let me address each of the issues raised---- 1)i think making suggestions for improvements is always valid, and criticizing and/or rejecting the suggestions is also valid, but saying sz is perfect in every way, and suggestions are unwelcome is arbitrary.----- 2)the Korg forum is an extreme example of non-use, the Technics an extreme example of heavy use. what could be the reasons? 3)diki, you are assuming the specific forum posts on sz are more technical help oriented, and therefore other websites do that better--but a lot of what is on the General forum re specific brands is not technical at all, so why not have those on the special forums instead of clogging up the General with stuff about one kb when the reader owns a different brand? that person can always go the the specific forum if they are interested in learning more about that brand..----4)none of this is really a big deal, we could have everything on the General and be fine with that, and we could have more separation and be fine with that. Just seems to me the way it is now, when I post a question on the Roland forum, the response is so slow and sparse that I'm discouraged from using it at all and so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that the specific forums are not the way to get results.

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Miami Mo