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| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store You said it Cerrot, I completely agree. Relationships have value.JWN, you're not wrong, you can get plenty of new or near-new equipment on Audiogon at great prices. But we're not talking socks and t-shirts here, items which you buy and forget. Aud... | |
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store I can offer my perspective from the other side...I own an Internet business, selling jewelry (average purchase $1500), so my business competes against B&M stores - I try to poach customers based on price, and convenience, but I'm at the disadv... | |
| The End Of Big Iron? @Mapman, it's interesting that you mention not going back from Class D, including to tube amps.In addition to the Peachtree Grand, I have an ARC VSi55 that I run in the winter when the heat isn't an issue here in AZ, and I swap them out between my... | |
| The End Of Big Iron? @mitch4t, I think you may like what you hear from class D. I used to have what, to me, was "big iron"...an ATI1506 6x150 amp. Not huge power output like you guys are talking about, but man I hated having to move that thing. Threw off a lot of heat... | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage What great responses...kudos to everyone for not immediately jumping on the "buy this new amp!" bandwagon. I completely agree...you have a fantastic grouping of components, you should be very proud. Before I'd spend a penny on any electronics repl... | |
| Why Merlins sound better then Sonus Faber Still waiting for the name of the dealer where you listened to these side by side on the same source components. Either you did this, and the dealer has a name....or you asked a question with an implied statement about two products with which you ... | |
| Why Merlins sound better then Sonus Faber So you were able to do a side by side comparison, in the same room, using the same amp, source component(s), and cables, of Sonus Faber's top model(s) vs. Merlin speakers? Exactly which SF speaker(s) did you listen to, side by side, with the Merli... | |
| B&W DM604 S2 worthy upgrade from DM603 ? @Tls49, that's good info regarding the distribution of content across multichannel, I'm glad you pointed all of that out. Using that info, it sounds like more of a benefit than I thought, in re-purposing the 603 from front to back. | |
| B&W DM604 S2 worthy upgrade from DM603 ? First, I don't see much benefit in having those big 603's as rear surrounds...they'll do nothing for 2-channel music listening, obviously, but even with movies or multi-channel music I don't see them making much difference given the way music and ... | |
| DAC woes - what to do No worries, Lightspeed, you read me wrong if you think I was offended. I didn't design or build the Peachtree, I just bought a couple. And I have about as much emotional attachment as I do to the green beans I'll be eating for lunch today. Do I be... | |
| DAC woes - what to do It's so interesting how different people perceive products so differently. I actually found that a Peachtree DACit-X gave my system all the low end I wanted (along with air and detail), and ended up buying a 2nd for another room. I can't fathom an... | |
| 3 speakers to consider. I'm with Stringreen, whether on this forum or any other, I discount any post that involves one product "blowing away" another. Hyperbole should have its limits, I think.I've never heard the Montana - it may be the 8th wonder of the world for all I... | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? LOLOLOLOLOL Sometimes Audiogon is unreadable, like when someone says that speaker A "blows" speaker B (this is actually happening in another thread, right now), as if the music from speaker A is so amazing that it causes speaker B to literally fly... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Thanks to those who responded regarding my question about what defines "high end" in dollar terms. I understand, it's all relative. With that in mind, I agree with previous posters that many high-end companies will go out of business, but that's p... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? I have to ask - when you guys talk about "high end", what exactly does that mean? I'm not asking to be argumentative, I'm asking genuinely, as I've seen these types of discussions but I don't know how to put them into perspective. Does "high-end" ... |