herman

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Caveat about the Cable Company return policy
the lending library may be a fine way to audition cables. but they didn’t have what I wanted to audition available to lend. Just a caveat to all to completely understand what the policies are 
Top Ten HiFi Playlists - Tidal
so how do I take your playlist and import it into my Tidal account?thanks 
Open request to Audiogon programmers for filters on listings
Tammy, I now see how to save a search. ThanksThat doesn't solve the bigger problem of searching with filters 
Amplifier current vrs watts; why is current more important?
Your typical amplifier outputs volts.not quite right. Voltage (more correctly known as EMF, electro motive force) is the force that pushes energy out of the amp, down the cable, and into the speaker. Therefore, saying that an amp "outputs" volts i... 
anybody buying into magnetic levitation "eliminates the effects of any vibration" ?
nothing is perfect, so it did not make sense for the OP to harp on the manufacturer's claimI disagree... the point is ... manufacturer claims that his product is perfect i.e. it "eliminates" vibration , he is lying or he is ignorant of the laws of... 
anybody buying into magnetic levitation "eliminates the effects of any vibration" ?
Cleeds, they are selling here so I suppose it is a real product and you can get more info from the listings 
anybody buying into magnetic levitation "eliminates the effects of any vibration" ?
Cleeds, Relaxa is making the claims of complete decoupling hereGeoff, but they do claim it is perfect.  I didn't saying anything about the effectiveness of the shelves. I'm just saying their claim of complete decoupling is bogus. Kind of like sayi... 
The nightmare of the cartridge buyer...
Davey, you don't understand what a rip off is. A rip off is when you pay for one thing and get another. You got cheated, swindled, etc. It has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the object is worth what you paid for it as an objects' wor... 
USB Extender ?? had any luck passing audio over an extender?
The USB extender suggested works perfectly. I added another 15 ft powered extender to get to 45 feet and no issues.  
The nightmare of the cartridge buyer...
daveyF, a rip off is when someone offers something for sale and misrepresents what it is. If I offer you a Rolex and what I sell you is a cheap imitation then I ripped you off. If I offer you a Rolex at full retail + 20% because it is a rare watch... 
The nightmare of the cartridge buyer...
Offering something for sale and finding people who are willing to pay the price is not a "rip off." It is capitalism at its finest. It doesn't matter that the cost of materials is much lower than the selling price or the mark up is very high, ever... 
USB Extender ?? had any luck passing audio over an extender?
did not know that you could go that long. ordered and will try. Nice thing about Amazon is if it doesn't work just send it back.... thanks 
Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money
Geoff, you got me there, conductive liquid. A wonderful marketing spin but at the end of the day they are just transferring energy from one component to another. You will never convince me that the $20,000 + you would need to cable your system wit... 
Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money
Cables are the most overhyped, overpriced components in the world. Come on people !!! it is wire !!!! The people paying tens of thousand or even thousands of dollars or even hundreds of dollars are idiots. I apologize to all of the idiots.I wish I... 
multichannel SACD or DVD
sorry I'm not clear, I mean surround like 5.1 or 7.1 like you figured out. Thank you for the suggestions. I have an OPPO 203 so feeding my receiver via HDMI though I could go analog. Anybody care to weigh in on which they prefer? I don't care to t...