What do you think Audiogon does right? or wrong?

I love the format !

Of every audio site I've visited, this is the only one simple to navigate. It is deceptively well designed and you only appreciate it if you attempt to post (or worse) find a post at another site.

Regardless if your looking for Sale items, Auctions, Discussion forums or just need to send an email to a fellow member via the Audiogon server, it is all here.

Already mentioned is the virtual systems, but I also read the bio's and frequently visit the lengthy "Who RU", thread.

I really appreciate all the IMAGES. Images that accompany ads, images for virtual systems, images for Auctions. About the only images not available are of the contributors to the discussion forums.

What does Audiogon do wrong? Nothing I can think of, except I didn't come up with the idea first.

I am a critical person, but right now, I don't think audiogon is doing anything wrong. The only thing that comes to mind was the voting, etc. done in the past.

The best thing, I think, is how the classifieds are managed.

The effective search engines - search for information, search for gear, buy quality equipment well below retail. The post archives contain a wealth of useful information.

So far, I haven't found much use for the new equipment reviews feature. The discussion forum is already more effective covering this ground.

This site is near perfection. Let's keep in mind that this is a business model and that the features we enjoy the most are meant to keep us coming back. It's a rare finished product that maintains viewer interest and makes money. They have done it so well that I sometimes forget this is how the owners earn their living. This, my friends, is the internet at it's best.

I'm with Albert about enjoying the photographs and personal bio's. This forum is by far my favorite feature. I especially love the threads that evolve quickly into humorous posts.

Note to any Audiogon techs that may be following this thread: Sometimes images are slow to load even with my high speed connection. I have a free resizing program that discards the uploaded image after the resized one resides on the server. Contact me if you would like a copy. My web site serves the Realtor community and as such is heavily involved with images, many of which are virtual tours. While we don't have your volume of traffic, our bandwidth usage must exceed yours and our images load must faster. Can you accomodate virtual tours being posted?