Maybe I am old fashioned but I think it's good to make posts that deal with the question at hand; but I notice there is a tendancy to do this; reply with all kinds of irrelevant info; useless analogies and disconnected narratives that have nothing to do with the question at hand. Or nice lengthy descriptions of things the reply person has owned since 1930 or pictures of his living room. I find it frustrating when a simple answer completely eludes an entire group of forum participants.

This guy still has no idea if the Shure is maybe a better choice for him. What a shame. Because in that arm the Shure probably was a better choice. And no one mentioned cementing the stylus to the headshell; which is a major improvement on every cartridge I have ever heard in the under 100$ range.

I promise to try and offer an answer if I think I might be able to help someone that deals with the specific question the poor guy asked.
I'd love to see that become a common practice.

Also that people actually read the post and think of what the question is.

There are a few messageboards that have lots of random and seemingly unrelated posts from sockpuppets as well as real people, and we all know the boards I'm talking about. They're all over the map. There's one that is a lot of fun, tongue in cheek stuff, although it sometimes goes over the top. But then when you realize that everything on it comes from about five regular members posting with a bunch of fake names, the board seems less like an audio discussion site and more like a demented blog.

"Now where were we? Oh yeah -- the important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones..."

I see now that the really serious forums are charging a member fee. 10$ seems to be the usual rate. Not a bad idea. keeps the floaters out. But I geuss then if you want to be noticed it doesn't help to be locked down.

And one more thing; how much can you write about audio anyway? Thats why keeping the music section alive is so important. That changes and as such provides fodder for new ideas.

But I only come on here and DIY audio/Full Range and
Full Range Driver forum.

There's not much spin or wandering around on those. I dropped off
Madisound and Parts Express and was never much connected with
audio asylum which everyone seems to hate anyways.

The real dedicated project guys seem to be on those other two:
the threads go to 500 entries and all meaningful.

I know I like when people involve good stories that revolve around audio and building equipment and music and what it means in their life and personal philosophy. But there isn't much of that since Sound Practices went under.