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...is that through this forum you can reach the people who work for WHF. They actually read the forum. They reply! You reply and then they reply again! it's, like, interactive! It's a feature of this forum that I don't know if i've seen anywhere else - that the people who contribute to the magazine actually bother to engage with their readers (in the platonic rather than biblical sense) on a daily basis, and not because they have to, but because they want to. It's great, keep it up. SouthaK

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

user="SouthaK" wrote:
in the platonic rather than biblical sense

Not for the want of trying on Thaiman's part, if this is anything to go by... 

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

user="SouthaK" wrote:

It's a feature of this forum that I don't know if i've seen anywhere else - that the people who contribute to the magazine actually bother to engage with their readers

Thank you for noticing! It's just a natural extension of what we do with the magazine(Drunk, and at Shows - trying to help you all navigate the bewildering amount of choices out there. 

When we've got the new-look website in a couple of months time, we should be even more helpful. 

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

user="Andrew Everard" wrote:

user="SouthaK" wrote:
in the platonic rather than biblical sense

Not for the want of trying on Thaiman's part, if this is anything to go by... 

And let's not forget drummerman

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

...on a tangentially related subject, I work for McVitie's (United Biscuits actually) and I'd be interested to know how Hob Nobs ended up in your list of accessories!

Are there any McVitie's fans at WHF Towers?

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

Time for a tea break methinks. I dont have any biscuits though. (Insert sad face here)

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

No, I think the Hob Nobs obsession is what our web geeks call 'user generated content'.

ie one of you lot came up with it...

 
But of course if you were asking with a view to sending us several cases of Hob Nobs... 

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No, I think the Hob Nobs obsession is what our web geeks call 'user generated content'.

ie one of you lot came up with it... 

Web 2.0 at its finest, I say.

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

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...on a tangentially related subject, I work for McVitie's (United Biscuits actually) and I'd be interested to know how Hob Nobs ended up in your list of accessories!

Are there any McVitie's fans at WHF Towers?

There'd better be, or I'm cancelling my subscription.

But to answer your previous question, I find that all music sounds better with a packet of Hob Nobs (Milk Chocolate - accept no substitute). Doesn't everyone?

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I find that all music sounds better with a packet of Hob Nobs (Milk Chocolate - accept no substitute). Doesn't everyone?

Unless, of course, you're listening on in-ear headphones, when all the crunching gets a bit too obvious. Even worse with noise-cancelling headphones...

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

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that the people who contribute to the magazine actually bother to engage with their readers
Yeb that is one of the reason I came and I stay in this forum! I read the mag from pre- Andy's era and to be able to have a chat with one of the most underated guru (Mr. E) in Hifi world is great.

Also most regular posters here are very forgiving! (I do generally xiss people off without any intention)

However what I dislike most is "I can't format my post!"   Smile

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one of the most underated guru (Mr. E) in Hifi world is great.

UNDERRATED???

Angry 

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

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user="JohnDuncan" wrote:
I find that all music sounds better with a packet of Hob Nobs (Milk Chocolate - accept no substitute). Doesn't everyone?

Unless, of course, you're listening on in-ear headphones, when all the crunching gets a bit too obvious. Even worse with noise-cancelling headphones...

You are, of course, right. I feel that in this day and age, when one can carry one's entire music collection around with one, that the baked goods and sweetmeats market should be able to keep up with evolving Hob Nob usage.

I wonder what the McVitie's R&D department have to say about this?

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

user="Andrew Everard" wrote:

user="Thaiman" wrote:
one of the most underated guru (Mr. E) in Hifi world is great.

UNDERRATED???

Angry 

 

that is a Compliment sir.....keep cool!

 

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Re: What I like most about the forum...

I know, I know - just sulking because Simon Lucas got all the flowers and chocolates... 

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However what I dislike most is "I can't format my post!

S'ok mate, I've got it covered. Come the revolution............

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