Anyone else get Banned at HC

[GuitarGuyLP]

The amp in question was a 30 watt combo. The guy wanted to try a 16 ohm speaker in place of his 8 ohm. I said you should be ok.

NOTE: my bad !!

my post should read: plates of the 6550's and cathode ground
(rechecked the schems to be sure )


anyway, its a future reference kinda thing

question: I'm worried about flyback ?
answer: diodes on the tube plates !!

question: will this mod hurt my OT?
answer: install a fuse inline with the center tap (OT primary side) !!

etc.

btw, aiken - good stuff !!

http://www.aikenamps.com/TechInfo_2.htm

Page has been bookmarked. Great info!!!!!

 

[rsm]

What's HC?

Hollywood, CA!

Just kidding!

Harmony Central (can I say this here?) Complete waste of web-space. Went there for awhile, big time waster and low value for the most part. No interest in going back.

 

[James Lugo]

What's HC?

Hollywood, CA!

Just kidding!

Harmony Central (can I say this here?) Complete waste of web-space. Went there for awhile, big time waster and low value for the most part. No interest in going back.

Thanks man, I'm just not hip... as usual.

 

[Anonymous]

Went to login last night to see what was going on and I get the below message I wrote the Mods and Admins but none of them will respond back. Weird as hell when something like this happens and you don't know why.

You have been banned for the following reason:
No reason was specified.

Date the ban will be lifted: Never

No... but I got banned over at metroamp and it is absolutely ridiculous. I'm completely blown away...

Stve

Wow......what did you do man?

I had a minor disagreement with someone (nothing more than I see in the EVH forum there all the time) where many other members were agreeing with what I said and I got a warning for "arguing". I then went back to the thread and found that many posts had been deleted destroying the continuity of what was said (mind you - there was no profanity, no threats, no racism, pornography - absolutely NOTHING objectionable). I responded to the admin who had sent the warning, VERY respectfully, saying fair enough - but how many more posts are you going to delete - I don't understand this level of moderation for a discussion I see all the time here. The admin responded that I was "way out of line" (no way I was...) and that they delete any posts that they deem "inappropriate". I then went back to the thread where the discussion took place and found that ALL my posts had been deleted as well as any posts agreeing with what I said, etc. Basically the whole discussion, which while somewhat argumentative was not offensive in the least. I responded back to the admin saying that I would not continue to post at a board with this level of moderation and that they were free to delete all my posts at their discretion since they found it so easy... I did not ask them to delete my account - I figured I could lurk, search for interesting topics, but cease posting. Next time I went back to check something, my account had been permanently banned. I went back another time and all IPs associated with my account had been banned as well. I tried to call George at Metroamp to discuss and left a message, however he did not return my call...

Unreal... The whole IP blocking is so stupid since I can easily surf the site through a proxy server anyway. This was a case of pure censorship and unbelievable over-administration. They are free to do what they want over there - it is their personal board, but this was a WAY over the top over-reaction by the admin IMO... I took down my amp build thread because I was pretty offended by the censorship before they banned me... petty on my part maybe, but I was pretty mad about the whole thing...

Steve

Steve, that is really too bad...I was following along in that thread over there, and you were saying absolutely NOTHING that even remotely could be considered incindiary! (not to mention I happened to agree with every point you made). ...

I don't even post over there anymore...not worth the trouble.

Yeah man - I just don't get it? I just saw that George posted in my amp build thread saying he doesn't know what happened, but as I said, I called and left him a message and he did not call back...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

I hate censorship period, but even moreso when it's the "mightier than thou" types doing it.

Completely altering what happened on a thread is ridiculous, especially when there have been no threats, no attacks, no racial comments, no offensive images, etc... nothing that could result in liability for the owner...

At metro - there seems to be different rules for different members, because I see arguments that get more personal in the EVH forum all the time, with no posts being deleted... I don't get the overzealous, "drunk with power" over-reaction of this particluar mod either in my case - especially when I asked for clarification very respectfully. This is a similar approach taken in administration at the JCF forum - which is why I never post there anymore (of course, they didn't ban me or my IPs either when I told them I was going to discontinue posting due to their rude responses to my respectfully phrased questions). I don't get why asking for simple clarification is such an affront to some of these admins?? I didn't even mention that I actually APOLOGIZED in the thread for taking up space defending myself AND that I told the mod I would follow the rules and avoid arguments in the future, even though I just didn't see any precedent for the warning I was issued...

It is a real bummer because the metro site is full of great information and many cool, level-headed folks. I've also been a good repeat customer at the metro store as well, but now... I dunno... Like I said, I can still use the site though even though they banned my IPs, so no big deal I guess... Unfortunately for the people that cared, I will no longer share the cool stuff I'm working on...

Steve

Can you point me to the thread that got you banned?

I can, but I don't see what good it would do because every one of my posts and any posts by other members that referenced my posts were deleted. For what it is worth the thread was this one:

Ban Thread

For reference, it used to be 14 pages long before the posts were deleted...

Steve

 

[titanamps]

yeah, the level of general douchebaggery on HCAF hasn't reached critical mass. i mean, some of the OT stuff is pretty funny, but the asshats that treat that place like their personal blog really piss me off for some reason.

there are several regulars there that i would really like to bitch slap.


i remember that thread about impedance mismatches, too. i've tried to tell people that it's not a big deal, and can actually yield some cool tones, but the message is generally snubbed. ignorance reigns supreme...

i was lurking a bit earlier (hardly ever), and I saw a thread where you said I was probably still around.

wrong. you won't see me post there again. mainly i think the people who are cool should travel over here

there's a couple guys over there that have joined too recently to know some of the shit they know. i just figured one of them was you.

 

[bunghole]

yeah, the level of general douchebaggery on HCAF hasn't reached critical mass. i mean, some of the OT stuff is pretty funny, but the asshats that treat that place like their personal blog really piss me off for some reason.

there are several regulars there that i would really like to bitch slap.


i remember that thread about impedance mismatches, too. i've tried to tell people that it's not a big deal, and can actually yield some cool tones, but the message is generally snubbed. ignorance reigns supreme...

i was lurking a bit earlier (hardly ever), and I saw a thread where you said I was probably still around.

wrong. you won't see me post there again. mainly i think the people who are cool should travel over here

there's a couple guys over there that have joined too recently to know some of the shit they know. i just figured one of them was you.

nope