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southall-1998_mk2
24-04-2020, 19:22
Admin, if this post is not appropriate, then please delete it.
The forum is called - HiFi Hangout. It's run by Andrew, also know as username ''Westie'' & ''Cartman'' Some of you will know him.
S.
https://hifihangout.freeforums.net/
What happened to, was it 'Audio Addicts', run by Ollie (Bigman80), and which I believe was owned by Andrew? Is this new place just a rehashed version of that? The layout looks identical:scratch:
I don't look much at other forums (simply don't have the time), so some 'history' is required here.
Marco.
southall-1998_mk2
24-04-2020, 20:29
What happened to, was it 'Audio Addicts', run by Ollie (Bigman80), and which I believe was owned by Andrew? Is this new place just a rehashed version of that? The layout looks identical:scratch:
I don't look much at other forums (simply don't have the time), so some 'history' is required here.
Marco.
I think Ollie is still running Audio Addcits. I'm not entirely sure though, I left Audio Addicts a few months ago.
Andrew started Hifi Hangout a few days ago. Only joined yesterday.
S.
Ok, thanks for the clarification. Have Andrew and Ollie split up then?
Good luck to Andrew in his new venture, but I'm afraid the reality is that there are already WAY too many forums and not enough folk to actively populate them, and so keep them going in the long term - and in that respect I mean like pfm, Wigwam and here, which have all been going for many, many years.
Plus the folks there are, who are into hi-fi sufficiently enough to want to post on forums about it, are currently members of all the existing ones, subsequently diluting the potential audience even further!:doh:;)
Anyway, as I said, good luck with it:)
Marco.
Whilst it might be refreshing to have a forum dedicated solely to 'Hifi', free from threads on cars, coffee, watches, holiday snaps etc., to eschew posts on DIY and "bodges" is rather akin to throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Where is all the fun to be had with chopping and changing interconnects or tube rolling?
We will have to see how the forum develops - but at the moment it looks quite dull and uninteresting.
Barry (who never fell for all the Linn LP12 hype, and thinks the Linn Kans to be horrid little "squark boxes". :sofa:)
Might take off as after the plague, if there is an after, money may be tight, so diy might take off again like olden times when men were men and sheep were afraid
southall-1998_mk2
24-04-2020, 21:02
Ok, thanks for the clarification. Have Andrew and Ollie split up then?
Good luck to Andrew in his new venture, but I'm afraid the reality is that there are already WAY too many forums and not enough folk to actively populate them and keep them going in the long term - and in that respect I mean like pfm, Wigwam and here, which have all been going for many, many years.
Plus the folks that there are, who are into hi-fi sufficiently to want to post on forums about it, are currently members of all the existing ones, thus which dilutes the potential audience even further!:doh:;)
Anyway, as I said, good luck with it:)
Marco.
I have no idea, Marco.
Fully understood what you typed. Makes sense.
S.
Light Dependant Resistor
24-04-2020, 21:24
Whilst it might be refreshing to have a forum dedicated solely to 'Hifi', free from threads on cars, coffee, watches, holiday snaps etc., to eschew posts on DIY and "bodges" is rather akin to throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Where is all the fun to be had with chopping and changing interconnects or tube rolling?
We will have to see how the forum develops - but at the moment it looks quite dull and uninteresting.
Barry (who never fell for all the Linn LP12 hype, and thinks the Linn Kans to be horrid little "squark boxes". :sofa:)
Yes,it's wording is to exclude , rather than include..... not a good foundation, like those contributing MUST meet a certain standard... not good at all, to see anyone excluded,
Forums using those tactics, will just fade away.
southall-1998_mk2
24-04-2020, 21:28
Some people will accept the site at face value. Or simply don't join, and walk away.
S.
Yes,it's wording is to exclude , rather than include..... not a good foundation, like those contributing MUST meet a certain standard... not good at all, to see anyone excluded,
Forums using those tactics, will just fade away.
