ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| HESITANT with NEW member sellers I agree with all the above, using a credit card on PayPal.I have never had a problem either buying or selling on Audiogon, but a guy who bought a piece from me let me know that, years ago he bought a piece of high-end electronics, when it arrived,... | |
| Negotiating when buying demo and used speakers from a dealer Back when I was in the audio business most speakers had about 50% profit margin in their list price, when new. Like that new automobile, as soon as the speaker leaves the dealer, it depreciates a lot (why would one pay close to new price, and no... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Enjoying the holiday weekend, too hot and humid to play outside, halfway threw the Beethoven symphonies, with these Sopra's, they just sound awesome. I'd say that they really came into their best sound at the six month point, seemed to mellow out... | |
| Preamp for McIntosh MC-602 I have enjoyed a McIntosh C50/MC452 for nearly a year now, just had a friend over who said "love that McIntosh tube sound". These are a smooth sounding combination. | |
| Your single favorite component My PS Audio DirectStream DAC. | |
| ASSEMBLED IN CHINA Even companies like B&W build most of their products in China.If you watch "Shark Tank" (Friday evenings on ABC), the entrepreneurs often brow beat the people approaching them to invest for building products in the U.S., often saying that they... | |
| What's going on with the audio market? I've always scratched my head when I read that the advertisers target the younger crowd. I'm 62 years old and have a LOT more discretionary income than about 99% of those "gen whatevertheyarecallednowers".Back in the late 70's/early 80's I worked... | |
| Is it in my head only? My current setup with Tidal is a Windows 10 laptop, "hard wire" connected with an ethernet cable instead of using the wireless network for streaming, as my Comcast router is as far away from the audio system as it could be, and on another floor of... | |
| Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception Back in 1979 I was a commissioned salesman at a high-end audio shop in DC, and behind the counter we had a small plaque with "There are Lots of Liars in this Business" on it. True then, and true now, but now with the internet as our vehicle for k... | |
| What are the best subwoofers to use with Magnepan 20.1s? I have had Velodyne in the past JL Audio now, both are excellent, especially if you get the models that have built in EQ (with external microphone). | |
| Defining nominal impedance I have a pair of speakers that are listed as 8 ohm "nominal impedance", which might be the impedance at 1000hz, but show a "minimum impedance" of 3.1 ohms, so I contacted the manufacturer for my amp, who recommended I use the 4 ohm tap, not the 8 ... | |
| What's going on with the audio market? My local dealer is in the process of expanding from two "brick and mortar" stores, to three.Having said that, over the years they have de-emphasized music audio systems, increasing their emphasis in theater systems.High-end audio systems is such a... | |
| If a gear is dirt cheap, do you think it is no good? Years ago we were looking for a freezer and one of my friend's coworker found her husband was fooling around with another woman, so he threw him out and started the process of divorcing him. He said to sell his stuff and send him a check...hence ... | |
| Focal Utopia Maestro upgrade About eight months ago I took delivery of a pair of Focal Sopra No2's, like the Utopia series, with Focal's beryllium tweeters.I did a lot of comparing of amplifiers and bought a McIntosh MC452, sounded "smooth" like the tube amps I auditioned, bu... | |
| Focal Sopra 2 Vs Wilson Sophia 3 When I was searching for new speakers, eventually bought the Focal Sopra No2's, listened to the Wilson's and the Magico's. The Magico dealer asked me if I preferred "analytic" or "musical" sounding speakers, he characterized the Magico's and Wils... |