Serious discussions are a lost memory.
I used to love this forum and over the years most of us have benefitted from a balanced collection of information from experienced, technical and non technical inmates. Alas, it has slowly but surely deteriorated into a bitch fest, seized by closed minded, know it all extremists ... the way of the world I fear.
I feel sorry for the hand full of genuine people doing their best to keep this sinking boat afloat but if the moderators do not step in and take charge soon I personally see TDIY's demise, or at least its fade into irrelevance.
This is a plea for sanity. I have come to know many good people who used to post regularly but refrain because they fear that their opinions and experiences will come under attack by the bullies who have taken over this forum.
The sad part is that there are elements of truth in what most have to say, yes even the extremists. But like governments around the world, being in opposition means opposing everything, even if they secretly believe in any aspect of a particular idea.
I have a technical background, BUT I'm the first to admit that I hear things I do not have the expertise or equipment to measure and I have damn good equipment and far reaching experience! I too used to think that anyone claiming to hear a difference between cables and certain components suffered from one or more of many conditions, the placebo effect being the kindest.
My skeptical nature ensures that I question my own senses because of my desire to understand EVERYTHING I observe from a technical standpoint. However, I've come to learn that there ARE differences that from a technical standpoint don't make a lot of sense. That doesn't mean I believe everything without question, I just don't go opening my mouth until I can back what I say with real world experience. I keep an open mind until I prove it for myself, over time and more often than not involving my audio friends whose ears I trust, using some form of blind testing where I can. Are some of these differences major? No, and I've also learned that many (but not all) differences are tonal in nature which can easily be addressed in other, perhaps technically better ways.
My designs start with a solid engineering practices to provide the foundation and yes, I Sim almost everything. Not because it's the be-all but because it's one of the best modern day tools available to achieve my design goals efficiently. When I'm finished with my design and prototype it the best way I can within reason I listen and make appropriate modifications, comparing everything from the building blocks I've used to the sound and synergy of components. It doesn't mean I build the best there is to build but I, like many here, know that the result is more often much better than mega dollar commercial equipment on offer and I have had significant direct experience with such components in my own system.
I know I'm not alone in my feelings or thinking, but I often wonder just how many inmates are sick of useless arguments that cannot be won by their very nature. There is more to audio than the sound of pieces of wire, LSES PSUs and caps. Perhaps if everyone that feels remotely the same backs me on this and chimes in here we can send a serious message to the moderators and TAKE BACK OUR FORUM. OK, forgetting that last rant, get this forum back under control ... broad based and balanced PLEASE ... sigh!
Naz
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Topic - What's happened to TDIY? - Naz 20:28:20 01/28/15 (183)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - grindstone 22:55:28 01/31/15 (0)
- The final word on everything. - op48no1 17:17:28 01/31/15 (5)
- It's a mess, but not a conundrum... - Triode_Kingdom 23:36:59 01/31/15 (4)
