Lay Off the Newbies!


I always try to keep my posts constructive, but there is something that regularly goes on here that I think is detrimental to our hobby - A newbie has a simple question and a bunch of neurotic geezers (of which I include myself) jump on the guy with a million rules and rituals he must follow to achieve his goal, which ends up discouraging the guy right out of hobby. There was one analog thread on static where I recommended Gruv Glide and you geezers started in with so much BS- humidifiers, move to another climate, expensive gimmicks, etc, that GG would kill him and his records.  The end result? By the end of the thread, he sold his analog rig because he couldn't deal with the stress.  In a recent digital thread, you guys are recommending a newbie buy 20 year old transports.  All this does is just make newbies so stressed out that you'll drive them to MP3s.  Newbies need simple answers, commensurate with their experience level.  Buy a Rega table, screw in a Rega cartridge and play records.  They have plenty of time to turn into us.  Somehow we survived, listening to our Sansui receivers and JBL L-100s in bedrooms thick with pot smoke and spilled Boone's Farm.  And we made it.  Sometimes I'm amazed as well.  Let the young have fun while they can. Be well.  
chayro
hey george, you know, from a certain perspective the compact disc was "snake oil." 😉

and yeah that search feature has been helpful for me and i've enjoyed using it a lot, though i'm on the fence whether it really justifies guys who've been posting here since Bush was president turning into crybabies whenever somebody new asks a newbie question. but like i said before, not a big deal to just shrug and move on either 🍻
Who are you quoting there?.. the other two are mine but I can't find that on the page.
Any newbie that goes down that path 
hey george, you know, from a certain perspective the compact disc was "snake oil."
It’s real has technology proof behind it and EE (electronic engineering) etc.
"snake oil" has NOTHING! but conmen trying to make huge bucks out of it from the gullible.
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