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| cassettes CAN sound better than vinyl. I don't think the OP is 'dreaming' at all. Back in the '80s and '90s, I made some magnificent sounding High Bias/UDXL2 cassettes that were way more clean, punchy and dynamic than anything I would have had to put the time, expense and effort into g... | |
| Aged components / service!? I don’t understand all this hard and fast ’if it’s over 10 years old don’t buy it’ nonsense. Same for the people who are so completely sure that their new equipment, by virtue of its new engineering, is light years ahead of, let’s say for sake of ... | |
| eBay secretly over charged sellers eBay, as mentioned by one of the other posters, is the biggest game in town with the most exposure for your item. That's what you pay for when you go there, otherwise start your own auction website and pay what you want. Buenos suerte.In reality, ... | |
| Demos - To Charge a Fee or to Not Charge a Fee? "Sorry- but the dealer mark up includes the cost of doing business and that includes marketing."This is where it gets sometimes gets messy.The often beleaguered dealer can find themselves between a rock and a hard placeWhat to do then? Relationsh... | |
| Demos - To Charge a Fee or to Not Charge a Fee? I’m with danager.I think that talking about a fee is really dope.It’s the quickest way to go out of biz.There are too many places that offer free returns a price matching now days to set up as a nickel dimer. If you can’t keep the lights on get ou... | |
| Demos - To Charge a Fee or to Not Charge a Fee? I’m sure there are more than a few of us who’ve used the dealers gear & facility only to purchase elsewhere. It’s hard enough to stay in business these days, particularly with this modality. So if dealers can make themselves a little coin and ... | |
| Critical listening and altered states I stopped reading a few pages in, so forgive me if I repeat something someone else said. Chances are you've listened to your system in an unaltered state often enough. Furthermore, I'm almost sure most of us bought it that way. If it sounds extra ... | |
| 100W+ solid-state amps known for beautiful mids I'm reading these posts and kind of envying how (relatively) easy it is/was to find a pretty damn good hundred watt amp.I find it's a lot harder to find magic when you're looking for 250 w and more. | |
| Is your now then? I’m not sure if I’ve romanticized the memory of the sound the came out of my Technics SL1800 TT’s into an 85 Watt Marantz 2385 receiver into some big fuzzy brown Cerwin Vegas, but I remember it as visceral and glorious. I’ve yet to hear vinyl soun... | |
| I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s. schubert7,162 posts08-07-2021 2:51pmMissed out what? Music that ensures a man 60 year old has the brain of a teen-ager forever ?That's a nice start. They missed out on seeing ELVIS up close for 12 bucks. The music of our youth is the music that c... | |
| More watts or better power ? Mark, your terrific system is something to envy. My young man systems in high end were a lot bumpier than that.You're feeling something’s missing and from everything you say, the parts are all good. You might not be a believer in cables and wires,... | |
| List a Condition you know of that will produce Better Sound Divorce. | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? Before I knew what I absolutely wanted when I was rebuilding my system about 10 years ago, I ordered a Schiit Bifrost and a subsequent multi-bit upgrade. I liked it and got comfortable with it as components changed, but when I really started to fi... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. I can barely put together a coherent thought when reading anything by Jason Kennedy, editor of the-ear.net. It is as if he does not understand the limitation of use of a comma. Do the English really have that much of a different implementation o... | |
| BEWARE OF FRAUD with this member PS, PayPal does this to buyers as well. Had a Krell preamp, purchased here on A'gon, just not arrive at my doorstep while I was in the house. Despite the fact that the seller insured it and sent it 'signature only', UPS said they left it on the do... |