Unlike audioasylum, which I'll get to later, which can be kinda crazy, but has some really intelligent people on it and the occasional post from a world-expert...or GeeK_ZonE, which is kind of a closed club where you enter at some peril...
diyaudio seems a safe place and a place where a lot of really practical people who like to make things like to hang out.
I don't know which forums came first, but the vast width and breadth and depth of diyaudio makes me suspect they must have been pretty close to the front of the line when God was handing out forum features...
I call it the Mother of Forums because it is so big, because it is generally a safe place to be, and because the tone is warm, kinda...furry. You know, like the rug-covered wooden "mother" that rather cruel psychologist/researcher (his name escapes me as I write this but it will come back to me overnight...or just as I'm about to go to sleep after having turned OFF the computer...)
, gave the monkey (chimp?) baby to cling to, to test his theory about emotional development requiring soft cuddling during the infant stage...On the other hand, as is the case in ANY forum, there are the usual irritating - but fairly occasional, not usually a mob - "experts" who have the last word. Who make BIG GENERALIZATIONS AS FINAL TRUTH:
As in: show me how an op amp can possibly hurt sound. Or: dipole speakers sound dead, lack focus.
Which is all nonsense. Later I'll list more silly over-generalizations. I have been guilty of making them myself, and I'm sure a few have crept into this blog...where I have gone overboard, I'll eventually notice and fix it. But I do stick to my guns about blinding tests (see Listen Up!).
But at diyaudio there's a real effort by members and moderators to...well, MODERATE...extreme views, big over-generalizations, by "soap-box" individuals.
So, this is a good forum for the beginner to join, or the expert to join who hadn't happened to find them yet.
You want to join, because unless you join, you can't see the attachments. Attachments are important!!!
But, remember (blast it, now the bolding is turned on again...arrrg), just because you joined, doesn't mean you need to post. REALLY. Read my article about joining forums without making a nuisance of yourself. diyaudio is so big...ahhh, that's the other reason I call it "the Mother of forums", it's kinda like those ancient fertility sculptures, the ones with ENORMOUS breasts and butts
....that you can probably find all the info you need by reading...reading...reading...without having to post a question that's already been answered, in depth, a long time ago (or the thread started, a long time ago).Now, if you have something valuable to add to an old thread....or, after studying the thread and googling your questions....you still have a question you'd like answered...by all means, add your question to the thread! I love it when somebody rejuvenates an old thread...it's like bringing something dead back to life. Now we've gone Egyptian!
Sometimes trying to rejuvenate an old thread doesn't work. Maybe it's so old it's archived. Maybe a newer thread has replaced it in the minds of the members, so your post gets ignored. This can happen. Don't get insulted, nobody means to snub you, they just didn't notice. If this happens, check for a newer thread. If no newer thread, then, hey, start a new one with your question.
Here's the link:
http://www.diyaudio.com/
Cheers!
Charlie
