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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!

 

jerryg123

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In no particular order:

 

Solving "good problems."  I define "good problems" as problems we face as a result of our freedom, affluence, or connections with decent people.  Having to choose which phono cartridge to upgrade, as an example, in my world is a good problem to have.  Another attribute of "good problems" is that the penalties for bad decisions are not severe.  Dinging your credit card a bit when expectations were not met by a recent purchase is survivable. The penalties for some other decisions are not.  I'm grateful to have "good problems" to deal with.

 

Being proven wrong.  It means I learned something that day.

 

Staying connected/relevant.  Keeping current on what's "real" in the world of high performance audio is rewarding on intellectual and emotional levels.  On rare occasions I have the opportunity to submit something that might actually be helpful to others.

 

You guys/gals.  Having frequent contact with high IQ individuals with excellent command of vocabularies whose "antennas" are just a bit more sensitive that most may not make me smarter.  It just feels that way sometimes.

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