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Suggested NEW CATEGORIES

Yesterday I emailed Audiogon that they create 2 new listings in their audio categories: "VINTAGE" & "TABLE RADIOS"

Many of us have, desire, or admire VINTAGE (for me that's pre-1980) audio gear. Much of these items are sold on (ahem) eBay...when they would do better, I believe, at Audiogon. How say ye?

Likewise, there are literally 10's of thousands of various TABLE RADIOS from the 1920's through the 1960's...georgeous to look at, warm and rich sounding (not all, mindyou), and can make a pointed addition to your home's decor. ADDISON radios, made in Toronto, are multi-coloured beauties which can fetch thousands of dollars. Adding such a category would also serve to "cross-pollinate" many collectors in the general populace with the audiophile community...a good thing...do you agree?

Audiogon has replied that they "will consider" such a suggestion. Any support from the members can only HELP!
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zaikesman
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Yea on the Phono Stage section idea - this has also occurred to me while trying to browse. Here's another: Headphones & Headphone Amps.

An similar proposal that I e-mailed to A-Gon a while ago: Leave Forum topics on the New Today page until they fail to generate further responses for 24 hours. Put another way, topic titles would remain up on the New Today page without time limit while they're active, being removed only by attrition when activity ceases, rather than getting arbitrarily shuffled off to the Archives after a couple of days. (You may have noticed that many topic titles suddenly stop generating responses when they drop from the front page, and if the topic is timely, another essentially "duplicate" post may appear.) A-Gon said they would consider it, but were concerned about the New Today page becoming too long. Now, with the Wanted listings removed from the page, maybe my idea could be tried out. Whatta ya'll think?
zaikesman
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I want to second the motion for a section for formal member reviews of equipment. The idea for an outline of criteria would be an excellent way to keep the content worthwhile. I too would trust such a section here at A-Gon above similar offerings on other websites, and I have a feeling the reviews would be much more in-depth. However, to promote well-written and at-length articles, the section would have to feature a way for the author to continue writing and editing their post in more than one web session, over maybe a few days, before submitting it as complete.

Here's another need waiting to be filled in the For Sale catagories: Digital Interconnects. This could be either under Cables or Digital, but right now you have to sift through all the regular IC's, a real pain in the keister. Also, maybe the call for a Tubes section could be expanded in concept to create a Parts catagory that could include other things such as drivers, pots and switchgear, circuit parts, jacks, etc.
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