ALT-THEORY: I think all the "analog is best- go get it on Ebay" ideas...
that were constantly floating on those boards, by myself and many others, probably just embarrassed Tascam, and shined a light on how weak their current product line is. I don't think the powers that be would stand for a "Tascam-sucks" or "Tascam's lost-it" attitude on their own boards! They need to sell
new product, and not to have a bunch of bbs hacks steal their spotlight, to promote how great analog is! Remember, Tascam is
out of the analog game, and I don't think they want to be reminded how badly their current digital products stand up against their classic analog products.
[Q] If you needed a recorder that works right out of the box, is easy to learn & operate, and is impervious to glitches, and does not require the computer to operate, etc, would you rather have a 388 or 788? A 38/M30 or a US-428? A 246 or a P5? ['Nuff said].
Anyway, here on HRcom/Tascam, we can get on our soapbox about anything, pro- or anti-Tascam, and Tascam can't touch us, or do anything about it!
Also, I don't want to get into Tascambbs and personality wars, but a
certain member who's also moderator would often scan posts and delete them, if they somehow contradicted his own posts, or if they showed his posts to be wrong, AND, sometimes if he wanted to
steal your point and re-post it, making it look like
his own. I'm not gonna bash any more, but some of my most legitimate, relevant and informative posts were deleted, in the name of 'conserving space' or whatever, and yet there seemed to be unimited bbs space for "geek's trivial pursuit"-type posts. No names, though.