Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ?

Almarg may he rest in peace.

I'm getting a little PTSD reading this thread from the time when I was in the barrel a long time ago. I, too, miss Almarg. 

All the best,
Nonoise

When I started posting on here, there weren’t a lot of us and the amount of activity was significantly less. However, I was a bit more curious than I am now. DAC’s were relatively new back then and streamers were still unheard of. SACD/CD players and iPods were what most folks used for digital playback. So Audiogon was like a new frontier in many respects. Even mono cartridges were an arcane topic back then. Anyway, its not that Audiogon members are now less knowledgeable or interesting but much of what gets discussed here seems to be recycled material. Its the same old stuff, just worded differently. Hopefully someone will invent a new type of digital component or a new tweak and then we’ll all have something new to learn about. 

@goofyfoot You have to understand that most of the subscribers here have nothing else to do. There are countless available sources online that are more accurate without the lore and conjecture if people want to seek it out. All you need is a keyword but for many this is the only companionship they have. Hence the redundancy and this kind of banter.

With A.I. anybody can have all the specs numbers, recommendations and opinions summed up in one place...

 I just asked GROK  to explain to me how to use optimally the sextett K240 headphone with my new incoming dac with my headphone amplifier for my secondary system...( i already knew how and why but i was curious and GROK explained to me all the equations at play and why )

What no one will have just reading GROK  is the fun experiments we must do with acoustics... Ask GROK what it is then trust your ears and have the best fun of your life (Helmholtz resonators,absorption-diffusion-reflective devices balance,ASW/LV ratio parameters, comb filters,cross-feed,cross-talk use etc)

Or with unusual "tweaks"  which can improve low cost system...(Schumann generators,ionization,minerals use etc)

 i am here to talk with people  and i read and participate in the jazz and classical questions and other threads indirectly linked to audio, i even created some myself, not for just to gain mere information  for an upgrade i  may & must learn elsewhere anyway by myself... Those newcomers who search for a specific information can ask here but they must know that there is many people here who know each other for many years...

I learned how to do room/system installation  for myself with acoustics..

I advice people to read about acoustics before upgrading if their system is already synergical and minimally good...

Purchasing race is a plague ... Learning is a cure...