Thank you for your generosity.
Hey Thanks guys, that's pretty cool to feel appreciated.
In particular, I'd like to thank met64, it's true that we did our fair share of PMs, and not only here at Audioholics, but also at AVS.
What is very unusual though, is for me to venture on other less active forums, like right here. I just end up here by accident. So, what a joy to see a thread started by my good buddy 64met.
It's true that there are many people here of high caliber about helping others, so, I'm not alone here. And for me, it's all about TEAM work anyway.
As for my way of posting, you have to remember that I just type with only one finger at a time. Some of my posts took more than two hours to type.
And some took couple days sometimes to do all research. I write down all important coordinates. I got tons of writtings to assist me. I'm ver diligent on what I'm doing, and only give the best informations to my knowledge.
You also have to know that I really start posting here at Audioholics only from about one month ago (mid-May). Before that I was posting mainly at AVS, 90% of the time. I am also an active member to about a dozen other Audio sites across the globe. I speak perfect French.
I'm going to be very honest here with you guys; I was banned for life, not only once, or twice, but three times from AVS. Main reason: too many posts!
I was averaging 60 to 80 posts a day at few times. Not because I'm into numbers or records, but because I'm a true passionate of my hobby, and I feel good helping younger or even older ones. My rate of help or Thanks, similar to what you guys have here, was about 80%, and that's counting the humoristic posts only.
AVS give me several warnings about too many posts, even if they were valuable to their members! I got ban for life, but work back my way in by directly addressing the main administrator (the true starter of AVS Forum from 1999, but already into idea in 1996).
I made some many great friends there, and very few hard boiled heads.
But it only takes one or two bad apples to spoil the great valuable help I was providing. It is unfortunate, if this would not have happens, I wouldn't be here as I am now. Audioholics is about a very small fraction of what AVS is, but for the small size, Auduoholics make it up by the quality and generosity of people. This is one of the most friendly Forum on the planet, period.
I'm 55 years old, and I've been into Audio actively since the age of 0. What that means is that I'm from a family of artists and musicians.
All my life revolves around creativity and learnings.
And Arts plus Music is my life.
My vast knowledge reflects from reading all the audio magazines from the age of about 20. Idid subscribe to several audio magazines for many, many years.
One of my room at home is only fill with that, and from all over the world.
It's my audio library room.
Am I an obsessive person? No. I'm a hard core audio, film, music, nature and super hard working person that do everything with extreme passion and dedication, that's all.
For some people, it is way too much, so I have to refrain myself sometimes to accomodate them.
My philosophy in life is: it's not what you accomplished in the past that really counts, it's what you do with it right now, in this actual time.
My true wish: Peace for every human inhabiting this planet of ours.
Now, coming back down to Earth, here in this Forum, everything is fine on the waterfront.
I do spent many hours here, it's part of my life now, you are my family now, my friends, my confidents; you are an important part of my life, you, the members, the newcomers, the mods, the administrators and the visitors.
I consider you all as part of my family, all equally important.
I never own a computer in my life. This is the 2nd one (an IBM) that I owned now only from about the last 8 or 9 months. My very first computer in my life was not even from a year ago, it was less than that. And I crash it within a few weeks! It was just too old (that's why it was free). This ine now that I'm using, I bought it from advice of a friend of mine that is a true Guru computer freak, nerd or whatever you want to call that, He owns a dozen computers or more and repairs them for it's own benefice. Just like I said, he is a true passionate about computer technology.
There were some people at AVS that thought I was using several computers at once, because of my rapidity to respond at several threads.
NO, only one small and cheap IBM computer with only one finger to type at a time, honest God true.
There are other things that I excell at; sociology, philosophy and anything between.
In true Audio, you cannot classify a component that reproduces the signal in it's original form. It's the same thing with people.
Ok, I can talk for hours, weeks, months, years on end, but gotta go now, some people are in search for answers, and I just might have them for them.
So, everyone here that read this, you take care, Good morning, Good night & Good-bye.
And God bless you all.
Robert (aka Bob, aka LOTR)
