carlsbad2
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| Copper, gallium, graphene and excitation "demons" Finally made it though it. Nothing really of interest for audio. Jerry | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? BTW, in the past 2 years, after speaking with the sellers, I have twice used protectionless payment (like friends and family) to pay for 2 transactions totaling $17k. It is possible to just avoid being a victim. Jerry | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? @invalid Did you read my post? Nobody wants to deal with the IRS. People don't want to have to show that they didn't make a profit on it. Many of them don't have a receipt for the original purchase and are afraid to be put on the spot, etc. | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? Thanks. So that says that for 2023, the limit is $20,000 and 200 transactions. Could be an issue for ebay sellers, but supposedly they are selling to make a profit, so indeed they do pay taxes. In 2024, the limit goes down to $5000, so that w... | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? @dill Do you have a reference? I'm hearing lots of rumors but paypal's website still says $600 in 2023. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying that I'm getting conflicting info. thanks. https://www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/article/will-paypal-re... | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? Many do not use PP goods and services because if you recieve over $600/yr, paypal is required by law to send you, and the IRS, a 1099. that in itself isn't a problem since you probably lost money on the used equipment so you won't pay taxes. but ... | |
| USB revisited The death of USB is greatly exaggerated and spread by those marketing competing technology. Especially toxic is the marketing by components who taunt their I2S or other connector as their leg up on the competition. People should be tased for rep... | |
| Not selling Cardas cables online again, just wanted to share..... On the Friends and Family subject, sometimes I have used the suggestion of Friends and Family as a test. Me: " You seem like an honest fellow and after exchaging a few emails I think you are honest, lets say we do friends and family and save 3... | |
| 1099- and PayPal Anyone get a 1099 in 2022? | |
| Schiit Bifrost 2/64 vs. Holo Audio Spring 3 -- brief listening notes Bifrost is great in it's price range I often recommend it to those shopping in that value. | |
| Do people tire of audio forums? There are 3 or 4 members here that make me look for other things to do. | |
| Does a DAC like this even exist? I've used Roon volume control in the past with no incident. I still use it when auditioning a DAC without volume control. No issues. Jerry | |
| Suggestions for Giant Killer rca coax digital cable under $500 used This is a digital signal so don't worry about silver in the mix. Digital data is very dense and it is all about not dropping bits. I like all my digital cables silver. Jerry | |
| Suggestions for Giant Killer rca coax digital cable under $500 used I think you'll get better sound from those 2 components using a quality silver AES/EBU cable. YMMV. I use the Audio Sensibility Signature Silver for about the price you're looking. Jerry | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Of course you haven't shared your entire financial situation with us and maybe there is a lot more we don't know. But your home is a capital investment. I fund my audio purchase out of my monthly operation and maintenance budget. If I moved cap... |