- RE: It's a mess, but not a conundrum... - David Smith 08:12:43 02/01/15 (3)
- RE: It's a mess, but not a conundrum... - Triode_Kingdom 08:55:57 02/01/15 (2)
- RE: It's a mess, but not a conundrum... - Stephen R 12:07:07 02/01/15 (0)
- RE: It's a mess, but not a conundrum... - David Smith 10:30:39 02/01/15 (0)
- This answers are here ... - Naz 20:33:00 01/30/15 (1)
- RE: This answers are here ... - op48no1 07:08:47 01/31/15 (0)
- OK, I'll post to threads where I'm asked or where ... - kyle 19:13:51 01/30/15 (0)
- Agreed, totally - Cpwill 16:47:11 01/30/15 (1)
- Excellent post! - kyle 18:36:05 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - The Bored 12:53:38 01/30/15 (0)
- Some have missed part.... - wheezer 16:33:42 01/29/15 (51)
- Nonsense - Triode_Kingdom 08:45:44 01/30/15 (20)
- Beg to disagree.... - wheezer 13:16:41 01/30/15 (19)
- What you described - GEO 08:17:21 01/31/15 (3)
- Wheezer's a good guy... - op48no1 08:43:24 01/31/15 (2)
- RE: Wheezer's a good guy... - GEO 10:37:42 01/31/15 (1)
- I try to keep an open mind... - op48no1 13:23:51 01/31/15 (0)
- Swapping parts? Learning? - gusser 13:49:27 01/30/15 (12)
- RE: Swapping parts? Learning? - wheezer 16:31:22 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: Perfect time for me to jump in here:) - Russ57 15:30:45 01/30/15 (7)
- Thanks for letting me know am not the only guy who take apart the vacuum cleaner when it breaks(smile)-nT - Cleantimestream 06:36:25 01/31/15 (0)
- That explains something. - gusser 15:51:37 01/30/15 (5)
- RE: Me thinks you sell my friend a little short - Russ57 17:02:01 01/30/15 (4)
- RE: Me thinks you sell my little friend short - Triode_Kingdom 22:26:48 01/31/15 (0)
- RE: Me thinks you sell my friend a little short - gusser 17:25:22 01/30/15 (2)
- RE: Me thinks you sell my friend a little short - kyle 18:51:00 01/30/15 (1)
- RE: Me thinks you sell my friend a little short - gusser 07:34:01 01/31/15 (0)
- Marsh and Jung - unclestu 14:05:37 01/30/15 (2)
- RE: Marsh and Jung and F-Dyne - wheezer 14:12:30 01/30/15 (0)
- Where did I state caps don't sound different? - gusser 14:08:53 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: Beg to disagree.... - Steve O 13:36:11 01/30/15 (1)
- RE: Beg to disagree.... - wheezer 14:03:56 01/30/15 (0)
- Several comments: - gusser 08:29:39 01/30/15 (27)
- RE: Several comments: - Mr_Steady 16:55:21 01/30/15 (4)
- Your are twisting things around! - gusser 17:09:49 01/30/15 (3)
- RE: Your are twisting things around! - Mr_Steady 18:03:29 01/30/15 (2)
- RE: Your are twisting things around! - GEO 10:50:07 01/31/15 (1)
- RE: Your are twisting things around! - Mr_Steady 17:57:36 01/31/15 (0)
- RE: Several comments: - Lew 09:04:32 01/30/15 (21)
- Not exactly as I know it! - gusser 12:43:39 01/30/15 (20)
- Again you... - wheezer 13:29:08 01/30/15 (19)
- RE: Again you... - gusser 13:37:35 01/30/15 (18)
- Oh my... - wheezer 14:17:48 01/30/15 (17)
- These are not MY calculations! - gusser 15:41:23 01/30/15 (1)
- RE: These are not MY calculations! - wheezer 16:50:47 01/30/15 (0)
- This forum is called Do It Yourself - GEO 14:59:11 01/30/15 (14)
- RE: This forum is called Do It Yourself - wheezer 15:44:55 01/30/15 (13)
- RE: This forum is called Do It Yourself - GEO 10:40:36 01/31/15 (12)
- RE: This forum is called Do It Yourself - tube wrangler 15:43:04 01/31/15 (11)
- If only that were true... - Triode_Kingdom 16:37:05 01/31/15 (0)
- Oh my god... - op48no1 15:56:27 01/31/15 (9)
- RE: It against the law - deafbykhorns 14:01:00 02/01/15 (0)
- RE: Oh my god... - tube wrangler 16:26:55 01/31/15 (7)
- RE: Oh my god... - op48no1 16:48:02 01/31/15 (6)
- RE: Oh my god... - tube wrangler 22:17:10 01/31/15 (2)
- RE: Oh my god... - op48no1 22:21:46 01/31/15 (1)
- Too funny! - Triode_Kingdom 22:53:47 01/31/15 (0)
