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| Selling speakers to a buyer in Russia? And by the way, these procedures are those you should use for any international transaction - they are not directed, exclusively, at those with Russian citizens. They are no more, or less, honest than the average US citizen. Many of the above comm... | |
| Selling speakers to a buyer in Russia? Lot of good suggestions... but... if you decide to do it:1. Advise the buyer of your terms and let him decide if he wants to accept all the risk.2. Have him accept risk of loss from the time you deliver the package to the shipper.3. Allow him t... | |
| To Pre or not to Pre? Here is my take As I've posted elsewhere on Audiogon, I compared both the Creek OBH 22 SS Passive Preamp, and the ARC Ref 3 Tube Preamp. I got the Passive Pre, initially, because I wanted to eliminate the preamp, but retain a remote volume control. The Passive ... | |
| Budget Audiophile Looking For Amplifier Suggestions Well... all of those are great... but... why not get a "giant killer" that's new, which will rival any of these, which won't require cap maintenance any time soon, and which will drive most anything...I've got the ClassDAudio (brand) SDS-470C, whi... | |
| Best reasonably priced SACD player? I greatly prefer the Sony SA5400es to the Marantz - it just seems to have better resolution, detail and clarity. Though, the Marantz has a rich, warm, tube-like sound - but, at a cost.However, the Sony is no longer supported by Sony, so you have ... | |
| Securing Monitors to a stand Also - I use a concrete patio block (16" square) as the base under the stands and spikes rest on the block - very stable and difficult to knock over - compared to sitting on carpet. | |
| Securing Monitors to a stand I use some rubber foam mat that I got at Home Depot in a role to cushion the monitors and protect the bottom surface. Think I found this in the carpet area. Then I use a black nylon strap about an inch wide with a sliding compresion buckle to st... | |
| Hardware Options for Streaming Music From Internet via Pandora, Tidal, etc. Well... I do understand... that master analog tape has the best sound quality, followed by vinyl, and then possibly HD CD’s / files, WAV CD’s / files, FLAC files, and MP3 files (or variations of all of these). But... in my A/B comparisons the only... | |
| Hardware Options for Streaming Music From Internet via Pandora, Tidal, etc. Yeah... what I'm finding, which I didn't realize, is that many music servers can provide internet radio streaming, depending upon the control software they use. So... both of mine (W4S and Bryston) can support internet radio streaming - it just d... | |
| Hardware Options for Streaming Music From Internet via Pandora, Tidal, etc. It kinda looks like "the choice" is between something pretty convenient with average sound quality... and... something with superb sound quality, with average convenience.So... for simple convenience and the "nominal" sound quality of internet rad... | |
| Hardware Options for Streaming Music From Internet via Pandora, Tidal, etc. Hey... just discovered my W4S MS-1 Media Server has an internet radio receiver in the Logitech Media Server software it uses... though, I guess it doesn't support streaming of HD files from Tidal, yet (without issues).So... maybe... that will suf... | |
| Hardware Options for Streaming Music From Internet via Pandora, Tidal, etc. I guess one option might be... to use a MacMini wth a SSD (replace the HD), and a upgraded linear power supply - which would allow me to receive the internet radio signal, and transfer it to a DAC via HDMI, USB, etc...But, that would be a pretty e... | |
| Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers A lot of good suggestions.I would second two:1. Parasound Halo A21 makes Maggie’s sing as good as I’ve heard them (except for the Halo JC1 monoblocks) - about $1500 used.2. Classdaudio SDS 470C makes them sound as good, maybe better - about $700 n... | |
| Can a small speaker sound really really good? Yes... a small speaker can sound virtually as good as almost any speaker made. Many have reported the WaveTouch Audio Grand Tetons (now the Antero) certainly rival some of the best speakers available at 10-20x their price. Mine certainly do. See t... | |
| Hi-Fi Tunig Fuses & Parasound A21 These discussions of the perceived sound qualities of fuses and cables, etc. never cease to amaze and amuse me - passions are stirred and frustrations are aired, never with definitive resolution. And... skeptices rely on science and engineering p... |