When Forums Go Bad …

I remember having been online ever since the Web took shape in earnest. Early 90s, was it? That time I still sat at a university PC of the most solid kind, metal casing and all, solid gray and deadly slow. What followed was an equally impressive 386SX Escom PC (… does anyone remember Escom?), a couple of machines thereafter and in between and right now I’m already thinking again of throwing out my current PC to buy into a new one. Actually, I think I have to. The darn things don’t last longer than a couple of months nowadays.

No matter what the technical achievements of the past decade or two were, communication has not evolved all too much. If at all, it has gotten more complicated. Continue Reading →

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Organissimo Forums

When the Blue Note forums folded in on themselves, the refugees spread to all four winds. The hard core (I hope they don’t mind me calling them that) found refuge with Organissimo, a damn good organ trio that provided enough server space and power to run forums which in a rather short period of time have grown to close to half a million posts by over 1000 members. Continue Reading →

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The Steve Hoffman Forums

One of the best online resources for people interested not only in music but also pristine sound are the Steve Hoffman forums. If you ever spent days, weeks or months looking for some obscure tune, members here will likely find it for you in an instant. If you want to find out which edition to buy of a CD, it has most likely been discussed here or will be if you post a new thread. If you’d like to find out what’s happening in the audiophile circles, you’ve come to the right place. Continue Reading →