- RE: Oh my god... - Garg0yle 17:02:25 01/31/15 (2)
- RE: Oh my god... - GEO 06:28:30 02/01/15 (0)
- Nice... - op48no1 17:06:47 01/31/15 (0)
- +1 nt - Stephen R 07:46:24 01/30/15 (0)
- +1 (nt) - SteveBrown 07:39:40 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: That part that bothers me more... - Russ57 15:52:14 01/29/15 (4)
- RE: That part that bothers me more... - op48no1 18:30:44 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: That part that bothers me more... - PakProtector 17:41:24 01/29/15 (2)
- RE: That part that bothers me more... - rage 07:34:11 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: That part that bothers me more... - RC Daniel 19:31:52 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? ... nothing - deathtube 667 12:49:54 01/29/15 (2)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? ... nothing - rage 13:35:30 01/29/15 (1)
- RE: a new amp? - deathtube 667 15:51:54 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - op48no1 11:51:02 01/29/15 (65)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - Cleantimestream 09:16:55 01/30/15 (1)
- Yeah... - op48no1 16:43:23 01/31/15 (0)
- Thanks for posting Henry... - dee eye why 14:48:17 01/29/15 (1)
- RE: Thanks for posting Henry... - op48no1 18:34:41 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - Garg0yle 12:10:03 01/29/15 (1)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - op48no1 12:18:42 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - kyle 12:08:29 01/29/15 (58)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - op48no1 12:15:54 01/29/15 (57)
- obsession(s) with tiny differenences... - Jim Dowdy 13:31:29 01/29/15 (56)
- RE: obsession(s) with tiny differenences... - drlowmu 12:06:28 01/31/15 (1)
- RE: obsession(s) with tiny differenences... - op48no1 15:52:27 01/31/15 (0)
- RE: obsession(s) with tiny differenences... - dee eye why 14:50:06 01/29/15 (3)
- life changing schematics - Jim Dowdy 14:57:00 01/29/15 (2)
- RE: life changing schematics - kyle 16:29:19 01/29/15 (1)
- fixing a hole - Jim Dowdy 16:47:14 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: obsession(s) with tiny differenences... - op48no1 13:45:38 01/29/15 (7)
- resignation - Jim Dowdy 13:50:01 01/29/15 (6)
- RE: resignation - op48no1 14:09:27 01/29/15 (5)
- 'the things I have to say aren't necessarily simple or easy to understand' - Jim Dowdy 14:18:14 01/29/15 (4)
- RE: 'the things I have to say aren't necessarily simple or easy to understand' - op48no1 15:37:29 01/29/15 (3)
- indeed - Jim Dowdy 15:52:01 01/29/15 (2)
- +1 - drlowmu 12:11:47 01/31/15 (0)
- RE: indeed - op48no1 16:07:35 01/29/15 (0)
- No they don't! - gusser 13:42:07 01/29/15 (41)
- OK - but, where are your schematics? (nt) - Jim Dowdy 13:52:54 01/29/15 (40)
- Here's a start: - gusser 14:13:28 01/29/15 (39)
- It is indeed a start... - Jim Dowdy 14:33:59 01/29/15 (38)
- To answer your edited post: - gusser 15:09:10 01/29/15 (28)
- RE: To answer your edited post: - GEO 15:42:28 01/29/15 (0)
- what kind of question is that? - Jim Dowdy 15:37:14 01/29/15 (26)
- What's the point? - gusser 15:46:27 01/29/15 (24)
- the point - Jim Dowdy 15:53:46 01/29/15 (23)
- Why do I need to try it? - gusser 16:02:45 01/29/15 (22)
- no expectations - Jim Dowdy 16:20:01 01/29/15 (21)
- Have you listened - David Smith 17:16:12 01/29/15 (12)
- I have listened... - Jim Dowdy 17:19:49 01/29/15 (11)
- RE: I have listened... - David Smith 17:37:53 01/29/15 (10)
- should everyone have the same preference? - Jim Dowdy 18:09:15 01/29/15 (9)
- This is BS! - gusser 16:28:31 01/29/15 (3)
- polite BS/sarcasm - Jim Dowdy 16:40:47 01/29/15 (2)
- Is that the best you can do? - gusser 18:32:28 01/29/15 (1)
- my multiple insecurities quake at your machismo - Jim Dowdy 18:53:36 01/29/15 (0)
- MV - GEO 16:24:50 01/29/15 (3)