Oh dear, and indeed so. I didn't even get as far as reading the site's 'official description'.... Why not just create a blog, and allow comments on topics from registered users? For me, that would be a much more viable concept.
Marco.
hifinutt
27-04-2020, 16:15
wish them all the best , not quite sure not having computer audio or streaming is all about , so many are moving to that medium that i would have thought it rather limiting
crimsondonkey
05-05-2020, 13:37
I'm afraid that any place that openly welcomes Rudi and his brand of hate, trolling and racism should not a place that deserves your attention.
Aw gawd, is he letting in that disgrace to humanity?:doh:
Marco.
AJSki2fly
05-05-2020, 15:26
Aw gawd, is he letting in that disgrace to humanity?:doh:
Marco.
Just took a look and he's pi**ing all over it all ready.:rolleyes:
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2020, 16:29
Just had a poke round this "Hifi Hingoot" forum, as I was curious as to why this Rudi guy was getting such glowing references... saw one thread where he admits to having almost zero interest in music, but there seemed to be plenty of posts detailing how much money he makes. Shame about the lack of interest in music, apart from that he sounds like an absolute delight :)
Oh, he's positively lovely... You do know that rat bag is the one responsible for this: https://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?65628-Stalked-and-harassed-by-Graham-Peck-A-K-A-Rudolph-Hucker
The good thing though [as far as I can see] is that Andrew's keeping a tin lid on him badmouthing folk he doesn't like, and so he's limited to posting about his usual vulgar, endlessly repetitive and mind-numbingly tedious, materialistic bragging.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2020, 20:02
Oh, he's positively lovely... You do know that rat bag is the one responsible for this: https://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?65628-Stalked-and-harassed-by-Graham-Peck-A-K-A-Rudolph-Hucker
The good thing though [as far as I can see] is that Andrew's keeping a tin lid on him badmouthing folk he doesn't like, and so he's limited to posting about his usual mind-numbingly boring/brainless and repetitive rubbish.
Marco.
Well I did see in one of his poets a reference to The Land of The Rising Flatpack, and did wonder whether it may be one of his aliases, or perhaps a friend. What am I talking about, a friend! I've come across gobshites like this before, playing the Big I Am. They only hold my attention for about 5 seconds, so I'm afraid Hifi Hing oot will have to live without my fart stories. Their loss.
Just no need for it tbh too many keyboard warriors about that take pleasure in creating shite
Ninanina
05-05-2020, 23:59
Just not interested Shane..
I've no idea who this Rudi guy is and not going to find out.. lifes too short
crimsondonkey
06-05-2020, 11:28
Oh, he's positively lovely... You do know that rat bag is the one responsible for this: https://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?65628-Stalked-and-harassed-by-Graham-Peck-A-K-A-Rudolph-Hucker
The good thing though [as far as I can see] is that Andrew's keeping a tin lid on him badmouthing folk he doesn't like, and so he's limited to posting about his usual mind-numbingly boring/brainless and repetitive rubbish.
Marco.
A few of his little minions are also being allowed on there too.
I'm surprised @southall-1998_mk2 is promoting a forum which allows the rabble on who have lampooned and obsessively posted hatefully against him on SnakeOil?
I don't think Shane's the type to take too much to heart, and therefore tends to let such mindless shite simply wash over him:)
You have to remember that Peck (and his fellow sad inadequates) are the products of an unhappy and dysfunctional upbringing, therefore it follows that that will result in psychological problems, and has ably been seen, abnormal, antisocial behaviour in adulthood, the likes of which is evidenced on every forum he (and they) have been banned from.
Therefore, pity is arguably the more appropriate emotion to levy at them, rather than hatred.
Marco.
Beobloke
08-05-2020, 11:19
Therefore, pity is arguably the more appropriate emotion to levy at them, rather than hatred.
.
