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You know you are an Audiophile when:
Demagnetizing tracks šŸ˜ 
Anybody want a laugh?
Is that an ad? 
New JBL Studio Monitors (4349) Coming in September
I was thinking of buying L100ā€™s in December, are they gonna go and release a 75th Anniversary edition like six months later just to make me jump out a window?! 
I sold a CAL Aria Tube CD player and buyer claims a burning smell
Iā€™m with the people who think that the buyer is a scumbag fishing for a partial refund and wants to keep it because thereā€™s nothing actually wrong. Iā€™ve been selling on eBay for 20 years and have perfect feedback and have seen my fair share of thi... 
Best route to go for new dac?
Under $1,000, really anything in blue will do: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/master-sinad-distortion-comparison-graph-...I went with the SMSL SU-8 v2 and love it. My software front end is generally Foobar2000 playing F... 
Best cartridge
Update: Bought a Technics SL1300 MkII for a song with no cartridge from someone who didnā€™t know what they were selling. Have a friend repairing/replacing any broken bits and installing an Ortofon 2M Red as part of the updates.Ā So SL1300 MkII ā€”>... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bunch of thrift store $0.50 specials.Ā Currently ā€œNice nā€™ Easyā€, a compilation of easy listening music put together by KBIG FM104. 
Best cartridge
It makes intuitive sense to me that cartridges from vinyls heyday wouldā€™ve been manufactured with higher QA standards than now, since Vinyl was the prevailing technology of the day. Even if modern manufacturing processes exceed those of yesteryear... 
Anybody want a laugh?
@guyboisvert This whole thread is reminding me of the current political climate in the US. Half the population seems to have zero interest in expert opinions (engineers), facts, or science, and only want to hear what they already believe echoā€™d ba... 
Best cartridge
DACā€™s donā€™t all sound the same, and Iā€™m fully aware that analog sources and equipment in general are more sensitive to small changes.Ā Appreciate the advice so far, including the recommendation of getting a ā€œwheel of steelā€, thatā€™s in my eventual p... 
Everything Matters With Digital
Itā€™s a little maddening for people who are empirically minded to see others set money ablaze over the placebo affect.Ā Itā€™s why they conduct medical trials the way they do, people can and do experience relief when no treatment was administered.Ā  
How do you go about selling large speakers?
+1 to CL or even OfferUp.Ā AudioGon people probably donā€™t know this, but mint condition CV speakers actually sell for a pretty penny. Look on eBay.Ā  
Everything Matters With Digital
And what do you suppose the chances are that a 1 gets mistaken for a 0?Ā  
Anybody want a laugh?
STAHP, I seriously canā€™t.Ā https://highend-electronics.com/products/synergistic-research-acoustic-artšŸ˜‘šŸ˜‘šŸ˜‘ 
Anybody want a laugh?
@twoleftears w-w-w-what do you do with those bowls? Salsa? Salad? Soup? Eccentric hat?Ā