jacobsdad2000

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Why isn't better quality used gear being made available?
This forum truly needs an Ignore Member Feature. A few I would like to ignore and I would be filled with joy if a few ignored my posts. 🐱   
Just compared Monster M2.2 and ZU Mission speaker cables
Is Monster even still in business?   
Speaker for 11x12 room
I would follow the advice of @hilde45 though both his links lead to the same site.   
Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp
How enlightening @pennfootball71 at least with the Schitt products you can get service here stateside. Had couple of Lampi DACs and will never go that route again. Rogue RP9 is also on other great recommendation OP is you need more flexibility.   
What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself?
For me the Christmas Holiday is about giving. Though my children had an LP made for me of songs that reminds them of me. The cover is all of photos from their childhood and of our family. I spent a good portion of their lives forward deployed and ... 
"Hardly Used / Less than 100 Hours / Took out for pics only"????
Yes Merry Christmas. Clearly we live in different worlds.   
"Hardly Used / Less than 100 Hours / Took out for pics only"????
Yes @thecarpathian that it is a cat. Not a child, a cat. Think on that.   
Does the streamer effect sound quality
Short answer is yes!  
Eversolo a6 and Lampizator
Beg to differ ever Lampi DAC I have owned has taken a crap on me. Done with Lampi.   
Quality of Sirius XM
@testpilot + 10  
What would your "perfect speaker" sound like.
Would sound like the Sonner LegTo Unum.   
Recommendation Tube Integrated
The only thing in common with the PL is that the Cayin is built on and in the same contract production lines and factory. PL is a European design and is built to a higher standard using higher quality components than the Cayin. Labor is the only p... 
Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it?
Well I jumped off this tilt-a-whirl a while ago. High end audio is all what you interpret it to be.  For me it is not about high end it is about the sound I enjoy, not status. Not sure where it starts but I know where it ended in my house.   
Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it?
@mapman I agree 110% with your post and for some the money spent is pure ego stroke. @carlsbad2 Jerry there is so much misinformation out there and regulated on forum pages it is a hindrance for the under educated.     
Purchase on Audiogon arrived not as described
Wow that really stinks. PayPal may still issue a refund. Had that happen once buyin a amplifier and the seller ghosted me. PayPal issued a full refund and I did get to keep the amplifier. Did the seller have the original packaging?