I wouldn’t even go that far. To quote a famous line from Scrubs - “I don’t dislike you; I nothing you”
:)
Pigmy Pony
08-05-2020, 13:25
I wouldn’t even go that far. To quote a famous line from Scrubs - “I don’t dislike you; I nothing you”
:)
Ah yes, the rather do-able Jordan. As if they'd get anywhere near her...
hifinutt
08-05-2020, 13:51
I'm afraid that any place that openly welcomes Rudi and his brand of hate, trolling and racism should not a place that deserves your attention.
agreed
I do find it funny, if people don’t like the new forum or those members that have been invited to join there, why not just say no thanks rather than adding all of the negative comments?
I suppose it’s human nature but it’s all a bit silly!
Light Dependant Resistor
23-05-2020, 10:25
I do find it funny, if people don’t like the new forum or those members that have been invited to join there, why not just say no thanks rather than adding all of the negative comments?
I suppose it’s human nature but it’s all a bit silly!
Do you think this is a bit silly too " No DIY, No bodges,modding or hot-rodding. No computer audio or streaming. " if so then you are not alone.
Do you think this is a bit silly too " No DIY, No bodges,modding or hot-rodding. No computer audio or streaming. " if so then you are not alone.
There's that many hifi forums now you've got to have a USP.
There's that many hifi forums now you've got to have a USP.
It's generally the same half-dozen people (self included) saying the same things they say in every other forum. But it's not something to get your keks in a twist about.
Do you think this is a bit silly too [B][COLOR="#000080"] " No DIY, No bodges,modding or hot-rodding. No computer audio or streaming. "
Not really. Keeps the riff-raff out.
Light Dependant Resistor
23-05-2020, 12:17
Sorry to see your reply agreeing with,exclusion, and shutting certain people out, and using terms like riff raff
Exclusion and being Marginalized, its a message that society just does not need or should tolerate at all, as
a forum should welcome everyone with something to say.
I think Joe was joking;)
Marco.
Sorry to see your reply agreeing with,exclusion, and shutting certain people out, and using terms like riff raff
Exclusion and being Marginalized, its a message that society just does not need or should tolerate at all, as
a forum should welcome everyone with something to say.
Utter nonsense, a forum is whatever the Admins chooses to be, you can always go elsewhere
Sure, Paul, but that doesn't preclude people, perhaps who would've otherwise considered joining the forum, from criticising the management's 'recruitment policy'!;)
Marco.
Sure, Paul, but that doesn't preclude people, perhaps who would've otherwise considered joining the forum, from criticising the management's 'recruitment policy'!;)
Marco.
Not at all, Marco.
I just find it hard when people criticise for the sake of it.
I think Joe was joking;)
Marco.
Well, quite. Also, it's hard to think of DIYers, bodgers, or computer audio aficionados as forming some sort of marginalised group.
Not at all, Marco.
I just find it hard when people criticise for the sake of it.
I agree, but I'm not sure that's what Chris was doing.
Marco.
Well, quite. Also, it's hard to think of DIYers, bodgers, or computer audio aficionados as forming some sort of marginalised group.
Not unless they were also gender-curious. Or something.
walpurgis
23-05-2020, 13:09
Sorry to see your reply agreeing with,exclusion, and shutting certain people out, and using terms like riff raff
Exclusion and being Marginalized, its a message that society just does not need or should tolerate at all, as
a forum should welcome everyone with something to say.
If you knew who specifically it was about and why, you'd understand and agree.
Not unless they were also gender-curious. Or something.
I think DIYers and bodgers are resolutely male. They probably spend most of the time in the shed or at audio jumble sales. Computer audio aficionados I'm less sure about.
Well I think if they are claiming to be marginalised you have to respect that. Isn't that how it works?
Well I think if they are claiming to be marginalised you have to respect that. Isn't that how it works?
I guess so.
