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Ezkcdude, Dunno.... I rather like the involvement of 'for profit' modders even in a strictly Diy environment. Modders such as VinnieR and Wayne have been quite helpful and generous in their comments and suggestions on a Lab board where I'm the moderator. And I even found the over the top, hyperbole used to describe those Maui mods quite useful. It confirmed, somewhat, my choice of the LT1764 regulator, and I'll investigate those specific Sanyo caps. I'm not that proud and will take advise where I can get it. At least they have actual specific empirical experience. Its only when a vendor says 'this is beyond you' does it behoove the moderator to firmly say - "Hey bud, you don't come into MY house and piss on my shoes, and I won't go into your house and....". Even though they might actually be right. Nor does it serve any purpose to criticize those 'obscene profits' of those vendors. We all expect a living wage, but we seem to begrudge the same to others who wish to derrive a living wage from their efforts. If we don't like it, all we've got to do is show how we can achieve the equivalent for far lower cost (and always remembering that our time has absolutely no value whatsoever). No one is forcing us to purchase their products. And frankly, it was those armchair objectivist 'engineers' that provoked that vendor to (over)react in defense of his 'pride and joy'. While I'm personally a believer in DBT, I simply don't allow discussion of DBT (or 5 string banjos) in my Circle. No good ever comes of it. Nor do I know of any useful board that allows it. FWIW, my experience is that any DIY board requires strong (when needed) moderators, specifically because egos are are so intrinsically involved. It also reqires specific defined posting rules lest chaos ensue. Sadly, moderating a DIY board takes entirely too much time and effort. Any volunteers? Regards, Paul -- occam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ occam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=949 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22944 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
