br3098
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| Should listings include the age of the item? Elizabeth,I'm not sure that I understand your derisive tone with regard to your comment about "flippers". I buy, restore and sell classic turntables, I am often offered items in trade for turntables or other gear, or if I decide to sell a piece of... | |
| Just how good is the Technics SL-1200? At risk of jumping on top of the dog pile, I have owned a couple of SL-1200s (a MkIII and MkV) over the years, and they were OK. I will agree with Elizabeth; IMO it is a somewhat better than average cheap Japanese DD deck with a mediocre tonearm. ... | |
| Reasonable not to be offered a trial on a cart? Spiritofmusic,Well after everyone's rants (including my own), it seems that there is at least one dealer that does offer a home trial for high-end cartridges, via a 7-day return policy: Robyatt Audio for Miyajima cartridges. http://www.robyattaudi... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Phil,That was a well-written and informative post. | |
| Turntable Choices You did choose the worst solution. Hope you got a good price, but even that will not improve performanceAtta boy, way to go. Keep rallying the troops through positive encouragement! Are you by any chance a mid-level manager for the phone company? | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. I have a pair of Tannoy Stirlings TWs. I have tried powering them with all sorts of amps; from 5W tubes to 200W SS. I am basically a tube guy. But IMO the Tannoy dual concentric drivers, especially the larger (12"-15" units), need a little power (... | |
| Reasonable not to be offered a trial on a cart? Spiritofmusic, while I'm glad that you found a dealer that will meet your requirements, I think that your expectations are unreasonable for most dealers. You believe that an in-home demo for "a couple of hours" is fair and reasonable on a $6,500 p... | |
| King of the one liners My favorite Dangerfield joke:In my town we had an ugly girl. So ugly that when two men broke into her apartment one night, she yelled "Rape!" They yelled "NO!" | |
| Best Amp for Klipsch La Scala Speakers? Xmas Gift Markpao said: "The OP's speaker was listed as the LaSkala, not the K- Horn."Sorry, my bad. But I will advise the same recommendations. | |
| Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of I will use Jaxwired's response as an example: "...Since I buy low, I can sell for little loss."So as I see it, you want to buy new gear for (close to) the price of used, depreciated gear. There is nothing wrong with that, except that this model do... | |
| Best Amp for Klipsch La Scala Speakers? Xmas Gift As others have indicated, you can use almost any amp to power a K-horn. The classic audiophile pairing is either a 300b, 2A3 or (if you are more adventurous) a 645 SET amp. Personally, I prefer EL84 but different strokes.I would suggest that you l... | |
| Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of I have a couple of questions for all of you guys who are buying all of your expensive audio gear on the web:1- Just where did you go to hear this gear before you decided to buy it, or are the completely accurate and unbiased opinions on Audiogon a... | |
| Dave Brubeck...RIP I saw this early this morning. It's sad for us, but he lived a long and wonderful life and he will continue to bring joy to jazz affectionados for generations to come. I have seen Dave play maybe ten times, from the 1970s until just a couple of ye... | |
| Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of Taters wrote: "Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of state..."Spoken like a true consumer, i.e. one who has no idea of the competitive pressures and costs associated with being an audio dealer in today's web economy. Why don't you spend... | |
| CJ CT-5 vs. CT-6 Ah, the one of the joys of being an audiophile... the luxury of arguing over which great preamp is "better".I have heard the Premier 16 (not a MkII) on several occasions, and I concur that it is a great amp. Without having heard them together, I w... |