky Road in particular. By selecting just the right 95% of the posts, you'd think it was still 1978.
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They're like a bunch of drunken monkeys jumping around celebrating another SACD re-release of music no one cares about.Of course look at the head drunken monkee.Jazz Inmate.That sez it all for that crew.
YECH
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Well people still do care about Beethoven and Copland and Stravinsky. Admittedly, most popular music is off-limits to hi-rez until Sony decides to really push it. What always killed me about audiophile records and CDs is how the artists were nearly always nobodies and quite often deserved to be, yet the high-end zines would review them with great generosity and use them to test the performance of equipment. There was a time when 3 or 4 audiophile recordings would be referred to ad nauseum. Anyone remember Fratelli Chase, Jazz at the Prawn Shop, Famous Blue Raincoat, Walk Across Rooftops, "The Lesley Test" and a special award goes to The Weavers Live at Carnegie Hall. Thanks to the wonders of sampling someone could make a rap overdub version, The Weavers meet the MC5 and Public Enemy Live from Lenin's Tomb.
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or find another addiction ... the web teems with them. Ever tried the Hollywood Stock Exchange (www.hsx.com)? Highly addictive stock exchange simulation if you like movies. I'm trying to kick it.
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HowdyI too spend too much time here being annoyed.
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