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Anyone else having trouble with Hifi engine ?

Dorkelstein said:
Pardon my ignorance but what's a VPN ?
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Virtual private network. It allows you to encrypt everything you do on the internet. Some sites don't like VPN's. A couple of my credit card sites will lock the card if you attempt to access your card information while using a VPN. You have to call them to unlock the account.

Vinyl Engine and HiFi Engine are not VPN friendly. VPN's are sometimes used by hackers to obscure what their true IP is. That's why some sites won't accept log ins from a VPN.

A medical supplier I used had their database hacked by a malicious hacker. Some of my personal information was available to the highest bidder. One latched on to me and interfered with my Internet access and threatened me with all sorts of dire consequences. Subscribing to a VPN was the only way I was able to stop him from harassing me.

From Wikipedia:
A virtual private network is a mechanism for creating a secure connection between a computing device and a computer network, or between two networks, using an insecure communication medium such as the public Internet. Wikipedia

AK is VPN friendly. :thumbsup:
 
I have been in and out today, both via an email notification and just plain logging in. No troubles. Some months ago I got notice I had been locked out (for no reason), after responding very politely to the notification email I got back in. :dunno:
 
I logged in yesterday after not using for several months and it went fine. There have been other times over the years where I can't get in.

For some reason the login boxes have stored old passwords or usernames, maybe they come from my browser but it's only for those two websites, I don't usually save login info. I'd do a good cookie cleaning, I use CCleaner, and see if that helps and then go through your browser settings to clean any other stored data.
 
a quick search on AK reveals this is a common issue with that site.
Sorry, but HiFi Engine is not our site, its not our issue.
 
I logged in a couple weeks ago. Had to go to a secondary page as the "log in" option was not available on the first page. Page was "user account" page where I was able to log in. Just logged in again using the same procedure.
A few weeks ago I thought my account to vinylengine had been closed, and thought maybe it was because I had not logged in for too long a time, but made my way to the work around I mentioned above and was able to log in. I'm not the most computer savvy person but I managed to fumble my way in.
From now on I'll log in and download something every so often, every few months maybe. Just in case.
And I agree, that website does not play well with VPN's and ad blockers.
Shut them off when going there.

ADDED-- I'm using Chrome if that matters. Surfshark VPN and Adblock+, both of which must be turned off (or paused seems to work for surfshark).
 
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I just logged in without issue, as I have done at least a few times within the past couple of weeks.

Using Firefox with DuckDuckGo, no VPN.

I have contributed uploads to the site. Don't know if that affords special consideration other than download limits.
 
F1nut said:
LMAO that you believe anything from that place.
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IMO the best thing about HT Shack is it's a home base for the guy that wrote and maintains REW. The have a forum thread exclusively for REW.

The author also has his own site. However, he regularly posts on the thread. If you have any questions about using REW the thread at HT shack is the place to ask. The thread always has the latest version of REW for download.
 
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I've been a member there for over 9 years. Only one account. Never abused their system. Just down'd a few manuals yesterday.
But now I get this message (maybe temporary' I don't use VPN. That LAST sentence is weird):
User Account
This host is not allowed to log in to HiFi Engine. Please contact your site administrator.
Sorry, unrecognized username or password.

If you have forgotten your password you can reset it here

Please note that accounts are automatically deleted after 3 years of inactivity. If you wish to use the site again you are welcome to re-register using your original username if still available.
You have used 13 out of 100 login attempts. After all 100 have been used, you will be unable to login.
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I know some folks have issues with Vinyl Engine and HiFi engine.
Compare notes here if you need, but let's not insult them or post weird theories why they may have issues.

Another friendly reminder - AK rule #8. Conflicts or gripes with other people or other forums do not belong on AK.
 
I thought I was having trouble, but turned out to be my phone (and its password manager). I got in fine with desktop computer. Re-entered my user name and password on my phone and then got right in.
 
As has been noted in this thread and threads prior AK has NOTHING to do with VE or HFE

I just went to their site and it works fine
 
I just checked - both site are up and running fine - I'm using Google Chrome on a MAC platform (Sonoma 14.1)

One thing I will say is that since HiFiEngine and Vinylengine both reject robots and similar tools, an automatic tool like
IsItDown can't get accurate readings on those sites.

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