And I have to wonder if they/we are really serving the community/themselves for the betterment of the hobby/industry.
Not ONE person there brought new meat to the meet to maybe introduce them to the addiction, I mean hobby.
I was walking into a demo room, a theater, when an staunchly old dude literally runs into the room and yells, "wait a minute, that's my seat" and slides in between me and the sweet spot seat.
In the same room latter with about 8 people in there watching the movie, not loud I might add, an employee of the store comes in and says "sorry guys we cant do demos in the other room with this on" and shuts down the audio and walks out.
They completely missed the interest that the theater had generated that night, COMPLETLEY! Very nice theater and not a single employee stepped up and worked it. Instead it was treated like the red headed stepchild. GIANT MISSED OPPORTUNITY!
Another staunchly old dude wanted to argue formats in the middle of a demo of some extreme top shelf gear. While he tried to say we should all accept equally all formats he had to drive home why his chosen format was the best. Basically the "Why some of my best friends are (insert race/religion/sexual preference of your choosing here) mentality.
At another meet the demo was more extreme top shelf gear and it turned into 1 1/2 hour debate over RIAA curves, the rep was fit to be tied.
GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WANT TO TALK/ARGUE DURING A "LISTENING" DEMO, WALK OUT OF THE ROOM FOR GODS SAKE...PLEASE REMOVE YOURSELF.
The shop owner was gracious as always and served up some good food and was a decent evening and I was able to get into a couple rooms by myself for a bit and that was nice.
So to recap, as this was, and usually is a group of staunchly old (mostly) white dudes, not getting any younger, give it a rest already! You are not helping improve your image AT ALL!
To note I am a 53 year old staunchly white dude.
Give back for a change, bring some younger people and introduce them to the madness.
Be polite to others. As in the terrible movie Roadhouse, "What do we do"? "Be nice".
If the track being played is not of your liking, SHUT THE HELL UP none the less. I know its not classical music, but SRV Tin Pan Alley is one of my all time favorite songs, amp buzz and all.
Just because you don't like the track doesn't mean its your turn to bestow your wisdom upon us.
It seems that nobody seems to grasp that this hobby is 100% subjective and EVERYBODY has their own tastes and likes, RESPECT THAT and move on!
Its our differences that give us the choices in equipment that is available to us.
I like white cars, don't beat it dead why I should drive a red car!
Back to you regularly scheduled programming...
Not ONE person there brought new meat to the meet to maybe introduce them to the addiction, I mean hobby.
I was walking into a demo room, a theater, when an staunchly old dude literally runs into the room and yells, "wait a minute, that's my seat" and slides in between me and the sweet spot seat.
In the same room latter with about 8 people in there watching the movie, not loud I might add, an employee of the store comes in and says "sorry guys we cant do demos in the other room with this on" and shuts down the audio and walks out.
They completely missed the interest that the theater had generated that night, COMPLETLEY! Very nice theater and not a single employee stepped up and worked it. Instead it was treated like the red headed stepchild. GIANT MISSED OPPORTUNITY!
Another staunchly old dude wanted to argue formats in the middle of a demo of some extreme top shelf gear. While he tried to say we should all accept equally all formats he had to drive home why his chosen format was the best. Basically the "Why some of my best friends are (insert race/religion/sexual preference of your choosing here) mentality.
At another meet the demo was more extreme top shelf gear and it turned into 1 1/2 hour debate over RIAA curves, the rep was fit to be tied.
GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WANT TO TALK/ARGUE DURING A "LISTENING" DEMO, WALK OUT OF THE ROOM FOR GODS SAKE...PLEASE REMOVE YOURSELF.
The shop owner was gracious as always and served up some good food and was a decent evening and I was able to get into a couple rooms by myself for a bit and that was nice.
So to recap, as this was, and usually is a group of staunchly old (mostly) white dudes, not getting any younger, give it a rest already! You are not helping improve your image AT ALL!
To note I am a 53 year old staunchly white dude.
Give back for a change, bring some younger people and introduce them to the madness.
Be polite to others. As in the terrible movie Roadhouse, "What do we do"? "Be nice".
If the track being played is not of your liking, SHUT THE HELL UP none the less. I know its not classical music, but SRV Tin Pan Alley is one of my all time favorite songs, amp buzz and all.
Just because you don't like the track doesn't mean its your turn to bestow your wisdom upon us.
It seems that nobody seems to grasp that this hobby is 100% subjective and EVERYBODY has their own tastes and likes, RESPECT THAT and move on!
Its our differences that give us the choices in equipment that is available to us.
I like white cars, don't beat it dead why I should drive a red car!
Back to you regularly scheduled programming...
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