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Best and Worst Websites in Audio'dom

It occurred to me today, as I was perusing various audio-related websites that some of them are REALLY bad.

We all know that AudiogoN is the BEST website (at least in my book), but who's got the WORST website?

Let's hear your nominations for the Best and Worst and what you think makes it so good/bad.

BEST - AudiogoN - Easy to navigate, very intuitive, LOVE the forums. And finally...THE CLASSIFIEDS!!

WORST - Audiopoints/StarSound/HarmonicPrecision/Sonoran/Sistrum/MicoBearing - What a freakin' mess. I hold no negative opinion regarding their products. I've used AudioPoints and Sonoran Cables and thought both were good. But the website! Eeesh! The pictures of the products are not flattering (look at those Caravelles!) and the layout is just atrocious. The info about the Harmonic Precision Amplifier says that "the fun begins once more in 2003". Huh? '03 has come and gone! I could go on, but you get the idea.

So let's hear your nominations.
gullahisland
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albertporter
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Spencer, just admit that the image of the Furby with the big pasted on ears is what set you off. No harm in thinking that's funny.

Here's some more images of the critter:

http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.13347/dn/tigertoys/default.cfm
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nac25
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Kevin Deal's site- upscale audio. Good sense of humor, and great tube site. Also has a used equipment section.
vrao81
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Audio Magic has an awful website. They need to wake up and realize that it's 2004, not 1996!
jer
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Regarding forums
Best:
Here
Audio Asylum

Worst:
ecoustics.com
Unless you worship NAD then you'll love it
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sbank
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Albert,
A legendary mystical audio guru told me that if you align 3 Furbys on top of your speakers in an equilateral triangle...
But semi-seriously, not much funnier than taking nice Lowther horns or high $ Avalons, and plopping $0.75 worth of bright red plastic trim on them.

Cheers, Spencer
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