daveyf
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| What are your thoughts on Raidho? @kodak805 70% seems to be wrong. Most retailers mark up at 100% (keystone) in order to support costs and profit, at a minimum. Perhaps the dealer friend was stating 700%, which would seem more likely given Raidho’s pricing. | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One @ghdprentice Unfortunately, I believe some high end gear does qualify as ’throw away’ For example, a speaker or an amp from a manufacturer that has gone out of business. Parts no longer available, but worse, nobody to work on the gear. A lot of t... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One @ghdprentice It's actually not the fact that gear occasionally needs servicing that concerns me, it is the question whether you can actually find someone to do the servicing. Seems like this trade is becoming scarcer as more and more gear is cons... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? I run a combo of NOS vintage tubes and new reissue tubes. It depends on where and how they are in the circuit. Personally, i think that in many cases, one gets possibly a more reliable tube with some of the reissues. Simply because the NOS tubes, ... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One Owning almost all high end audio is subject to the variable of whom will repair it when it needs servicing, and all of this gear will ultimately need some kind of a repair. The problem i see is that fewer and fewer folk are able, or are incentivi... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? The dCS Varese is reviewed in the current issue of Stereophile by Jason Victor Serinus. His Varese combo comes in at over $300k. I have not read the review yet, but will be looking forward to the ongoing hyperbole. | |
| Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep I own the newly re-released MFSL Tigerlily, it’s an amazing album and well worth the price. | |
| Linn LP 12 Sondek which version To me this would be an easy choice. I would go with Version (a). The Radikal power supply is a very nice upgrade over the Lingo 4 and the Kore, while not quite up to the standard of the Keel, is actually very close. | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @mylogic Your logic on tariffs is correct. | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @newton_john In your above post you stated this..” all other things being equal, there’s no way Linn would charge more than they have to for an upgrade”. Have you seen the price of the new Linn Bedrok plinth! Or, the price of the LP12 50th in... | |
| Durable record vacuum cleaner recommendation? I went away from a VPI 16.5 as I had reliability problems with the latest version.(the older models are far more reliable and better built). I now use a Nessie, which is not only fairly quiet, but also does a fantastic job. Unfortunately, Nessie... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @newton_john Look again at the sentence you posted. Unfortunately, it is common practice these days for companies to want to maximize profits. Linn are no different in this regard. The fact that Linn outsources the Bedrok plinth means that they a... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @newton_john I believe there is a LP12 50th on this site for sale. Has been listed for a while now, and at a discounted price. Also, I have heard that they are actually not sold out yet. "No way Linn would charge more than they have to for an u... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @newton_john The problem I think Linn have is that they priced the LP12 50th at a number that is about twice the price of their Klimax model. The main improvement of the LP12 50th over the Klimax is the Bedrok plinth. Therefore, if Linn priced th... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? @audition__audio I don't think anyone here is setting limits on purchasing gear for others, certainly not based on price. However, as @audio-b-dog mentioned, as the price rises, the number of consumers that are likely to consider the product dim... |