I'm tired of seeing these "which receiver" posts

[mustang_steve]

I agree fully, this is why I don't peruse some parts ofthe forums anymore...it's more or less jsut a bunch of people asking for answers to things they could have researched. It's not so much a snobbery things as it is just geting tired of seeing the same question over and over.

Receivers are possibly one of the easiest things to research possible....look at the power consumption specs...if they are not around 120% or greater than the claimed power output, you can be assured that there is a fair amount o shenanigans involved in their wattage specs. Aside from that, buy it for features you want.

if one is simply inquiring as to "Is Denon Model Blah's video switching any good?"....that's one thing, but asking for the "best under $300" is one of those things that gets old....so yes a value leader chart would be awesome at weeding out these posts.

On the computer board I take part in, this is a huge recurring thing....people not searching and then asking questions that have already been answered as early as an hour ago (sometimes the post that had hteir answer was 3 posts below theirs!)...Over there I do take a point to flaming someone for asking something that is still on the frontpage when they posted....especially when it's the 2,000,000th Soundblaster Audigy and ASIO question, or the 802831203839239128303812908310231820th "How do I hook my PC up to my stereo" thread, when that answer is in the "FAQ --read this before posting questions!" thread on the top of the forum...


...ok so my opinion became a rant.....I get kinda touchy about the need to utilize search

 

[Mayhem]

As an audiophile, I am about as green as they come. As an vbulletin admin, I can attest to the fact that the search function is only as good as the ability to guess the correct keyword. Example: I have been researching what a good choice of mains would be for my upcoming Yamaha RX-V2600. Furthermore, I have a budget of $1000. Try the following searches and not the difference in posts retrieved:

RX-V2600 speaker recommend
1000 front speaker
best 1000 front speaker

So it is often the case that something may be on the forums but not indexed in a way that is easily retrivable. This is a vbulletin (and other forums) limitation, not anything that can be readily controlled.

Sometimes it's laziness, sometimes it's logistics.

 

[mustang_steve]

Very good point.

my rant was mostly with people asking for things that were so recent or common that they would have next to no trouble finding it.

for search tips I found keeping the search simple gives the best results. Wnat to know about a yamaha speaker...just do a search in the speaker forum for yamaha....want to know about klipschorns and tubes....either "klipsh tube" or "triode Klipsch" should sufice. very rarely does a "common english" (use of sentences or phrases) search work as intended.

 

[annunaki]

LOL at rjbudz! That is great

 

[MDS]

The default for keyword search is Search Entire Post. If there is a long thread on power ratings (which there are many) and one single post says 'I Love my Yamaha', naturally keyword search will find that thread if the search term is Yamaha. Keyword search is limited because it cannot know anything about context or semantics; eg. a simple keyword search cannot know that you want Yamaha receivers instead of Yamaha keyboards if you only specify Yamaha.

You can limit the search with the advanced search options, like Search Titles Only or by specifying a date range or poster name, etc. More keywords or more specific terms will yield better matches.

 

[The Dukester]

Some of the problem is the layout of the forums.

The "beginners and audiophytes" section is at the bootom of the page when it sould be at the top.


Looks like they took your advice. I just noticed it's at the top. Whoo-hooo! A chicklet for you!

 

[algernon]

Everyone assumes that people ask these questions without doing an internet search. Has it occured to anyone that it might just be a google that brings people here? That's how I found the site. Looking for reviews on receivers. I think my first post was probably "what speaker should I get for $xxx". I also think that were someone else to post the exact same question today, the responses would be entirely different.
Isn't that one of the reasons this site exists? To share opinions and ideas?

 

[mustang_steve]

Pretty much this is one of those issues that really has no right answers....just a bunch of opinions which are each right in their own way.

...I just wish that people could at least attempt a board search sometimes....like today on another board we had the (literally) 1,000th "is the soundblaster audigy2 any good?" thread...and right below it was audigy2 any good thread #999.I seriously wanted some of that special grape kool-aid after seeing that...