Adding a “safe haven” forum for discussion of tweaks?


I think we can all agree that threads about tweaks like fuses, stones, mats, power conditioners etc. stir up all kinds of controversy, conflict and ill will.

 

Short of banning discussion of these controversial topics, is there another solution to this problem?

 

I got this idea from teo_audio’s comments about a solution implemented at Canuck audio on another thread:

 

“Canuck audio tames it by having a cable and tweak area for threads. Where any counter to the idea that such things are functional (in attempt or in analysis), is not tolerated.

 

Meaning.. threads where people discuss tweaks, or mods or cables and so on, if a naysayer posts there, and interrupts the discussion, in any way, they get their posts deleted. And...if the given naysayer can’t hold their tongue, after said deletion-ish warnings..... they will, rapidly, via any repeats in behavior, find themselves banned from the forum. They have to grow up, or get lost.”

 

You may not like parts of his description, but I think the idea has real merit.

 

I propose a new “safe haven” sub-forum, with some special rules, for the discussion of tweaks. These rules would ONLY apply to this specific sub-forum, the current rules would continue as they are in all other areas.

 

The special rules would be along these lines:

 

Posts that categorically deny the possibility of tweaks having any effect or value are not allowed.

 

Posts proclaiming tweaks to be “scams” “cons” etc. are not allowed.

 

Posts that directly state, or imply, that another poster is lying, are not allowed.

 

Posts that make absolute negative statements like “Science proves it can’t work.” are not allowed.

 

Posts demanding measurements, controlled listening tests etc. are not allowed.

 

Posts that express skepticism (without making absolute negative statements), ask tough questions, or request more information are welcome.

 

Of course, some who hold the above opinions may object, but they would still be able to express those opinions in all other parts of the forum, just like they always have.

 

What do you think?

tommylion

After reading this.. Girly men.

 

I'm sure women are tougher now..

The wife is down in the south 20 plowing. 

I'm at home baking bread. :-) No apron though.

 

Regards

This sense of community bring tear of connected to my eye so I write poem-

 

I am a sheik that like to tweak

i know how put the maple under my table

to cut out the vibration that give me the sensation

that music sound real like I can touch her heel

dancing in the club dancing in my house

you think i meek just remember i the sheik dancing high up in the sky

You think my boys got wings no those call springs

i got the stage and my gear all the rage

Up all night on trapeze with wife taking flight

i not have time to fight.

Listen in Peace.

This proposition about "tweaks" "safe haven" reflect one of the reason why i called my homemade "tweaks", instead of the word "tweaks":

«audio system three embeddings set of controls»...

Because my homemade "tweaks" suggested to me a method of listenings experiments...

We may segregate tweaks or bashing them, one by one, we cannot segregate a method...We dont need a safe haven for a method but to argue rationally about it...

Tweaks are not a method,but debatable more or less "useful" devices...They are perceived erroneously like secondary additions because they are counted separately of each others...No method...

A method must adress all the thee working dimensions of an audio system...Mechanical,electrical and acoustical...It is not a secondary addition... A method is the primary factor for ANY gear at ANY price...

 

It is difficult to contradict this method...It is easy to verify but it takes time for the listening experiments...People throw more easily money than their own precious time...I am retired....😁😊

We could oppose to the relative efficiency of some specific "devices" i suggested in my thread but not to my method and his conclusion:

Dont upgrade it ever, BEFORE trying to rightfully embed your piece of gear...

 

 

I will also try poetry to convey my feeling:

 

My gear and my body are one,

And the music i have seen,

comes from my heart/room alone

Dont try to part the milk from the cream

 

 

 

«Your poetry is so much better than your prose that perhaps your prose is only bad poetry»-Groucho Marx 🤓

All the sounds a stage, and we are record players.

No, wait.

Check out Hi-Fi George, he knows all the scourge.

Sorry. Sorry.

mahgister my friend you are astute. Why don't we get together and call ourselves an institute?