I wouldn't say that Head-Fi is the only place to have community status. Lots of game specific forums are like this as well.
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Originally Posted by Patrickhat2001 
Zanth is absolutely right, this is a great place--it really, truly, is a communitity. In my opinion Head-Fi is the first and, thus far, only online forum to really have this status. Jude even gives us custom titles for cryin' out loud! Besides that this site is incredibly well maintenced, very easy to look at (unlike avsforum) and navigate (unlike audio asylum). Most of all Head-Fi is a place where people of like minds can meet and discuss (in peace, thanks moderators!) not only headphones but a variety of other topics. And that is really what it's all about--yeah, sure, everyone comes here at first to gain knowledge about headphones and other audio equipment but they stay because they can interact with like-minded people and be encouraged through them to try new things; related to audio or otherwise. Essentially what makes head-fi great is the process known in behavioral psychology as modeling--watching someone else do something and then immitating them because it appears that the observed person is getting rewarded for performing the action. Without head-fi I never would have though about spending so much time and money toward building a headphone rig because I never would have known (or believed) that the results could be so fruitful. But watching and interacting with people who have done such things has made me a believer and this is what has encouraged me to make my rig the best it can be.
The mind-blowing thing to ponder, though, is imagine if forums such as head-fi existed all over the internet, about every topic under the sun, what a wonderful world that would be.
Zanth is absolutely right, this is a great place--it really, truly, is a communitity. In my opinion Head-Fi is the first and, thus far, only online forum to really have this status. Jude even gives us custom titles for cryin' out loud! Besides that this site is incredibly well maintenced, very easy to look at (unlike avsforum) and navigate (unlike audio asylum). Most of all Head-Fi is a place where people of like minds can meet and discuss (in peace, thanks moderators!) not only headphones but a variety of other topics. And that is really what it's all about--yeah, sure, everyone comes here at first to gain knowledge about headphones and other audio equipment but they stay because they can interact with like-minded people and be encouraged through them to try new things; related to audio or otherwise. Essentially what makes head-fi great is the process known in behavioral psychology as modeling--watching someone else do something and then immitating them because it appears that the observed person is getting rewarded for performing the action. Without head-fi I never would have though about spending so much time and money toward building a headphone rig because I never would have known (or believed) that the results could be so fruitful. But watching and interacting with people who have done such things has made me a believer and this is what has encouraged me to make my rig the best it can be.
The mind-blowing thing to ponder, though, is imagine if forums such as head-fi existed all over the internet, about every topic under the sun, what a wonderful world that would be.
