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Responses from gents
| What new gear have you just bought? I haven’t done a serious change in the chain for sometime now. Either I’ve become complacent or just gave into the fact that my ears aren’t as nicely tuned as they may once have been. Occasionally, audio nervosa will get the better of me and promp... | |
| Schiit yggdrasil + Less Is More vs. Denafrips Pontus II I don’t know how (Denafrips with) the Pontus 2 work this magic of convincing the audio world that this is the most phenomenal DAC in the hobby today. If you go online and check all the obvious influencers/reviewers and you’ll find they are trippin... | |
| Fee for home audition svenjosh You made me laugh. In retrospect, I would’ve just negotiated that price down because that was way too much. No need for a slap. There’s nothing wrong with paying/tipping someone to help you out. The way I see it, I save a lot of money ge... | |
| What are some good things to do when going to an audition Bring a venti dark roast from Starbucks. The rest will handle itself. | |
| Fee for home audition I’ll never get this stink of entitlement that I see on some of these posts. No one is required to help you out by lugging & loaning you their equipment on the outside chance that you might not be anything more than a wishful tire kicking twit.... | |
| Really Inexpensive Systems That Sounded Great? Great thread. I love the challenge of putting together the best system you could afford. | |
| Songs of debauchery and excess There's WAP from the brilliant minds of Cardi B & 'Megan Thee Stallion'... | |
| How Did Your First Audiophile Experience Impact Your Audio Journey? Impact? No. I wasn’t quite sure what it was I was looking for or what was even really available. I read a piece in New York magazine on Michael Kay and Lyric HiFi in Manhattan and whatever I read inspired me to visit a real live audio salon. I he... | |
| Denafrips 12 anniversary "lordmelton Yeah, the greed monster is taking over. I’d hold out for the special limited edition 9/999 with gold knobs, personally signed by Metallica or whoever. Confucius say "When no selly put up pricey". What an absolutely ridiculous pos... | |
| Hi-end audio is a big zero I always have a hard time believing the posters who tell us improbable stories about dickish dealers who refuse to audition equipment unless they’re pre-committing to buy. I’m pretty sure there’s something about them or their approach that makes a... | |
| Hi-end audio is a big zero What would the OP expect? The dealer recreate his living room? As if in 2023 there’s a lot of realistic alternatives in actually hearing a pair of speakers you’ve been researching. Sounds a little like making exuses for being a little bit of a ti... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! I definitely get the two song angle because there’s always just one or two non-negotiable tracks you’re hot to run as test tracks. I’m probably dating myself when I choose Clapton’s Signe as something good to warm up the ears before I get serious ... | |
| Neutral Dac? The Auralic Vega is remarkably flexible and affordable. You can set it up a number of different ways, but it always comes off quite transparent. It really is a fantastic piece of gear. | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? As I was reading some of the responses, the sob story 'buyer' comes to mind. The 'hey, I'd like to buy it, but Hurricane Sandy took my house out to sea, we're living in a shelter and my kid was just diagnosed with rickets...would you take $250'? | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? You're not dealing with sales professionals, for the most part. Most of the time they're inexperienced in dealing with 'customers' and way too emotional about what they think the value of their special DAC or turntable is. If I got insulted every ... |