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- From: jj@alice.att.com (jj, curmudgeon and all-around grouch)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: the rest of us: Blind leading blind?
- Message-ID: <24215@alice.att.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 16:34:49 GMT
- Article-I.D.: alice.24215
- References: <9044@arccs1.fed.FRB.GOV>
- Reply-To: jj@alice.UUCP (jj, curmudgeon and all-around grouch)
- Organization: NJ State Home for Bewildered Terminals
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- In article <9044@arccs1.fed.FRB.GOV> m1mlr00@fed.frb.gov (Mark L Rodini) writes:
-
- > Thus, the problem with a separate newsgroup for the "poor" is that
- >it is unlikely to attract the very people for which most people read
- >this newsgroup: those people knowledgeable enough to give sound advice
- >(no pun intended).
-
- I sincerely doubt this. Most of the "audiophiles" won't listen
- to "low-quality" equipment, even in their autos or on the
- beach, so I don't think you'll get any advice from those who
- claim to be "audiophiles" in the low end market. (And, personally,
- I often doubt "audiophile" advice is "sound advice")
-
- Most of the people who are up on the technology are more likely
- to read the group, I think, and you WILL be able to amass a
- group experience on issues like reliability and such, much more
- easily that you can here, where you CAN get good advice, but you
- also may get flamed by the "you tin-eared idiot" crowd, and where
- the memory of the group's long-time participants seems to be less
- than 4 months.
-
- I think a separate group is a wonderful idea, even though I
- wouldn't usually need such advice.
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