from my point of view you're gonna get knowitalls, gatekeepers, general jerks etc in any niche hobby. and it doesn't matter. if you're really into something you'll pursue it no matter how those types treat you. just gotta roll with it - why should a 20yo care if someone who remembers where they were when jfk got shot thinks his system sucks? why should a thousand dollar system guy worry about the opinion of a guy who spent 6 figures and ruined his marriage for this thing? at some point the "wah they're being too rude. what happened to Civility??"crowd has to get over themselves and just keep it moving. 8 out of 10 people are cool towards the newbies like myself and that's good enough imo. just my .02c
Lay Off the Newbies!
I always try to keep my posts constructive, but there is something that regularly goes on here that I think is detrimental to our hobby - A newbie has a simple question and a bunch of neurotic geezers (of which I include myself) jump on the guy with a million rules and rituals he must follow to achieve his goal, which ends up discouraging the guy right out of hobby. There was one analog thread on static where I recommended Gruv Glide and you geezers started in with so much BS- humidifiers, move to another climate, expensive gimmicks, etc, that GG would kill him and his records. The end result? By the end of the thread, he sold his analog rig because he couldn't deal with the stress. In a recent digital thread, you guys are recommending a newbie buy 20 year old transports. All this does is just make newbies so stressed out that you'll drive them to MP3s. Newbies need simple answers, commensurate with their experience level. Buy a Rega table, screw in a Rega cartridge and play records. They have plenty of time to turn into us. Somehow we survived, listening to our Sansui receivers and JBL L-100s in bedrooms thick with pot smoke and spilled Boone's Farm. And we made it. Sometimes I'm amazed as well. Let the young have fun while they can. Be well.
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