Kamakiri
The New Dynamic
I'm going to explain WHY the site is run the way it is run. Follow along:
1. We don't allow profit takers to hit and run here or to troll, because this is our site. We've worked hard on this place for the last 3 years, gone through hardship and heartaches, had to deal with more problems than I can ever recall (any moderator will tell you this isn't as easy of a job as it appears), and somebody else who has NOTHING invested except a bunch of posts thinks they can set the rules? If so, then do what I did and start your own audio site. Be my guest. Otherwise, soak in the atmosphere and the spirit of comraderie and brotherhood we've built here, or kiss our collective ass.
2. Why do we ask for donations? To make things here better, and to pay to keep the boat afloat. I probably have at least $3,000 tied up in here that I'll never see back, and that's fine. I won't take the donations for myself, because you guys aren't chipping in to take my family out to Six Flags, you're doing it to help AK. So that's where it goes. Also for that reason I do not handle the finances of the site. Everything is therefore done without question. Hm, take a guess where your donations go on other websites? I know of at least one site where the admin makes close to six figures from donations. Ours is a tiny tiny fraction of a fraction of that, which goes to pay for the Fest, and for demo audio gear and prizes. Who else will ship you an expensive new amp to try for free? Answer: nowhere else. Because we give a **** about the people here and want to allow you an experience like there is nowhere else on the web. To reiterate, if you don't care for that sort of thing, you can kiss my ass
Some of you guys might even remember that back in the fall of last year all the gear I had working was a garbage picked Randix stereo receiver because everything I had was broken. Pretty sad for who I am here, no? So you know what happened? A bunch of the guys chipped in and had my Fisher 500 totally restored by NOSvalves.
We at AK pay it forward. We are a brotherhood. And that's over 9,000 asses to kiss if you don't care for the way things are done. Better get lip balm.
1. We don't allow profit takers to hit and run here or to troll, because this is our site. We've worked hard on this place for the last 3 years, gone through hardship and heartaches, had to deal with more problems than I can ever recall (any moderator will tell you this isn't as easy of a job as it appears), and somebody else who has NOTHING invested except a bunch of posts thinks they can set the rules? If so, then do what I did and start your own audio site. Be my guest. Otherwise, soak in the atmosphere and the spirit of comraderie and brotherhood we've built here, or kiss our collective ass.
2. Why do we ask for donations? To make things here better, and to pay to keep the boat afloat. I probably have at least $3,000 tied up in here that I'll never see back, and that's fine. I won't take the donations for myself, because you guys aren't chipping in to take my family out to Six Flags, you're doing it to help AK. So that's where it goes. Also for that reason I do not handle the finances of the site. Everything is therefore done without question. Hm, take a guess where your donations go on other websites? I know of at least one site where the admin makes close to six figures from donations. Ours is a tiny tiny fraction of a fraction of that, which goes to pay for the Fest, and for demo audio gear and prizes. Who else will ship you an expensive new amp to try for free? Answer: nowhere else. Because we give a **** about the people here and want to allow you an experience like there is nowhere else on the web. To reiterate, if you don't care for that sort of thing, you can kiss my ass
Some of you guys might even remember that back in the fall of last year all the gear I had working was a garbage picked Randix stereo receiver because everything I had was broken. Pretty sad for who I am here, no? So you know what happened? A bunch of the guys chipped in and had my Fisher 500 totally restored by NOSvalves.
We at AK pay it forward. We are a brotherhood. And that's over 9,000 asses to kiss if you don't care for the way things are done. Better get lip balm.
