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From: ricchetti@apollo.HP.COM (Mike Ricchetti)
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Subject: Re: RFC: Creation Of Moderated Group "Rec.Audio.IHA"
Keywords: YES !  rec.audio.hifi or rec.audio.phile
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Date: 7 Dec 89 16:04:00 GMT
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> From: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Thomas Krueger @ College of Engineering Electronics Shop, UW Milwaukee)
> Info-High-Audio was created to give an alternative forum for those
> disgusted with the noise level of rec.audio. It has grown and evolved into
> the forum for esoteric discussions of high end audio, anything from equipment
> modifications to great sounding classic recordings to better sounding
> equipment to methods of setting up equipment and listening rooms.

> To allow others to participate (and make my delivery list a LOT smaller) I
> propose to gateway Info-High-Audio right into the mainstream USENET
> namespace. This article is an "official" call for a discussion. I propose
> the name of the new, moderated, group be called "rec.audio.iha" for lack of
> a better idea. If you have a better idea for a name, bring it up. When a
> consensus seems to have been reached (someone will let me know what the
> proper time period is) we'll have a vote.

I too would like to see something more "high-endish" than
rec.audio.  Yep, rec.audio.iha is obscure and I wouldn't
mind rec.audio.high-end.  Just for the fun of it though
I'd like to suggest either rec.audio.hifi or rec.audio.phile.



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