Imagine a world without Wiredstate.
None of the hobbyist conveniences, none of the learning. Sure, there would be pockets of activity among hobbyists, possibly revolving around dealerships, but the industry would never have bloomed. Most importantly, all our friendships throughout the years... never would've happened. Those folk who understand us, those folk we almost never see but who virtually "live" here.
How much poorer our experience as audiophiles would've been we'll never know. Because there is a Wiredstate, it's easy to take its existence for granted.
There was no such thing like this forum when it comes to Philippine Coffee. Fact is, our country used to be a strong producer, one of the top exporters in the world. Now the Philippines is not even a blip. Remember how during the '50s-'70s folk from all over Asia came to our country to study Rice? Well, look who's selling rice to us now... those very same folk we taught! With coffee we're even further behind than rice. What happened? Well, over 100 years of kanya-kanya. We never got our act together. There never was a community. But now we have a place for one:
Kapihan.PH
Please feel free to pass invitations around. Maraming Salamat!