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Originally Posted by kafka  Personally, I would like to see posting privileges in the high end section limited to full-time working professionals only. That is, they'd have to have a link to their studio or business, or something, so readers can have some idea of their musical context and experience.
I realize that this excludes me. But honestly, I can get amateur advice anywhere. |
there is a flaw in your logic:
you will not be able to get any advice at all, because you will be excluded from posting in this new forum*
You have a question? tough. You can't post, remember? Unless one of the "selected" has the
same question and you can search for it, you are out of luck, aren't you? And since these are
the guys with the answers, how likely is it they will be asking the same questions as the newbies? The entire conversation could be taking place so far over your head as to be useless to you.
"wading through" the replies to a question is called "work". You have to get to know the posters, know who is smart and who is dumb, as well as who is experienced and not experienced. This information will need to be stored in your head rather than on a clickable link in the guy's signature. It's not that hard, but the work is not done for you.
You have to learn enough about the science and technology of audio to understand when a suggestion (from anyone) makes sense or is just magical thinking.
You also have to learn how to balance the information when expert posters with good reputations disagree with each other - as they often do.
Too bad you have to do "work" to find out what you need to know, but a "panel" of professionals spending their valuable time merely answering your questions would probably want to be paid.
You could "work" to make the money, or you could "pay" them by providing a fun environment in which they and others can shoot the breeze about their favorite expensive gear - which is the system we have now. Knowledge is dropping all the time, you just have to learn which of it is worth picking up.
These are valuable skills in any field, in the long run more valuable than any particular piece of information about the best mic to go with your Pacifica.
You should also realize that your elitist rules would exclude many top professionals who currently choose anonymity for professional reasons. It is likely they would decide not to join rather than risk offending big-name clients. I can think of two or three right off the top of my head whose loss would make any change of an existing forum
not worth it.
*(I said New Forum: please stop trying to impose your snobby ideas on an
existing forum that many people are quite satisfied with)