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| Looking for a speaker for my LM 845 Premium Best recommendation depends on a few variables. How large is your listening room ? What type of music do you listen to ? How loud do you listen ? Do you care about deep base reproduction ?I understand why EU sourcing is important from a cost... | |
| Experiences Selling Stuff On Audiogon? My experiences:I conducted an experiment a few years ago. I listed a variety of items across multiple sales platforms; Ebay, Agon, AA, US AudioMart, HeadFi. Items ranged in value from $50-$2000. Descriptions and pictures were identical across a... | |
| Do chinese tube preamp/amp clones interest you? Well I use a Triode TRV 845 amp. Made in China, in the Line Magnetic factory. Excellent build quality and sonics. Bias has held rock steady for several years (I measure after each listening session). But- this amp is not a clone or a copy or a... | |
| Where are the cheap home streamers? Denon Heos Link. MSRP $349Full streamer, with DAC or digital outputs (coax and fiber). Will accept a USB drive, and connect to NAS storage. Wifi or Ethernet. App is easy to use, and device will connect to all streaming service.Great sound, an... | |
| High Eng Audio Auctions on Ebay does not honor their deals Seller made a mistake when quoting a shipping cost to a specific location. Buyer accepted the price quoted. Seller is bound by Ebay rules to fulfill the sale. Instead the seller wanted the buyer to absorb the cost of the seller's mistake. I a... | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) Lots of excellent sounding choices:Audible Illusions Modulus 3 or 3a.Conrad Johnson, just about any PV seriesAudio Research, just about any SP seriesVanAlstine Super Pas3Several Cary Audio PreampsLuxman CL seriesBAT Technologies | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store Change the product to HE Real Estate. Realtor wants to charge a fee to "show" the house....Fee will be credited back at closing, but if you don't buy you forfeit the fee.Wonder how many sales this realtor will have ?Regarding the original post- ... | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store Only key piece of information:"These are packed and put away. Can you tell me what kind of system would you want it demonstrated with ? Please call the store...Probably $500.00 which will be applied to purchase price of $16995.00"Translation: My... | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? With the exception of a few local stations, college radio (if you have a college located nearby) and NPR, FM is essentially an animated corpse.Most FM markets are dominated by a few large media companies which create stations around a specific and... | |
| Offer / counter-offer? Audiogon rules "Austinbob" inmy area if another buyer offers a higher price then other potential buyer(s) have the right to match the new higher offer. Not lock in at their (lower) price. See this happening a lot lately-a bidding war. As to the original post... | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions Cartridges depreciate more quickly than just abt any other component or part (used tubes?). This also presents opportunity. There are a lot of high end cartridges floating around the market at prices that are a fraction of original purchase co... | |
| Why Crazy Prices paid for Pioneer 100 JBL L100 AR1 AR3 AR3A Lots of reasons. Quality, nostalgia, balance. Back in the day, both the JBL L100 and AR3a were reference speakers, albiet for different purposes. Both were descended from a family of speakers that set new standards for performance, and both s... | |
| Seeking advice on Speakers that create an intimate 2 channel listening experience The OP left out a crucial detail: POWER. What amp will be used to power new speakers ? My suggestions are a pr of Magneplanar Panels, a pr of King Sound electrostatics, or a pr of KEF Blade 2. All will I’ll need a lot of power, and can be ... | |
| Are these fake? Purchase includes a Folex wristwatch. | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? Should stupid people be allowed to post on the internet ? |