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I think pfm's off-topic section is the best of any forum by a country mile, even though I'm not into the heavily political nature of it, which Tony has nurtured and managed extremely well, over a long period of time, largely because he himself is very passionate about the subject.
That ably demonstrates what I've been saying all along, which is that you only get out of something what you put into it, and the success of the off-topic section there is largely down to him, how he's developed it all, and the quality of debate from members discussions have attracted.
It's not just the political bits that warrant recognition, however; the photography section is of an extremely high standard, and a credit to the forum.
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Honestly, as a whole, I think it’s a bunch of clueless idiots pontificating badly informed bollocks to each other; if I were Tony I would axe the whole thing.
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Lol - well, we'll probably have to disagree on that one. Besides how would you know that they're "clueless idiots" if you abhor that section of the forum (thus presumably ignore it)?
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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As I write this the top ten topics on PFM "Off Topic" are:
"Serving Linguini, what do you use"
"Chris Packham - Aspergers and me"
"Police cleared over following moped"
"Tesco going bust"
"OSX alert"
"Oxford student Lavinia Woodward spared jail over knife attack"
"Combi boiler"
"Blue planet 2 electric boogaloo"
"Horrific fire in London 2"
"The end of police community support officers"
Hardly narrow in their scope, these topics, and debate is often surprisingly well informed IMHO - posters with expertise in the field discussed often contributing, to a level at least as well informed as the audio posts. Posters on there are also very good at embedding useful or enervating links, whether to the Daily Mash, or the FT or twitter or whatever - I see stuff I would otherwise miss.
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