aaronmadler

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Buying used or sight unseen speakers a bad idea?
My favorite story about buying used speakers on Audiogon dates back to April of 2007. Stillone and I spoke several times and eventually he said that he would ship me used Dahlquist DQ10 speakers with the understanding that if I liked them, I could... 
CD Advice
Sony SCD XA5400ES SACD player $1499.00 online or call Mike and get it brand new for around $950.00.Mike BerridgeCDW Account Manager | D.C. MetroDirect: 703-262-8108Cell: 703-835-6780Fax: 732-380-6083E-mail: micberr@cdw.com 
Must Hear Speakers in $10K range
The Revel Ultima Salon2 are currently listed for $12,500 on Audiogon. They are $22,000 retail. With a little negotiation, you might be able to get to your $10,000 price range. They have been listed for over 30 days. I have no affiliation to the se... 
Small family living room floor-standing speakers?
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1314639178&/Gallo-Acoustics-Ref-3.1-Gallo Reference 3.1 - No affiliation to seller. I own two pairs. 
The Physics of Electricity
There are plenty of cable manufacturers that will allow you to choose which cable will sound the best to you. Try them out in your home for 30 days and return them if you don't like them. You only end up paying for shipping both ways. It will save... 
Sony XA-5400es VS Oppo 83SE
Roy - You are welcome to come visit me in Boston. You can do a three way comparison between the Mark Levinson 512, The Sony XA 5400ES and the Oppo BDP 95. 
What is the best quality boom box w/cd player.
Thank you all for your advice. I ended up purchasing the JVC RV-NB52 "Kaboom" Box for less than $265 delivered. http://www.jr.com/jvc/pe/JVC_RVNB52/What a fantastic website Audiogon is! Great advice no matter what the price. 
The downward spiral.....
I'm envious of both you and my Dad. My Dad is listening to a pair of Dahlquist DQ 10's that he bought in the 70's. I have gone through numerous speakers, amps, preamps, cd players, cables etc.Lately, I find that with age and maturity, (I'm 48), I ... 
Stupid question of the day
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-DFcYdXoGopQ/p_119ILJRY2F/Monster-Cable-1-Male-2-Female-RCA-Y-adapter.htmlOr, you could try this. 
Stupid question of the day
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2104065Here you go. 
What exactly is a 20 amp dedicated line?
WOW! I think that I bit off more than I can chew from the responses above. Thank you very much for all of the information. 
Running cables under carpet. Any great methods?
Here is a simple answer to your question.http://www.outlawaudio.com/products/OAW3.htmlBest of luck! 
Music Room and Floods
I have a house in Brookline, MA which never had water in 7 years and a year ago, it had water in it twice, even with a sump pump. (The tenant didn't know it was a sump pump and had it unplugged). It ended up costing me $40,000 to rip out drywall 4... 
OPPO BDP95 anybody have any comments yet?
I have been enjoying mine very much for the past month or so. It sounds terrific! 
A New Believer
Talk is cheap. Rather than state that speaker cables are all the same or vastly different, why not actually try them? I used to be of the belief that the idea of differences in speaker cables, power cords and interconnects was snake oil. However, ...