What are you getting out of AOS forum?

[Puffin]

It smells a bit like old people

Aah the frgrant scent of Methyl Mercaptan :-

True halitosis is not simply a case of garlic breath or early morning dry-mouth. Methyl mercaptan is produced by bacteria, explains Jeffrey Coil, a halitosis expert from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The nasty niff is released as the microbes in your mouth munch proteins from food and your own dead cells

So distinctive, once experienced - never forgotten.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Wallet-thinning.

I just feel I belong here......but then I might feel the same in a secure unit if I had been sectioned

[DaveK]

What do I get from AoS? Mmmm ...
I enjoy the banter of the majority of the members but some members have a sense of humour (?) that leaves me cold.
I enjoy the free willing and open way that members are willing to offer their help, knowledge, experience and skills to those in need of it but not the way some members pontificate on anything and everything, irrespective of whether they were asked or indeed, whether they know anything about it.
I enjoy the way members offer to loan kit to other members to audition or on semi permanent loan, even though they ony know them as a name on a screen.
I like the fact that it has regular members from around the world that share the same interests and not just in music, just demonstrating that basically we are really all the same.
In short we are a world wide neighbourhood or 'local' community that coheres because of what we have in common and accepts our differences because they are so unimportant. In general a nice place to be .
Here endeth today's epistle .
And I might be just as happy in a secure unit too .
Dave.

[prestonchipfryer]

For myself the Art of Sound Forum hasn't specifically given any one thing. But what it has done, and in spades, is many things. A feeling that there are people who understand the love of music (not any one genre, but all types of music) as I do.

The understanding why we like music replayed with good fidelity on equipment old and new. I still use a Quad FM3 for instance and would not, for one moment, criticise anyone for their choice of equipment and/or music tastes.

Also the good manners displayed (most of the time) on the Art of Sound Forum, with the emphasis of good humour.

In the time as a member of this forum, I have learned a lot of useful information regarding my hobby (for that is how I see it) and feeling welcome.

Now as I'm typing this (garbage ) I can say that I thoroughly enjoy the AoS.

That's what I feel.

Thank you all.

[Marco]

Hi Andre,

Basically i totally do not fit in AOS community, just tolorate it

That's cool, but it's about the only one that you choose to tolerate (and keep coming back to)



Also, think about all the genuine sympathy and support you've had from people here in times of strife...

Marco.

[Marco]

Hi Dave,

I enjoy the free willing and open way that members are willing to offer their help, knowledge, experience and skills to those in need of it but not the way some members pontificate on anything and everything, irrespective of whether they were asked or indeed, whether they know anything about it.

Examples of the above (in bold) please? Also, what do you think should happen instead, in your ideal world?

Marco.

[bobbasrah]

What do I get from AoS? Mmmm ...
I enjoy the banter of the majority of the members but some members have a sense of humour (?) that leaves me cold.
I enjoy the free willing and open way that members are willing to offer their help, knowledge, experience and skills to those in need of it but not the way some members pontificate on anything and everything, irrespective of whether they were asked or indeed, whether they know anything about it.
I enjoy the way members offer to loan kit to other members to audition or on semi permanent loan, even though they ony know them as a name on a screen.
I like the fact that it has regular members from around the world that share the same interests and not just in music, just demonstrating that basically we are really all the same.
In short we are a world wide neighbourhood or 'local' community that coheres because of what we have in common and accepts our differences because they are so unimportant. In general a nice place to be .
Here endeth today's epistle .
And I might be just as happy in a secure unit too .
Dave.

[DaveK]

Hi Marco,
With respect I do not think it would be helpful to start naming names. In any community you will find persons and opinions that you would rather not interact with and I find the same thing in AoS. Basically if anyone thinks the cap might fit they should perhpas think about it and act accordingly. No point IMO to introduce any unecessary friction - if the cap don't fit they should ignore me - not really difficult is it?
There are people on here, I find, that have excellent, even unrivalled, knowledge of certain subjects that they offer freely to anyone that asks - IMO that does not mean that their opinion on anything and everything is equally expert.
All just my opinion

[Marco]

Hi Dave,

In any community you will find persons and opinions that you would rather not interact with and I find the same thing in AoS. Basically if anyone thinks the cap might fit they should perhpas think about it and act accordingly.

Sure, but how can they do that if they don't realise what it is that you think they're doing 'wrong'? They may think that they're behaving perfectly normally and acceptably, based on what they're used to experiencing in their own world... In that respect, who is qualified to judge?

At the end of the day, it's all about personalities: some you'll get on with better than others. That's life.

No point IMO to introduce any unecessary friction - if the cap don't fit they should ignore me - not really difficult is it?

Yup, and the same could also be said regarding the persons and opinions that you would rather not interact with. Just ignore them and refrain from referring to their behaviour - not really difficult is it?

Incidentally, you'll never get any "friction" here from simply being frank and honest. I hate stuff bubbling away under the surface. So if you have a problem, I'd rather you spat it out.

I'm the type of person who respects honesty and likes to get any, shall we say, 'disgruntlement' out into the open and tackled head-on, rather than sly little digs being made, in the hope that those whom the comments were aimed at will take notice, and then those making the digs conveniently going 'all shy' when challenged to explain themselves...

No offence, Dave, (so please don't take it that way) but there's a saying, which is rather apt in these circumstances: 'either put up or shut up'. It's one or the other here

Marco.

[walpurgis]

Oh dear, because I'd been enjoying myself here, I started the tread in the (misguided?) hope everybody would have an entirely positive standpoint. Never mind, its a bit like being at work (depending on your job of course) you mix with people who won't necessarily see things the way you do, but we all have to rub along. Mind you here its voluntary and the pay is terrible!