If I ever ran a forum, everyone would be welcome, even people who'd banned me from their forums. Of course some of them would fight like cats and dogs, because they always do, but I'd just let them get on with it. If it got too lairy, though, I'd arrange for the parties involved to have a stand-up fight outside the nearest Wetherspoons. Handbags would of course be provided so they could observe social distancing whilst scrapping.
Handbags with those long shoulder straps? yes I can see how that would work.
With the Wetherspoons by me you'd have to wait for the existing fights to finish before you could host yours though. But I suppose everyone can have a drink whilst they hang about.
I guess so.
If I ever ran a forum, everyone would be welcome, even people who'd banned me from their forums. Of course some of them would fight like cats and dogs, because they always do, but I'd just let them get on with it. If it got too lairy, though, I'd arrange for the parties involved to have a stand-up fight outside the nearest Wetherspoons. Handbags would of course be provided so they could observe social distancing whilst scrapping.That would be my take on things too. Might silence till the end of the week and then back again on a Monday. Some pompous gits though.
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If I ever ran a forum, everyone would be welcome, even people who'd banned me from their forums. Of course some of them would fight like cats and dogs, because they always do, but I'd just let them get on with it.
Nice idea. In practice though, it wouldn't work, trust me as someone who knows, been there and done that!
Unless of course you just wanted to host a virtual version of a fight in a pub carpark, with no proper hi-fi content or anything else, as there's no way most folk would sift through multiple pages of fighting, to find a morsel of useful info hidden among all the mayhem!:eek:
The reality is you'd have about 10 members and it would very quickly become very, very tedious.
Marco.
Handbags with those long shoulder straps? yes I can see how that would work.
With the Wetherspoons by me you'd have to wait for the existing fights to finish before you could host yours though. But I suppose everyone can have a drink whilst they hang about.
:D:eyebrows:
Marco.
Well that went well, I got banned.
The irony when he keeps Rudy and the other guys from the cesspit!
StingRay
07-07-2020, 14:03
I don't see the point, it looks exactly like the other forum.
This one seems pretty quiet since I joined. I think forums generally are dying, the ones I have been on are not half as active as they used to be. Some have closed down.
Still relatively busy here. It can be much busier but summer is, always quiet
I don't see the point, it looks exactly like the other forum.
This one seems pretty quiet since I joined. I think forums generally are dying, the ones I have been on are not half as active as they used to be. Some have closed down.
The jam is spread too thin I think. Too many forums for the number of people. At least the number who actually post anything. There's always thousands of readers.
vinylsnail
07-07-2020, 17:14
...
This one seems pretty quiet since I joined. ...
Quality not quantity ;)
Pigmy Pony
07-07-2020, 17:21
This one seems pretty quiet since I joined.
How about this one then, Stingray? Still too quiet?
https://youtu.be/h1gonwp8usM
Pigmy Pony
07-07-2020, 17:24
Damn. I thought I had it :(
Pigmy Pony
07-07-2020, 17:28
Gotcha!
https://youtu.be/E06cNv55jTs
Yes, but the trick is to embed the video into posts - posting links is piss-easy!:ner:;)
Marco.
Like dis, daftee...
https://youtu.be/E06cNv55jTs
:)
Marco.
As for comings and goings on ten-a-penny toytown forums, I'm not really interested, save to say that Andrew has bizarrely always had a 'soft spot' for the loon from Sweden (and his scumbag hangers on), why I've no idea, but while he does, and shows favouritism towards them, his forum will go nowhere.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
07-07-2020, 17:50
Yes, but the trick is to embed the video into posts - posting links is piss-easy!:ner:;)
Marco.
"By the way, my name is smartypants,
I can post a video with just one glance,
Piggurs, you're thick as two short planks,
But oh so pretty, I'm off for a wank" :D
Ya got's in in one! Just about to cream one off now [humina, humina]:eyebrows:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
07-07-2020, 18:22
And after you've washed your hands, maybe you can tell me what buttons I need to press to post vids instead of just links. Or point me to a relevant thread :)
Had a look,
Seems an unhappy place with unhappy People.
