faustuss
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| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. When the size of your market shrinks you have to reduce the volume of your output which consequently increases the production cost per unit. Supply and demand. I can understand magnets getting more expensive in the states (Tariffs), but It... | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? Most of the mass market records come in printed inner sleeves like that which I don’t believe are intended for long term storage but for the edification of the listener with liner notes and or lyrics. Instead of any kind of wet cleaning I would u... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Roberta Flack - Quiet Fire, VMP Classics LP | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. @arafiq "Sales and operations planning" and "integrated business planning", yes and then there’s material requirements planning (MRP) that starts with a concept then an engineer’s drawing and the countless the individual pieces that will be requ... | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. @ghdprentice is the only person in this thread or anyone else on this forum who has the slightest clue about how things actually work. Without profits businesses fold, private entities in niche markets especially. The biggest overhead in any busi... | |
| Integrated amp for tube lover Luxman SQ-N150, much better buy than anything Rogue, probably won’t break either. Then there’s the Naim Nait 5Si which will give you anything a tube amp will and plenty of grunt too! | |
| Best way to dampen a micro-vibrating Printed Circuit Board inside an amp? Thanks! Oh please! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steely Dan - The Royal Scam, Analog Productions UHQR 2 x 45 No 001727 | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Janos Starker, cellist with Antal Dorati conducting the London Symphony Orchestra - Dvorak-Cello Concerto in B Minor, Opus 104 and Bruch-Kol Nidrei, Opus 47, Mercury Living Presence Speakers Corner LP | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Those of you who play mono records cut back in the hey day when that was the only format but today reissue producers don’t want to try and sell records that customers have to jump through hoops to play them back properly. Mono reissues are at a ma... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? The only mono's I have are reissues which are all lacquered with modern stereo heads these days. I simply use my stereo micro line cartridge and throw the mono switch on my phono preamp and I'm golden. No muss no fuss! | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? Put it back on the shelf and pull it out again a week, months or even years later and you'll definitely have a different opinion of it. | |
| Has McIntosh Ever Decreased Prices (on new equipment)? @5farms You should check out Audio Classics in Vestal NY. They are always doing trade up programs and will be quite accommodating if its in their interest to do so. Plus, they have an awesome facility with close ties to McIntosh itself (I'm sure t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, Universal International Music B. V. LP | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? @goofyfoot You have to understand that most of the subscribers here have nothing else to do. There are countless available sources online that are more accurate without the lore and conjecture if people want to seek it out. All you need is a keywo... |