Here's to the new moderator <smile>.
On 16/03/2012, at 10:14 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > According to the info page for this list, it says: > > PC-audio is a list for the discussion of any PC audio related topic > such as PC audio software like sound editors, audio players and audio > formats; and hardware like sound cards, CD and DVD devices and so on. > > I read this to mean that portable MP3 players (which are not PC's) are > not on topic for this list. I'll further point out the following: > * There are quite a few lists already for different portable media > players that get far more traffic than this list, so I would encourage > the moderator to not allow the discussion of portable media players on > this list. We could easily be swamped by discussions on iPods and > iPhones. I've already left several lists since I don't have a device > from Apple yet, and I don't have time to wade through all of the > discussion on those products. > * If the original question were posed to a Humanware or Victor Stream > list, it seems like the question would have been answered much more > quickly and efficiently. > > Well, that's my $0.02 and I'll leave the rest up to the moderator and > the list itself. Note that I think this is an important topic since, as > I said above, this list would become meaningless, at least for me, if > it's subject matter is going to become too generic. > > I'd also suggest that if we're allowing such wide ranging topics then > it's even more important to use good subject lines. That way it'll be > easier for the different subject matter experts to pick out the messages > they're interested in and the people posing the questions will get > quicker and better answers. I'd also like to see the whole threads get > posted as well. Sometimes it's hard to tell what the original question > was or whether the point I want to make has already been addressed yet > or not if I can't read through the whole history. > > On 15/03/12 12:43, brian parker wrote: >> someone asked, if this was off topic that we are discussing. this is pc >> audio, and the victor stream plays audio files, so i cannot see why >> messages about victor stream should not be acceptable on this list. any >> way, we have now gone as far as we can with this, especially as >> humanware say they are aware of the bug, and it will be rectified in the >> next upgrade. thanks to you who tried to help me. brian. > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