What's it all about Alfie?
And after you've washed your hands, maybe you can tell me what buttons I need to press to post vids instead of just links. Or point me to a relevant thread :)
Lol, no worries. It's really piss-easy... In the reply box, above where you type a post, you'll see three 'strips' of symbols.
Go to the one in the middle starting with the letter 'B' (for inserting emboldened text) and count 13 along to the right, until you see a symbol that looks like a square with the letter 'V' in it.
Click on that symbol, and then enter the full URL (all the text contained in the address bar of the YT video you want to post, just copy it), then paste it into the 'Insert Image"/URL box, and click 'Ok'.
Then post your reply, along with the above and the video should be embedded and ready to play:)
Marco.
HD Goofnut
07-07-2020, 21:36
Click on this icon
https://i.imgur.com/478DskM.jpg
Cut or copy the address bar of the YouTube clip you want to add into this and click OK to add it.
https://i.imgur.com/pr6B6oo.jpg
Had a look,
Seems an unhappy place with unhappy People.
Yup, that's the point though, dude. Unhappy and unfulfilled losers, who are disillusioned with life and ultimately angry, all like huddling together to moan about how unhappy/unfulfilled and disillusioned they are, often by 'poking' people who clearly are the opposite, as it irks them because they're jealous!
Essentially, they hate happy and contented people who are obviously enjoying their lives [as it highlights their unhappiness], and so seek to drag them down to their level, in an effort to try and make them as unhappy as they are:doh:
AoS = full of happy and contented people. Many other forums (especially Hucker's cesspit) are populated by the complete opposite. So best to ignore them and/or just sit back and laugh at how insignificant and pathetic they are:D
Marco.
Hi Marco,
I agree with all of that, except the "pathetic" wording.... everyone has the place they come from.
Never judge a man till you've walked a mile in their moccasins...'n such.
(Though then you'll be a mile away and will have his shoes :D)
Some Folk are just out to make others feel small...Fuck all those people.
Always comes down to "Would they say that to my Face"?
9 times out of ten most wont.
Indeed... Cowardly keyboard warriors abound.
What I meant though was that their *behaviour* was pathetic. What these folk need to do is worry less about other people and their lives, and instead concentrate more on their own!!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
08-07-2020, 19:12
Lol, no worries. It's really piss-easy... In the reply box, above where you type a post, you'll see three 'strips' of symbols.
Go to the one in the middle starting with the letter 'B' (for inserting emboldened text) and count 13 along to the right, until you see a symbol that looks like a square with the letter 'V' in it.
Click on that symbol, and then enter the full URL (all the text contained in the address bar of the YT video you want to post, just copy it), then paste it into the 'Insert Image"/URL box, and click 'Ok'.
Then post your reply, along with the above and the video should be embedded and ready to play:)
Marco.
Let's see if it works:
https://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o
Pigmy Pony
08-07-2020, 19:17
Let's see if this works:
https://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o
Cheers Marco, but Ben's method is what worked better on this laptop :)
Good stuff! Yeah, Ben illustrated it far better than me. Anyway, now you can go mad posting videos all over the forum:D
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
08-07-2020, 19:31
Good stuff! Yeah, Ben illustrated it far better than me. Anyway, now you can go mad posting videos all over the forum:D
Marco.
Yes, you may live to regret this :eyebrows:
I'm regretting it already and you haven't even got going yet.
Pigmy Pony
08-07-2020, 20:15
I'm regretting it already and you haven't even got going yet.
Word gets round fast - cat's already started shitting somewhere else :)
Pigmy Pony
09-07-2020, 06:13
Word gets round fast - cat's already started shitting somewhere else :)
Sorry I seem to have drifted this thread a bit - clearly "Rudolph Hucker" and "cat shit" don't belong on the same thread ;)
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