Just a quick post to recognise our modest two million views milestone today!

A huge thanks to all who’ve helped make this happen. There are no views without content AND readers and no business without customers who appreciate what we do and why! Many thanks to all who’ve supported Liquid Audio and cherished classic audio with me over the years.

My first post on this website was in June 2012 and it took nine years to achieve the first million views. The second million happened in three years so we’re heading in the right direction. That’s all organic growth too with no advertising, Google promotion or buying views. There are another couple of million views on my YouTube channel, so check that out if you get a moment.

Two Million Views – My Thoughts

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the two-million-view journey. Along the way, Liquid Audio has become a place people trust for accurate information and one of the most respected businesses of its type and I’m incredibly proud of that. I never knew how things would pan out, but I’ve always held the belief that if you do something well and with conviction, people will come and thankfully they have.

Factors contributing to this probably include:

• Originality – I’ve always striven to create unique and interesting content, and deliver factual information, without reference to other sites or creators. I work this way so readers get the purest expression of me and my take on things as possible. It helps maintain the uniqueness of the site and content.

• Quality & Best Practice – My focus has always been on doing things properly, with the greatest attention to detail and technical focus reasonably possible. Devising innovative procedures to keep classic hi-fi alive and well is part of that, as is crafting quality content for readers.

• Authenticity – You’ll always get the real me, whether here or in person, with no punches pulled. Popularity has never been an important goal for me but I’ve always hoped that discerning visitors would view the site as a source of truth and factual information they can trust and many people do, for which I’m thankful.

• Passion – My energy for classic hi-fi, music and helping people improve their hi-fi hopefully comes across loud and clear. Nothing makes me happier than helping good people and hearing how much they are enjoying their hi-fi gear.

These are just my thoughts, let me know if there are any other things you consider important and that we do well.

Challenges

Generating two million views brings a few challenges and managing bookings and workload is the biggest one for me. My modest little workshop in Carine continues to serve as my base and I carefully manage things to allow me to continue to do this work from my workshop and stay healthy/sane!

Creating the content that brings people here is my other big challenge. In the three years since my one million view milestone, I’ve been slowed by some health stuff, but I’m pleased to say that I’ve generally been feeling much better in 2024. I love writing articles but working on this stuff full-time means that writing about it is often the last thing I feel like doing at the end of a busy day or week. Writing more inevitably means less time on the bench, so like all things, there’s a balance.

The Future

I have lots of exciting things planned for the site and many articles in the pipeline including some that I’ve sat on for years. I’d love it if you, the reader, could help me. Take a look at the equipment/potential articles below and let me know in the comments which you’d most like to read about, or any others that you have a particular interest in. Do you have a particular interest in amplifiers? Turntables? CD players..? Cheap or high-end gear? Japanese, European or North American?

This is just a sprinkling of the catalogue of gear I have to write about. Let me know if you have any favourites you’d like to read about. Any other thoughts or suggestions? Let me know in the comments below.

Thanks again for being part of my two million views milestone and journey. Stay tuned as always because I look forward to bringing you more fascinating and wonderful classic hi-fi equipment and sharing the enjoyment of working on and listening to it.