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2022 is almost here. Why are you here?

So why are you here?

No why are you on this forum?

Is it to discuss music?

Is it to discuss equipment and how to optimize your system?

Is it to meet new people and share ideas and well yes opinions?

I know those are the reasons I came to this forum. My favorite section is “What’s on your turntable tonight”. I also enjoy sharing my experiences in audio and well life so far.

Things I do not care for but come in an ecosystem like this are:

Posts that get hijacked.

People who politicize a post and everything is a right wing, or an alt left conspiracy.

Dealers that post to hawk their wares and services.

Boisterous bloviating blowhards’ that everything they do, own, and think is the best and you are schitt.

Personal attacks (I am guilty and will admit it)

I am right and you can not prove me wrong, so I am right. Tweaks are BS show me the DATA. Condemnation of a tweak or performance upgrade formulated on opinion, not science or trial and error.

There are a few only a few that are here just to be disrupters that pounce on posts by certain individuals looking for the opportunity to make them look the fool or extremist. So, it all goes back to the original question.

Why are you here?

I despise New Years resolutions and I am not going to make one here for 2022. I will say that if a post gets flushed down the political crapper I will move on. If the zoomer’s (thanks nonoise for that phrase) hit the thread, then the thread is dead to me. 

My goal in 2022 is to avoid conflict unless it is on the ice.

Love to hear form you all and Happy New Year!

 

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@tomic601 

Nice to be missed.  I had to go cold turkey on the vinyl, so it didn’t make sense to hang around the source.  But maybe it’s safe to go back. I always am looking for more inspiration for music.

 

F4 pilot?  I’m not THAT old. They were phasing them out when I joined in ‘86.  I was an 8075, which became a 14N3.  Transferred over to 16F4 (Defense Attaché) and got to spend lots of quality time in Africa (hence the headphone stands…). Didn’t get to blow up too much stuff, but did get to fly around a lot courtesy of the Air Force…42 countries. 
 

Happy New Year, and good riddance to 2021. 

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@16f4 Got it ! My office in St Louis overlooked the flight ramp and the doors where every F4 and F15 rolled out of ;-) Bada$$ big iron for sure, Thank you for your service and sacrifice to our imperfect but already great country - it is appreciated. A great 2022 my wish for you.

Jim

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@16f4 Got it ! My office in St Louis overlooked the flight ramp and the doors where every F4 and F15 rolled out of ;-) Bada$$ big iron for sure, Thank you for your service and sacrifice to our imperfect but already great country - it is appreciated. A great 2022 my wish for you.

Jim

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To be honest, if I didn't get a Weekly Recap email on Fridays I wouldn't be here at all. Since I don't even have to log in, it makes it easy to click on a link with a curious title, so here I am. Occasionally it's to offer feedback, but sometimes it's to marvel at some of the myths that still remain or have expanded almost 40 years after I started my audiophile journey, and be awed by the amount of money people spend waste on them.

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