Sub-forums at AK.
MitsuMan said:
How long before the masses are asking for a separate forum for the Concept?
MitsuMan, you are, whether intentionally or not, raising an important and philosophically interesting principle question impacting profoundly on the future direction of AK: I am not looking to start a flame war here or anything (but fear that I might, and believe me, I know this is not the first time this issue has been brought up or even hotly debated!), but we already have Pioneer and Sansui sub-forums, and recently opened the new Marantz sub. Not only will "generalist" forums such as this one - VSS - get less and less traffic (and subjects get more obscure) as this is happening, but it is also questionable if the separate sub-forums get sufficient traffic to justify their existence.
Here comes the real issue for me: I joined AK to learn about vintage gear, with open arms and without prejudice, of all brands and types. With more and more subforums (did anyone visit the Infinity Speaker forum lately???), I am wondering if we, as collective AK members, become more and more insular, narrow-minded, and ignorant about those brands that we do not follow - I for one, do not have the capacity to follow half a dozen branded forums. Most critically important, where do we raise generalist, across brand, questions such as:
- what brands and models of receivers were designed with dual transformers?
- what are the best low-output receivers with pre-out / power-in?
- what amps feature stamped letter face plates?
(you get the idea!)
to get the maximum of AK members behind it? I mean, if the Sansui, Marantz and Pioneer specialists are hiding over at their respective sub forums, we may never reach the full potential of AK members' collective knowledge.
I am a guest here, and really appreciate the work done here by Admin and mods, but I am just wondering if we are heading down the wrong avenue with the addition of more brand-specific forums: If I was in charge here, I believe I would consider (
donning flame-retardant suit while typing) folding all branded amp sub forums into this one - Vintage Solid State, and do the same with Speakers, etc, as it might apply.
Rgds,
