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| When suggesting audio components for friends and relatives... Most of my friends and family have little interest beyond Bluetooth convenience and very casual listening. That said, my best friend's son, and a young guy who used to work for me both showed distinct interests in having systems but didn't really... | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store @mitch4t " When I created this post, I was truly curious if high end stores were now charging for an in-store demo. I’d never before heard of such a thing.I had no intention of being critical of the seller...I just wanted to know if this was no... | |
| A Couple Little Things I'm Wondering About To each his own experience and YMMV. I was skeptical about cable elevators but decided what the hell give them a try . I have found they make a difference whether the cables are on wood floors or carpet. The benefit in my 2 systems was apparent r... | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store " still hasn't said how much the fee is/was. Why such reluctance? Note he never got back to OP (see beginning of this thread) "The dealer responded on 8/30 within the question/answer section of the listing "probably $500" . I have no skin in th... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. SardonicusBig Start - Best of Big Star | |
| Supratek..Cabernet 6SN7 or Cabernet DHT Have any of you received your DHT/6Sn7 preamps? Comments? | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Roman Street - Amore | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night Deepest sympathies to his family. Rest in peace Al | |
| Leave tube amps always on? I still turn them off even if I know that I am going to listen later | |
| Leave tube amps always on? Despite my question back to the aj523, I do agree with big-greg's & tvad'e No responses; I always switch my tube integrated amps, or tube preamp off when not in use. | |
| Leave tube amps always on? Per LTA's website " we estimate tube life for our amps to be in the 10,000-20,000 hour range." Did they say what the tube life degradation from that level you'd experience if you turn it on and off as "normal" ? | |
| Main Audiogon site barely works? +1 jsqt - I sent a ticket in as well | |
| Main Audiogon site barely works? I thought yesterday that it might be just a Firefox issue, switched to Chrome and had the same problem | |
| Main Audiogon site barely works? Yep keep having problems with getting to the site itself and then signing in | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg Sad news indeed. AL has been a gentleman and always shared his insights in a thoughtful and respectful way. |