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IanBland · 13th Feb 2017, 5:22 pm

JayBee66

The Pi type podules draw people into having to learn transistor circuits, op amp circuits, digital chip circuits, etc. Take a look at Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange some time. It's not just "plug and play"; and while we may be creating a generation whose primary skillset is switching LEDs on and off by ever more convoluted means, it's all good.

Valves are still in use in audio. Probably will be for a very long time; whether they really do sound better or not, the perception is that they do. Particularly regarding guitar amplification.

The bottom line here is that 99.9% of everybody has always wanted "plug and play". There's nothing different about the current generation. Hobbies like electronics are always marginal (and often practised by the socially marginalised "geeks"). Most people are interested in what a machine does. A few are more interested in how it does it. It's a personality thing.

And I must say also your attitude in that post is a bit confrontational. This is a vintage gear forum. You come across as somebody who has joined an antique furniture forum then complains that it's all about old chairs.

13th Feb 2017, 5:22 pm	#60
IanBland Hexode Join Date: May 2015 Location: Northampton, Northants, UK. Posts: 380	Re: Attracting younger members to Vintage Equipment JayBee66 The Pi type podules draw people into having to learn transistor circuits, op amp circuits, digital chip circuits, etc. Take a look at Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange some time. It's not just "plug and play"; and while we may be creating a generation whose primary skillset is switching LEDs on and off by ever more convoluted means, it's all good. Valves are still in use in audio. Probably will be for a very long time; whether they really do sound better or not, the perception is that they do. Particularly regarding guitar amplification. The bottom line here is that 99.9% of everybody has always wanted "plug and play". There's nothing different about the current generation. Hobbies like electronics are always marginal (and often practised by the socially marginalised "geeks"). Most people are interested in what a machine does. A few are more interested in how it does it. It's a personality thing. And I must say also your attitude in that post is a bit confrontational. This is a vintage gear forum. You come across as somebody who has joined an antique furniture forum then complains that it's all about old chairs.