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Author Topic: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?  (Read 21800 times)

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Marvey

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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #100 on: July 17, 2015, 04:59:33 AM »
Monster Zero, not quite Megalon yet. We need to find the person who leaked his information. I don't like leaks. I suspect a double agent. People who talk generally talk - both ways.
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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #101 on: July 17, 2015, 05:07:19 AM »
Quote from: marvey on July 17, 2015, 04:39:34 AM
They are on high alert. I think they got word that a few hundred of us were going to simultaneously spam goatse with Jude's face on Head-Fi in the next few days or so.

WTF.
how does one join (yet another) underground channel of resistance communication?
have been on razors edge waiting to flame Jude minions and go down in a HF flame of glory, only to find rebels massing at the border.

a) find the double agent rat and shove him overboard.
b) clue (some of) the rest of us in.
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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #102 on: July 17, 2015, 07:10:29 AM »
Quote from: marvey on July 17, 2015, 04:59:33 AM
Monster Zero, not quite Megalon yet. We need to find the person who leaked his information. I don't like leaks. I suspect a double agent. People who talk generally talk - both ways.

You mean that these walls have ears? Can I expect some kind of extrajudicial ban hammer over on head-fi now for posting in this thread?

Perhaps I should start saying goodbye to the people I like...

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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #103 on: July 17, 2015, 07:33:33 AM »
You'll be put on their moderator monitoring list for sure. All forum software has stuff like that.
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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #104 on: July 17, 2015, 09:31:14 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on July 17, 2015, 04:55:32 AM
So they're in threat condition Megalon?



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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #105 on: July 17, 2015, 12:37:33 PM »
Quote from: marvey on July 17, 2015, 07:33:33 AM
You'll be put on their moderator monitoring list for sure. All forum software has stuff like that.

Good thing they already have my posts moderated. Otherwise I'd be worried.  )(
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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #106 on: July 18, 2015, 05:28:47 AM »
hello,

the thing that really bugs me about Jude is the background in his videos on HeadFi TV.

in many of them there is $$$$$ of gear, or at least their retail boxes. how anyone who is not a multi-million lotto winner can have that much stuff in their office is beyond me.

is it on loan? is it present temporarily? is Jude a hoarder? or is it payola to the largest headphone site out there.

as they or he are NOT transparent, users of the site will never know.

thus everything is wonderful (especially TFOM), and Jude's "reviews" are utter  poo and sound more like press releases than anything else.

this is why he fears Chang. there are strong opinions here, products are recommended or trashed with reasoning and articulate argument. different tastes are taken into account, but if a product sucks or shines folks here say why and don't kowtow to any "sponsor." (and good-naturally rib each other for liking the gear they like even if it isn't a consensus pick.)

i read Jason's thread and a few others that seem to make sense to me. i do not post there anymore except in the most generic way possible as i was fucked with the one time i mentioned Chang.

there must be some really bad ego stroking going on for the largest site in the hobby to be so fucking paranoid.

that's just my opinion, i could be wrong.
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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #107 on: July 18, 2015, 07:27:59 AM »
I first went to HF in the hope to see "true" headphone knowledge - and indeed HF helped me grow from a noob to a confused noob. I was glad that I learned a lot from awesome people like |joker|, but wait, I've heard good and trash things, but people on HF are just raving about shit and gold alike...?

Utterly HF left me thinking: why the hell should I still be there? Everything is awesome, every review is no less than 4 stars, every new product is a must-own, and every price tag is just skyrocketing one after another. Things are awesome because they're awesome so they're awesome... I fucking hate loop logic.

The recent buying guides are just filled with garbage advertisements, crap-like reviews dominating front page, all they're doing is encouraging a "buy! buy! buy! buy without questioning!" attitude, which leaves me disgusted. I can still pretend to believe HF has no agenda, but even leaving this question aside, I still don't see HF being a constructive place (therefore valueless).

On the other note, I personally also don't like manipulating the consumers - they can just say we're sponsored and we promote sponsors' stuff, I don't see a problem. Problem may be that while promoting sponsors, HF still pretends to be a objective third-party.
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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #108 on: July 18, 2015, 09:16:12 AM »
HF used to be truly informative and can still be.

Thing is you need to have the skills of a whale shark to filter the filth from the food (plankton and krill). My critical reading skills increased there but constant critical reading is tiresome and intensive.

At one point HF became too beginner oriented at which the "M50" became a standard answer. The CNET-like buying/gift guides made things worse and the interesting members started disappearing. Uncle Erik was one of many to leave.

Emperor Jude knows this. For people really enjoying the hobby HF became "spam, spam, spam" when they thought "I don't like spam" and fanatics singing spam like drunken Vikings do not help either.

   
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Re: Why the name "Changstar" became, like the "Voldemort," forbidden at Head-Fi?
« Reply #109 on: July 18, 2015, 11:13:30 AM »
It's funny to see that we pretty much all share the same view.

I have a very simple image for HF, CS, and HC. HF is the mall. CS and HC are both bars.
And I don't go to the mall to discuss, learn about new things, have fun ... etc.
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