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Potential Tax Liability
The 1099-K is meant to ensure that those that do business online report their income. https://plantingmoneyseeds.com/3-things-your-home-business-should-know-about-the-paypal-1099-k/.If I remember correctly EBay/PayPal, (EBay at the time owned PayP... 
Class D Audio Brand does not honor warranty---AVOID!!
jonasandezekiel,Do you have a friend or relative that lives in an area other than yours that you could take the amp to and try it out? Outside your neighborhood. The amp maybe picking up some interference being generated by something in your home ... 
Balanced power and 2 prong plugs
Dentdog,From what I have been able to find out about the MC 60 mono amp it does not have an AC noise capacitor installed on one of the AC 120V lines, that feed the power transformer of the amp. If it had I would have not recommended connecting the... 
Potential Tax Liability
Good chance your friend will get a 1099 from PayPal. If so PayPal will also send a copy to the IRS. I would imagine the person that does his taxes will have to fill out a form explaining the money from the sale of the estate items. Also probably p... 
Seller asked for PayPal fees after the sale. Should I pay them or not?
mitchchavis said:I had already paid the agreed price for the item. The seller then required for me to pay the PayPal fee before he shipped the item out.WOW! Isn’t that considered extortion? Did that happen here on Agon? If so did you notify them? ... 
Seller asked for PayPal fees after the sale. Should I pay them or not?
mitchchavis said:........but since I had already made payment I paid his ransom. Please explain what you mean by you had already made the payment. 
Is the Maestro AC outlet basically a cryo'd Cooper BR20 found at Lowes for $3.47?
As for the steel strap on Synergistic outlets? Ted Denney commented once on this forum that he had seen the comments about the steel strap. The Teslaplex SE has a copper or bronze strap (I can’t remember which), and it seems unlikely, given his co... 
Acceptable Level Ground/Earth Noise
@srafi,I was searching for some information on your turntable. I ran across the owner manual and found this note.2.2To avoid hum noises it can be necessary to ground the bearing. For that please plug in the provided ground cable into the hole of t... 
Acceptable Level Ground/Earth Noise
almarg said:Jim (Jea48), thanks for posting the Henry Ott writeup. I’ve seen that before and I always get a chuckle out of it, especially no. 8. For others who may not be aware, Mr. Ott is one of the world’s leading authorities on grounding and va... 
Acceptable Level Ground/Earth Noise
Dedicated earth ground? As not connected to the main grounding system of the electrical service of your house?If that is the case you have two earth connections that are not electrically connected together and therefore are not of equal ground pot... 
Lower volume from right channel
I would look for a blown EL34 tube screen resistor. Should be easy to see.http://www.kbapps.com/audio/tubedataspecifications/images/el34_05.gif Follow pin 1 on each right channel EL34 tube for the resistor for each tube. Cause? Bias is way off. Tu... 
HIGH Quality Electric Service Panel
auxinput said: That being said, if you are using a larger gauge solid-core Romex, such as an 8awg or 6awg, this may naturally help roll-off or remove any high frequency noise coming in from the power grid. Just make sure you are using solid-core. ... 
HIGH Quality Electric Service Panel
Balanced power can be a good thing, unless the equipment manufacturer connected the neutral leg of AC to ground. With normal utility power that’s not a problem, but with balanced? unless the equipment manufacturer connected the neutral leg of AC t... 
New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP!
The third time you listen to a good recording you hear more than the first time. After becoming familiar with a piece of music I enjoy it more.Purely Subjective! Now as for burning in an AC receptacle, through experimentation, a person can prove t... 
New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP!
Guys, Do your homework on Contact Paste before you go to the hardware store and buy something off the shelf. Not all contact pastes are created equal. Some goes on smooth and greasy but after the passage of time will dry hard as a rock! Try cleani...