firstonetallguy
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| Buyer anxiety Your smartest move during this whole transaction was to ask for advice from the Audiogon community. There is probably no greater source of experience with fraudulent actors on this planet than the audiophile fraternity. Congratulations on not ge... | |
| Fraud /SCAM I will NEVER purchase anything from an individual, not backed up by a company that can handle credit cards, unless I can buy through PayPal merchandise and services. Every other method is a ticket to give money to society's pariahs. | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Hi Everyone, I am enclosing the updated spreadsheet reflecting the additions to the suggested Direct Cable Company list. It includes the added information up to this date, 7/31/2022. I will follow up with the new submissions as needed. I espec... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value Speakers first, mono amplifiers second, pre amplifiers third. All other changes are like adding sprinkles to an ice cream cone, nice but could live without. | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Hi Everyone, I have gone over all of the responses to this date, 07/04/22, and have spreadsheeted the results that you see below. These are the company names with the quantities of mentions. I thought this might be helpful to others who are fol... | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Thank you to all who have responded. I had no idea there were so many cable companies that could fulfill my needs. I will follow up on every suggestion and make up my mind based on the information contained on the cable company's website and you... | |
| Another person going digital and full of questions @ gdnrbob I moved to Aurender, which had a slightly improved sound, but very limited (Tidal and Qobuz only) apps, and no means of playing on a second system. (I like to stream to both my office and the Main system). I now use a Innuos Zen ... | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? I have owned the Schiit Modi and Magni for headphones. I listened to the work computer CDs and Spotify. It was much better than the add-on computer audio card and quite listenable. Was it audiophile quality? No. But who has the time or need f... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) duckworp Thank you for your excellent article. I have been considering all 3 of the streamers you mentioned and your comparisons and comments are very helpful. | |
| Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark. Using digital, I can use DSP to pervert what the musician intended and produce a frequency response like you get from vinyl. I can set up a number of different DSP profiles for each track to replicate the way the sound worsens as the needle head... | |
| The Weekend I had never heard, or heard of, Mr. Weekend before the Super Bowl ads. I was looking forward to something new and entertaining. I saw something new but not entertaining for me, nor for the other viewers in the room. I did not like the show. I d... | |
| Does Age Matter? I have 12 feet of shelved Vinyl Albums from the 60's thru the 80's. I have not listened to them for over 30 years. As a senior citizen, I prefer Digital for quiet, convenience, and ease of use. I could not stand the Vinyl ticks and pops now, n... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? mgrif104Thank you for your streamer journey. Many of us do not have the ability to compare audio products in the real world because of a lack of available local sources. Hearing from someone such as yourself, and not a professional reviewer, c... | |
| Power strips- too many choices erik_squires10,138 poshttps://inatinear.blogspot.com/2019/04/power-management-for-frugal-audiophiles.html I bookmarked this page for future reference. Thanks for the information. | |
| Manufacturers This is a very interesting thread. It made me think of all the attempts I had in the past to get in contact with the owner or manufacture or supplier about an item that, for whatever reason, I needed to discuss. I remember all of those that hand... |