"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"David Looser" wrote

But the OP went on to say that "we're just chewing over old bones here"
and, since this is an audio (not "HiFi") newsgroup


Really? Perhaps you might care to read the actual wording of the ukra
charter:

"uk.rec.audio is an unmoderated newsgroup. It is primarily a forum for
discussion of hi-fi equipment available in the UK, a place for
independant
reviews and opinions on hi-fi, and an advice centre for those bitten by
the upgrade bug. It may include discussions on what hi-fi is trying to do
(accurately reproduce music? a 'live' acoustic?) and its development. It
is also a site for the private sale and exchange of used hi-fi
components."


Who reads charters? It's called uk.rec.*audio* and as far as I am
concerned
audio means audio. If it was intended to be confined to narrowly defined
"HiFi" it should have been called uk.rec.hifi.


Hey, there's already enough people got their own take on what this group is
supposed to be used for - why should you be any different?




The sad truth is the 'enthusiasts' you mention have been driven out by
abuse from a small number (past and present) here and they have actually
moved on to becoming 'hifi/audio enthusiasts' who simply don't post (or
subscribe) here!


Are you talking about the fact that "HiFi" as a hobby has largely
disappeared?


No, as far as this group's concerned, I'm saying it the *enthusiasts* who
have disappeared - there may still be a handful of 'techno' diehards here,
but let's face it, there's precious little *enthusiasm* in the tedious
'electronic knobwaving' threads we get from time to time or the more
frequent and utterly fascinating insights into Pucci's early career as a
microphone cable-coiler at the Beeb ('till they got rid if him)!!



If so I cannot for the life of me see the relevance of what
anyone "here" may or may not have done. The simple fact is that just like
"Wireless" in the 1920s and Amateur Radio in the '50s and '60s "HiFi" as a
hobby has fallen out of fashion.


I believe so, since the recent valves and vinyl 'Mexican Wave' sems to have
passed by - unless it's still alive and well elsewhere?

(Still meat and pertaters to me, I'm afraid.... :-)


Partly because modern electronics (not just
"digital") is so much less amenable to tinkering,


Yep!


but also because there are
so many other things these days for people to devote their time and money
too.


Yes indeed.

(He says, having just authorised an 883 to 1,200 cc engine upgrade on his
latest 'bike!!)