in the words of sick boy, "beautifully fucking illustrated."
Sure, over here we tend to get to loud, we get to profane, we get to mean, but its because this is a reactionary forum, started to provide a place for open honest discussion about headphone related audio gear.
I still click the "new posts" button to check out what is going on at head-fi, and I love the marketplace, and of course the archives are an incredibly valuable resource for anyone with half a brain and an ounce of discerning ability, but for the most part I don't even try to correct someone when they make some egregious claim about a piece of gear they don't even know shit about. And this is sad, because bullshit goes unchecked, and tons of newcomers to the hobby buy bullshit gear, get bad sound, and then fall out, where if they would stay in for the long haul, they would spend more money, learn more, and become a greater asset to the community and thus grow the fucking hobby, and isn't that what all the draconian moderation measures are about anyway tyrion? For the sake of the hobby, to grow the hobby, to get major manufacters involved in the hobby, to get more money in the hobby? Hell man, I'm all fucking for it! I don't whine about how great headphones used to be because I'm focused on what I've got today, and am excited about what the future holds. But a consumer demographic filled with ill-informed newbie twits does not long money make. Short money, sure, but if the Head-Fi philosphy really is focused on the long game like Tyll and others are, then HF sponsors need to be allowed to take the punishment dealt out to them by the end consumer, and hopefully then either change their product or business practices for the better of the community or go out of business. Its called a free fucking market.