hello,

i really hope this will cut and paste.

context: there is a thread on that other place (obfuscation is intentional) that is discussing the forthcoming AKG's from Massdrop.

i felt it might be helpful to those folk to see a thread here that discussed these headphones.

and so i posted in the thread:

"hello,

there is a rather active thread on the pyrate site about these cans (no linky, even though i think Jude is a member over there.)

i have been eying the K712 Pro's for a long time as the GYTW heard some K701's and said "i want these." (and Audeze LCD 3's to boot.)

that said, i am in for this drop like s**** on s***!"

and then this happened:

from joe

Hello DrForBin,

For myriad reasons (some of which you may or may not be familiar), we do not allow links--or reference--to changstar from Head-Fi. As a result, your post (the original unedited text of which can be found below) was edited.

And, for what it's worth, Jude is not a member over there, but it doesn't surprise me that they'd create a profile to make it look like he is.

Best Regards,
Joe

cc: jude
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DrForBin View Post
 
hello,

there is a rather active thread on the pyrate site about these cans (no linky, even though i think Jude is a member over there.)

i have been eying the K712 Pro's for a long time as the GYTW heard some K701's and said "i want these." (and Audeze LCD 3's to boot.)

that said, i am in for this drop like s**** on s***!

the edited post reads:

"hello,
 
i have been eying the K712 Pro's for a long time as the GYTW heard some K701's and said "i want these." (and Audeze LCD 3's to boot.)

that said, i am in for this drop like s**** on s***!"

so, here is my disconnect.

is Jude a member of Changstar or not? the posts from the "king" sounded like Jude having a really good time at the expense of his "competition".

why, in the name of all that is holy, is it inappropriate to link or allude to another site that might have information for someone to make a buying decision? (the reason for my post was that someone was asking for reviews of the Massdrop AKG's.)

i am rather troubled. coming from the enthusiast PC community i have found that sites will allow links if it provides a different take on a particular piece of hardware.
in a lot of cases they will even link to other reviews to provide their visitors which a different viewpoint. e.g. [Hard]|OCP.

am i missing something here? changstar is not Head-Fi, nor is Head-Fi changstar.

for folks who are looking to spend money on a product, why is it verboten to point those folks to information that might help with that decision?

or, to be a real dick, is it that Jude receives a shitload of gear gratis and is focused on having the most massive collection of cans, amps, cables... whatever on the planet? thus, everything is wonderful, there are no headphones in existence that shouldn't be purchased today!

please forgive, i am having a real difficulty with this. if a site is here to enlighten the unenlightened, to promote the hobby, to get folks going in the right direction to enjoy music, why the fuck is it so paranoid to admit that it is not the be all, end all?

sorry... tired, cold, and not very rational.

tldr; is Head-Fi dot org so fucking concerned about marketing that they are no longer a place to get any information, and thus a dead end if anyone cares about personal audio.

n.b. i am copying this post as a reply to the message i received.

@DrForBin:
In other words: different perspectives, different priorities.

This.


Changstar grew from a need for an honest, and open community. To agree to disagree is very common here, yet people remain cordial and respectful. 


Head-fi is primarily a business with sponsorships to protect and new ones to seek out.


Pirate Ship vs Sponsorship.

He does have an account here.  He kind of gloated about it to me saying he reads the stuff here even though we might not know it.

Update - Jude emailed me and said he does not have an account here and only reads the public stuff.

Someone (either zerodfx or OJ) very cleverly wrote something like, "You must google to find the chang you are seeking." It might have been during #padgate.

Update - Jude emailed me and said he does not have an account here and only reads the public stuff.

hello,

i most certainly hope so, as i do not want to engage him through HF messaging.

the latest thing is a reply from Jude which opens with:

"DrForBin, If English isn't your first language, I understand; and if that's the case, you are are certainly doing better than I would do if, for example, I was trying to write a message to someone in Turkish (seeing as I am neither able to speak nor write in Turkish). However, if English is your first language, I'll kindly ask you to re-write your message so that I might better understand it"

as i have some peculiarities when i write, i ran my original post through the readability check of MS Word 2007.

ignoring the word/sentence/paragraph count the results were:

"Readability Statistics

Readability

Passive Sentences 8%
Flesch Reading Ease 73.3
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 7.3"

i also ran the text through https://readability-score.com/ with this result:

"Grade Levels

A grade level (based on the USA education system) is equivalent to the number of years of education a person has had. Scores over 22 should generally be taken to mean graduate level text.
Readability Formula    Grade
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level    5
Gunning-Fog Score    7.7
Coleman-Liau Index    7.2
SMOG Index    5.5
Automated Readability Index    3.4
Average Grade Level    5.8"

i am flummoxed.

and quite a bit saddened that the largest headphone forum is not open to the free exchange of information.