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  1. #121
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    Quote Originally Posted by hifi_dave View Post
    I used Photobucket because someone mentioned it to me. It was free and I could work it so that was good enough. The only pics I have on there are all Hi-Fi, so not important and some are still on my computer.
    Same here. Although my photobucket pics are still working at the moment, I stopped using it a while ago due to all the ads making it too slow.
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  2. #122
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    Default Photobucket.

    Personally I used Photobucket because it was easy and I didn't find Imageshack to be more intuitive. Marco, hindsight is a powerful tool, but if it had been Imageshack that had done this (and who's to say they won't if it's a success for Photobucket) then the shoe could easily have been on the other foot.

    I don't think anybody has their pictures only on Photobucket and anyway, the pictures can still be accessed on Photobucket even now. It's the third party hosting links that have been broken. Even if one moves all those pictures over to Imageshack the links to them will all have to be generated and inserted into past threads and posts. If you've only got a handful of pics to do that for then it's not an issue, but I've got literally hundreds of audio related images.

    I don't see any 'fanboy' enthusiasm for Photobucket, I certainly don't have any, it was riddled with irritating adverts (as free sites always are). I wouldn't feel too smug though Marco, it's your forum that is going to have hundreds of broken image links. In many cases this will make the accompanying threads pretty pointless.
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  3. #123
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    It's nothing to do with 'smugness', Mark - nothing could be further from my mind, as I know full well the problems what PB have done has caused.

    It's rather that I'm curious why most folks seem to have initially flocked to Photobucket, as opposed to many of the other image-hosting sites available. Imageshack used to be free, then about a year and a half ago they introduced a charge (something paltry like $70 a year), which I thought was fair enough for the amount of images I post on forums, so simply paid it without a fuss.

    Therefore, as a paying user, my images will remain safe from deletion. Just because something is free, doesn't automatically mean that I'm predisposed to using it over something that I have to pay a small charge for. I'm not a tight-wad, lol.

    I chose Imageshack, over PB, simply because I personally found it easier to use, and continue to use it to this day with no issues whatsoever

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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

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    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

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  4. #124
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    It's nothing to do with 'smugness', Mark - nothing could be further from my mind, as I know full well the problems what PB have done has caused.

    It's rather that I'm curious why most folks seem to have initially flocked to Photobucket, as opposed to many of the other image-hosting sites available. Imageshack used to be free, then about a year and a half ago they introduced a charge (something paltry like $70 a year), which I thought was fair enough for the amount of images I post on forums, so simply paid it without a fuss.

    Therefore, as a paying user, my images will remain safe from deletion. Just because something is free, doesn't automatically mean that I'm predisposed to using it over something that I have to pay a small charge for. I'm not a tight-wad, lol. I chose Imageshack, over PB, simply because I personally found it easier to use, and continue to use it to this day with no issues whatsoever

    Marco.
    Somehow my deal is about $20 a year. Wouldnt pay 70 for it. Ot sure how i got it so cheap...maybe as i was always a paying member? I paid as it was much quicker and no ads etc.
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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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  5. #125
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    No worries. TBH, I can't remember exactly how much it was. I'd have to check. However, it was sufficiently minimal not to make me bother about paying it.

    £20-50, or so a year, in the grand scheme of things, is shit all, and more hassle than it's worth to switch to something that's free, which I might well not like or find a ball-ache to use!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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  6. #126
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    $70 a year just to use a tiny bit of space on someone's server? Forget about it. Show me a few ads, that's fine by me. But if you don't think your making enough from that then tough luck because I'm not paying 70 dollar. Outrageous. It's worth at best five clams a year. That's my limit.
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  7. #127
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    of course 20 bucks now isabout 20 sovs. used to be near 14... so price has gone up in real ters due to brexit... Bassa's it may get stopped soon if i get sick of life not got much going for it at moment lol

    as I said there are free options and there is tapatalk if you use mobile devices which these days most do. Google photos as well as imagur, flikr, cube, tinypic as well for a few.. No need to pay if your happy with slowness and ads, which is ok if you use it rarely. Martin and I for instance didnt use photobucket much, and our pics were still in place. I removed mine myself because I didnt agree with them giving no notice. that was ransomware imho
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  8. #128
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    I've just checked my invoices, and the actual annual fee is $37.99, which for me is hee-haw, especially as I'm used to Imageshack and find it easy to use.

    I'll be fucked if I can be arsed changing over to a free service, which I might find fiddly to use, simply to save £29!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


  9. #129
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    Still way too much.
    Current Lash Up:

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  10. #130
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    Lol - but you're a bit of a tight-wad!

    I often spend more than that on wine for the weekend! I'm more than happy to spend that amount, annually, for image hosting. Life's too short, and it's one less thing to worry about, sticking with something I know and like

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


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