bashkin001
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| Why did I get bounced to escrow when seller doesn't seem to have an account? So, the seller kindly canceled the escrow (I guess he did have an account, though I'm not completely sure) and we just used PayPal. There were escrow fees, and I had to choose who paid them, or if we split them, but had not discussed this with th... | |
| Review: Totem Acoustics Model 1 Monitor Dear Gonglee3: You are correct, of course. But please note that the HK CD change is my source of last resort (but greatest convenience); it also is now upsampled to 96 kHz, though maybe for no great reason. The single CD Rega Planet (older model) ... | |
| Review: Totem Acoustics Model 1 Monitor Peter S:You are correct; these were not the Signature model. | |
| Review: Totem Acoustics Model 1 Monitor Art and Tw1, thanks for the kind words. Sorry about the typos.Art: I have heard Thiel's in shops, including the 1.5 and 2.2. I never heard a Thiel I didn't like. In fact, when I bought the (demo) Totems through an Audiogon dealer, I was simulaneou... | |
| Acurus A200 vs Adcom 5800 I have not heard the Adcom 5800. I own an Acurus A250 (which is basically the same as the A200), powering Totem Model 1 biwires via an Audio Research hybrid preamp. This combination gives a wonderfully musical sound, with great accuracy. Many non-... | |
| Golden Tube Preamp Woes Revisited My SEP-1, which sounded great, died a slow death. The volume started fading out, but would jump back to normal if I switched back and forth to mute, which I initially assumed was a switch oxidation problem. Then it wouldn't give any sound at all. ... |