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... I don't really think like a marketing guy...

Thank gawd for that. Stay gold, Ponyboy.

In my head, basic informational videos lead to people buying important stuff like conditioners etc through affiliate links but probably not.

I don't think it's just in your head, a video that went hard on the importance of power conditioners, that encouraged people to go to EB to see what models were being used by their favorite producer, or just to see what was popular in general could do some real good.

The challenge there is that EB gear logs are mostly about what artists/performers use, and there's way less logged about what well-respected Engineers & (non-performing) Producers actually use.

So EB can tell me what kind of power conditioners Travis Barker and Deadmau5 use (I'm not kidding here), but not what Bob Clearmountain and Steve Albini used... which kind of caps the excitement/wow-factor of EB for someone coming in hot from a video about great studio-craft... or so I gather.

Tangentially: I wonder if Vintage King has an affiliate program?

... I don't really think like a marketing guy...

Thank gawd for that. Stay gold, Ponyboy.

In my head, basic informational videos lead to people buying important stuff like conditioners etc through affiliate links but probably not.

I don't think it's just in your head, a video that went hard on the importance of power conditioners, that encouraged people to go to EB to see what models were being used by their favorite producer, or just to see what was popular in general could do some real good.

The challenge there is that EB gear logs are mostly about what artists/performers use, and there's way less logged about what well-respected Engineers & Producers actually use.

So EB can tell me what kind of power conditioners Travis Barker and Deadmau5 use (I'm not kidding here), but not what Bob Clearmountain and Steve Albini used... which kind of caps the excitement/wow-factor of EB for someone coming in hot from a video about great studio-craft.

Yeah, in a big commercial setup like electrical or clearmountsin's place that burned down you usually have a separate electrical system purpose built to provide clean power for audio with its own ground stake so all audio gear is isolated from other appliances and HVAC... there'll be some regulation to prevent surges and brownouts but aggressive conditioning is for home and project studios where appliances with motors share ground and a fuse/breaker box with the studio gear... and live venues... most theatersonthe east coast don't have separate power for HVAC etc. Anywho...

Tangentially: I wonder if Vintage King has an affiliate program?

I vaguely know the founders but, its probably best if Michael reaches out... even if they don't it doesn't mean they are closed to the idea. Never hurts to ask

Yeah, in a big commercial setup like electrical or clearmountsin's place that burned down you usually have a separate electrical system purpose built to provide clean power for audio with its own ground stake so all audio gear is isolated from other appliances and HVAC... there'll be some regulation to prevent surges and brownouts but aggressive conditioning is for home and project studios where appliances with motors share ground and a fuse/breaker box with the studio gear... and live venues... most theatersonthe east coast don't have separate power for HVAC etc. Anywho...

Clearly, I need to watch this video of yours, once it comes out. :D

Tangentially: I wonder if Vintage King has an affiliate program?

I vaguely know the founders but, its probably best if Michael reaches out... even if they don't it doesn't mean they are closed to the idea. Never hurts to ask

I'm thinking if we started doing any content aimed at upmarket studio topics, linking to products with VK affiliate links makes a lot of sense. Also, VK hosts waaaay more info about what gear Clearmountain depends on than EB does right now. I hope someone reading this decides to change that.