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| How NOT to sell an item on Audiogon I'm glad most of you got a good laugh out of it! To be honest, I was concerned that the moderator might not post it. But, I figured nothing ventured nothing gained. Yes Audiogon is my favorite sight, if only by the amount of time spent on it. I us... | |
| Your First System I must have been half asleep when I wrote that, it was an Audio Techica cartridge. But reading most of the other entries, it does seem to be a trend. Almost all of us started out in the mid-fi stereo of the 70's. I remember stores like Sight and S... | |
| Your First System I was 13 in 1975, and as many of you from that period have already said, I had a Technics 25wpc receiver, worked construction during the summer and bought a BIC turntable, with a $35 Altec Lansing cartridge. I was using some super cheap speakers f... | |
| Ideas for budget audiophiles Years ago my boss had a system I had chance to hear at his town house in downtown Richmond. It was an Adcom preamp with Adcom 535 amp. 65 watts per channel? Somewhere around that. A Caimbridge CD player, and I wish I could remember what his speake... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- Your family argues over who will inherit the stereo when you die! | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- Your house is robbed but they didn't take the stereo because it's too heavy! | |
| SPL - Pro Audio Blasphemy? Thank you Kirkus for your thoughtful response on rail voltages, I kind of knew it, but could never have said it so eloquently. And let's not forget safety! A failed component on a 120v rail could start a fire! And a failed shunting cap could knock... | |
| How much does your system retail for? It piles up quickly doesn't it? I assembled my first real system back in my 20's when I was a carpenter. I had an annual budget of $2K, and I got by with old mid-fi gear until I had the complete system. Back in the late 80's one could assemble a d... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? That's very true Mapman, very true indeed. I just don't see why one should preclude the other. In other words, I may actually listen to more hours of music with my humble collection than he who owns more records than he could ever listen to. I hav... | |
| Parasound's new Halo integrated I cannot speak on the brands you mention, although I do use a Parasound Halo preamp. It's solid with nice features and sounds OK, I've got no complaints. But, from your description it sounds like you may be ready for separates. In my personal expe... | |
| SPL - Pro Audio Blasphemy? A few years back I acquired a pair of Legacy Focus speakers, HUGE! At 200 lbs each and 5 feet tall, they are awesome to behold. But, I found them hard to drive. The specs say you should be able to drive them with any 200wpc amp. And you can, but, ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? I recall a letter to Stereophile, way back when they were a small paperback book format. A reader claimed he owned some 24,000 records! And according to him, this made him the ultimate audiophile, and anyone with less than 10,000 albums should not... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? My system is barely high end by most of your standards. But I'm getting there! I've heard the awesome realism in salons, and know what I want! I am an audiophile, after all. But I have friends who come to my house, and we set around and drink whil... | |
| Repair my Sony CDP 608 ESD? To those who posted, just thought I would follow through with an update. I found the replacement laser head for my old Sony and it was $850 just for the part! So that squashes any notion of fixing up the old bird. I am buying a Cary 306 that's 4 y... | |
| Repair my Sony CDP 608 ESD? Thanks for the input. And yes RhlJazz voiced his opinion, nothing wrong with that, I asked for opinions. And while I cannot say I've had many CD players in my system over these years, I had listened to others, and did have my daughter's $800 Maran... |