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Title: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: David Allred on April 10, 2018, 01:59:05 PM: I asked a "chat tech" if an archive would be made available. He did not know. The Samsung buyout is not going well for users, thus far.
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Steve Litcher on April 10, 2018, 03:47:21 PM: Sadly, I'm not surprised. I can't recall which specific area of the forum it was in, but the entire area was full of spambot posts for fake Gucci, Fendi, Nike, etc..

There were some good bits of info in that forum; I hope they (or someone) will maintain them.
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Lyle Williams on April 10, 2018, 04:37:53 PM: DBX is an outboard-kinda-company selling in an inboard-kinda-decade.
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Tim McCulloch on April 10, 2018, 05:19:21 PM: Quote from: Lyle Williams on April 10, 2018, 04:37:53 PM
DBX is an outboard-kinda-company selling in an inboard-kinda-decade.

And under Harman, perhaps redundant with BSS as separate companies. The Crown microphones were assigned to AKG...

The consolidation of Harman Pro Audio group to fewer geographic locations and relocation of most manufacturing to Mexico has been underway since 2006. If anyone is interested, get the Harman International Annual Reports for 2005-2015. Eventually the corporate HQ will be in CT, not CA, IIRC.

Conceptually there's a lot more going on when it comes to competing on a global scale and where ones home country represents a fraction of the total market.

I don't think I'd used the dbx forums although I'd used the JBL VerTec owners forums. No recent traffic other than spam. Makes me think Harman had 1 person handling forums for all brands and the job was surplussed, nobody had the passwords... and there they sat.
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Nathan Riddle on April 10, 2018, 09:47:33 PM: Quote from: Steve Litscher on April 10, 2018, 03:47:21 PM
There were some good bits of info in that forum; I hope they (or someone) will maintain them.

time to download the website...

edit:

Grr its already down!? >:(
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: John Fruits on April 11, 2018, 10:49:13 AM: Quote from: Nathan Riddle on April 10, 2018, 09:47:33 PM
time to download the website...

edit:

Grr its already down!? >:(

Is the Wayback machine (https://archive.org/web/web.php) any help?
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Dave Garoutte on April 11, 2018, 12:45:57 PM: Quote from: John Fruits on April 11, 2018, 10:49:13 AM
Is the Wayback machine (https://archive.org/web/web.php) any help?
Sherman started an internet company?? ;D
Title: Re: dbx user forum shutting down
Post by: Mac Kerr on April 11, 2018, 12:49:36 PM: Quote from: Dave Garoutte on April 11, 2018, 12:45:57 PM
Sherman started an internet company?? ;D

It's really Mr Peabody's company.

Mac
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Nathan Riddle on April 11, 2018, 01:37:48 PM: Quote from: John Fruits on April 11, 2018, 10:49:13 AM
Is the Wayback machine (https://archive.org/web/web.php) any help?

I considered that, but usually it's hit or miss for me.

But it works! I'm surprised. Oct 23rd is the date I picked.

I'll try and download it tonight and see about hosting it on Scott's servers ;) haha.
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Scott Holtzman on April 11, 2018, 01:52:59 PM: Quote from: Nathan Riddle on April 11, 2018, 01:37:48 PM

I considered that, but usually it's hit or miss for me.

But it works! I'm surprised. Oct 23rd is the date I picked.

I'll try and download it tonight and see about hosting it on Scott's servers ;) haha.

I don't care it was phpBB right?
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Nathan Riddle on April 11, 2018, 01:56:03 PM: Quote from: Scott Holtzman on April 11, 2018, 01:52:59 PM
I don't care it was phpBB right?

Correct.

Been awhile since I downloaded a website. Trying to get my wildcards correct.
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Nathan Riddle on April 11, 2018, 02:32:32 PM: Hmm, so I'm having issues downloading the website because the string inside the brackets changes depending on the link at the end.

I'll figure it out, but that'll be later.

https://web.archive.org/web/[20160824032502]/http://dbxpro.com:80/drug/
https://web.archive.org/web/[20160620004907]/http://www2.dbxpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=959
https://web.archive.org/web/[20161023063025]/http://www2.dbxpro.com/Forum/
Title: Re: DBX user forum shutting down
Post by: Tom Burgess on April 12, 2018, 05:41:36 PM: I'm sorry to see this go away, I learned a lot of very useful things there. It's also the forum that led me to this place.