OK 'fess up

[Cask05]

Perhaps if the K-forum gets rebooted one more time and you get (temporary) access again, you can back up those threads that you still use on archive.org.

Remember: this is a page by page manual backup process that a requester has to submit, and it requires multiple clicks per page. So only back up those pages that you need and use, not entire multi-page threads that are dozens of pages long. That way, all those people that need the specific information residing there will have continued access to it.

Alternatively, something like Adobe Acrobat, a browser (printing to "pdf"), or similar conversion to pdf (I think MS Word can do it, too), these apps can be used to do the same thing, but locally for a single user on a single laptop/desktop. If a push comes to a shove, the resulting pdf files can be posted somewhere like here to extend the life of the information that is valued.

Whichever method you choose, I wouldn't put it off if the K-forum happens to come back to life again. Minutes spent archiving will be precious. I personally wouldn't assume that you're going to have future access to the information there if you do nothing yourself. (In fact, it presently looks like there's more than a 50% chance that it's already too late.)

Chris

 

[Deang]

You can also take screenshots and dump them into a folder.

 

[duder1982]

Message boards are for old folk. Most are on Facebook now.

Both message boards and Facebook are for old folks and a handful of hobbiest. Neither of my kids that are 22 and 19 are active on Facebook. I recently deactivated my account as well. I tried to learn things from groups I belong to, but it was the same stuff repeated over and over, same bashing, etc...Oddly, I might just find myself actually enjoying my hobbies and reading books about them from now on.

 

[THD+N]

I learned almost everything from books, building and experience. I learned tolerance online for the most part.

 

[GypsyCat]

Forum is online now

 

[Dave MacKay]

Both message boards and Facebook are for old folks and a handful of hobbiest. Neither of my kids that are 22 and 19 are active on Facebook. I recently deactivated my account as well. I tried to learn things from groups I belong to, but it was the same stuff repeated over and over, same bashing, etc...Oddly, I might just find myself actually enjoying my hobbies and reading books about them from now on.

I have had the same experience with Facebook. Nothing helpful there.

 

[THD+N]

I have had the same experience with Facebook. Nothing helpful there.

Unless you just need proof that humanity is doomed...

 

[Dave MacKay]

Forum is online now

It’s still giving me a “504 Gateway timeout” error.

 

[geezin']

Worked for a bit this morning but when I attempted a post it simply gave me a 504 gateway message.

 

[DLStryker]

Message boards are for old folk. Most are on Facebook now.

Whatever is going on over there it looks serious. Chad is gone. If they don’t have someone that knows what they’re doing that might be the end of it.

Nice to see me still listed as the “approved Klipsch network builder”. I feel like I’m in the Hotel California.

Any FB groups similar to this AK group?

 

[Deang]

Nope. No one measures or cares about them and it’s mostly regurgitated nonsense talk.

 

[mc39693]

Klipsch forum isn’t working for me today, but after 43 years of contiguous Klipsch speaker ownership I sold my last set recently. I have moved on. There’s a slim chance I’ll build a set of Heresy clones in the future but likely not… horns just don’t do it for me anymore. Having said that, thanks to all the old Klipsch forum folks I learned from… it was a great site.

 

[geezin']

Appears to be vapor now. Oh well.

 

[soundbound]

That forum lost most of its momentum long ago from stopping certain discussions which was their right to do be it a right or wrong decision by them from their business or feelings perspectives. I learned and enjoyed from there before that and benefited by restoring my Klipschorns, but it became low value to me after that and I lost interest.

This is a great forum here that I appreciate now and life is good.

 

[Gigantic]

I wouldn’t be where I am now if not for that forum; I might have some money in the bank, instead, I’m building my 5th pair of speakers, the third I’ve designed. Let’s pour one out for the community.

 

[Invidiosulus]

It’s back baby!

 

[opnly bafld]

Gone again?

 

[mboxler]

Better hurry. It’s back up.

 

[Deang]

Zero interest in that place. My last post was deleted, so I’m out.

 

[Cask05]

Regrettably, only the first page has been archived.

While the K-forum website was up last night, I managed to get pdf screenshots (i.e., no text searching or live links in the pdf files) from a freeware plugin that I found on Firefox's database of all the threads that I can remember of value that I started. There were ~110 captured pages that include the thread you mention, as well as the others that are currently in my signature on the K-forum (if you're logged in, you can see these...but only if the forum is working properly).

Just let me know via PM if you need any of those.
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I've mentioned that I've already incorporated much of that information referenced above into a draft hi-fi audio book--still in-work. I'm expanding the subject areas that were touched-on in the threads referenced in my K-forum signature, among others. So the book represents a great deal of work--probably much more than other consumer audio books because it gets specific on the "how to's".

I started the book as a reaction to reading a couple of other books on "achieving better hi-fi sound", one or two of which are completely filled with really bad information...in high doses. After I went back and reviewed my extensively marked up copies of each book, I found that what was left over turned out to actually be a new book in itself.

So the book is basically writing itself...well, sort of. At least many of the subjects have already been identified. It incorporates a guide to what I call "21st century better hi-fi", including sections on prioritizing gear and acoustic treatment purchases based on bottom-line effect on sound quality.

This is a subject that leverages part of what I used to do in a past life, i.e., prioritizing needs based on bottom-line effect of verifiable system performance and cost. This is also a subject that is missing in all other hi-fi audio resources that I've seen--a guide to "intelligent and effective consumer engineering" of home hi-fi systems.

Needless to say, you're probably not going to see any boutique hi-fi gear providers or audio magazines endorsing it--since they seem to make their living on ineffective purchases of overpriced hi-fi gear.

The book also includes an extensive section on dialing-in DSP crossovers using REW and other acoustic measurement apps (i.e., the 21st-Century part of the title), which is a subject that I find is AWOL in all books on hi-fi, either consumer or pro sound. It also has a section on the advantages of horn loading over direct radiating loudspeakers for home hi-fi use, and includes the enabler of DSP for dialing-in individual loudspeakers and the total hi-fi array.

Chris