- OTS - Jim Dowdy 16:36:52 01/29/15 (2)
- RE: OTS - GEO 16:41:59 01/29/15 (1)
- Crazy Eddie - Jim Dowdy 16:58:48 01/29/15 (0)
- Why? - GEO 15:43:05 01/29/15 (0)
- How it sounds? - gusser 15:02:00 01/29/15 (0)
- Time for a sub forum - GEO 14:51:12 01/29/15 (7)
- WTF?!?!?!? - Jim Dowdy 15:10:31 01/29/15 (6)
- RE: WTF?!?!?!? - kyle 16:46:43 01/29/15 (1)
- was it not as it was in the old days? - Jim Dowdy 18:01:07 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: WTF?!?!?!? - GEO 15:40:17 01/29/15 (3)
- Want to see a modern power supply? Buy an Iphone! (nt) - gusser 15:53:02 01/29/15 (0)
- thanks for your post - Jim Dowdy 15:48:27 01/29/15 (1)
- RE: thanks for your post - GEO 16:27:20 01/29/15 (0)
- Very reasonable but ... - Stephen R 10:48:14 01/29/15 (0)
- We have a Tweaks forum! - gusser 08:14:09 01/29/15 (26)
- RE: We have a Tweaks forum! - Caucasian Blackplate 09:30:11 01/29/15 (0)
- How about this: - gusser 08:55:36 01/29/15 (11)
- It won't. - Stephen R 10:52:26 01/29/15 (5)
- RE:The only thing you can say for sure about science is.... - Russ57 22:57:19 01/29/15 (0)
- How about the silver thread below. - gusser 11:32:12 01/29/15 (3)
- RE: How about the silver thread below. - Stephen R 11:47:06 01/29/15 (2)
- FYI, "Edit Your Post" is NOT the same as deleting it... - Steve O 12:15:26 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: How about the silver thread below. - Garg0yle 11:59:00 01/29/15 (0)
- +1 (nt) - Tre' 10:19:19 01/29/15 (0)
- I like it - JoshK 10:12:58 01/29/15 (1)
- "TTDIY" Even better. - Tre' 10:22:13 01/29/15 (0)
- cable asylum is nasty lately. (nt) - bouncy ball 09:27:39 01/29/15 (1)
- There IS justice (nt) - Steve O 15:26:31 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: We have a Tweaks forum! - Al Noakes 08:23:01 01/29/15 (12)
- It is kind of hilarious - Chip647 08:33:49 01/29/15 (11)
- RE: It is kind of hilarious - Al Noakes 09:51:23 01/29/15 (0)
- Nobody competent here ever argued against low DCR! - gusser 08:39:36 01/29/15 (9)
- Listen Up....GENTS - drlowmu 10:17:49 01/30/15 (6)
- RE: Listen Up....GENTS - LinuxGuru 03:21:12 01/31/15 (0)
- RE: Listen Up....GENTS - Al Noakes 02:27:23 01/31/15 (2)
- RE: Listen Up....GENTS - drlowmu 12:14:31 01/31/15 (1)
- I say what I think... - op48no1 13:26:02 01/31/15 (0)
- RE: Listen Up....GENTS - op48no1 17:25:29 01/30/15 (0)
- Gents - GEO 15:04:32 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: Nobody competent here ever argued against low DCR! - Eli Duttman 14:30:52 01/29/15 (0)
- +1 (nt) - Triode_Kingdom 13:02:45 01/29/15 (0)
- all forum has a life span, - bouncy ball 06:50:33 01/29/15 (0)
- Amen! Excellent post. nt - Salectric 06:24:16 01/29/15 (0)
- my personal guidelines - RayP 05:56:39 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - sony6060 05:17:58 01/29/15 (1)
- "AA moderators are seriously more professional" Absolutely! nt - Triode_Kingdom 05:34:35 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - Al Noakes 05:04:30 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - Johno 00:48:03 01/29/15 (0)
- Well said. - Paul Joppa 23:41:15 01/28/15 (1)
- "we will create trolls if we have to"... - Steve O 05:49:25 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - Garg0yle 21:49:25 01/28/15 (2)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - Stephen R 11:33:19 01/29/15 (1)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - Garg0yle 11:41:49 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: What's happened to TDIY? - DAK 21:04:44 01/28/15 (0)
- I just had cataract surgery which improved my eyesight considerably - Jay Buridan 20:47:42 01/28/15 (2)
- RE: I just had cataract surgery which improved my eyesight considerably - drlowmu 22:06:27 01/28/15 (1)
- Rincoln? - Jay Buridan 08:30:05 01/29/15 (0)