jji666
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| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store (1) The dealer is free to charge whatever he would like. But customers are also free to vote with their wallets. (2) I view demos as a cost of doing business. Car dealers have to let people take test drives. As a lawyer, I have to spend at least... | |
| Recommendations for fast sounding cables I'd like a recommendation for cables that make Johnny Cash sound like Hip-Hop. Just can't get there. Point being, I can see cables affecting tone. But the speed of light is what it is. The closest you could get would be whatever frequency rang... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? Such a bizarre thread on an ever increasingly bizarre forum site. "Audiogon...where people come to fight about audio."Please, if you want to look at the OP's question for just a second, the real question is the definition of "audiophile" not the d... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? No suggestions on a tube preamp for my CJ mf200?? I’m looking for something with a remote in the $500 used range That's a relatively low budget for decent tube gear unless you are looking small form factor (Pro-Ject boxes) or some of the Chinese... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? I love how every question is viewed as an invitation for a word-salad description of everyone’s systems: "I’ve been running my Socrates Coriander Maxi-Spinnakers (the XLT with the optional basin reinforcements) with a Blue Trident Axolotl directly... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? No, but it was really obvious, no need, not at all subtle. I'm not a tweaker or believer in fancy cables, gold plated power connectors, any of that crap. But bi-amping is a substantially different equipment configuration that is naturally going... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? I didn't see any benefit from bi-wiring. Active bi-amping, on the other hand, with my Magnepans (built to biamp) was a huge jump in sound quality. Literally, veil lifted off. | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. My $.02: keep the amp and preamp you have for now; spend as much of your budget as you can on good speakers. Spend as much time as you can trying out different speakers before you buy, as the the speaker is the biggest influence on sound, and soun... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? I appreciate all the suggestions. Luckily (said ironically) I don't have any 4 figure budget at the moment to repair anything (I have to see what I have left after April 15) and so I can see what opportunities come along. It sounds like the ML-2... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? I've talked to Pyramid. They appear to be very knowledgeable and professional and willing to answer questions in detail. So I appreciate that.The bad news is there is no free, or even affordable, lunch with these ML-23s. They told me the minimu... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? I see what you mean. Here's a quote from Pyramid:"So the bill for overhauling the No23 or No23.5 typically runs about $3000, maybe a fifth of the replacement cost."So is a refurbished ML 23 worth $15,000 or at least competitive with a $15k amplifi... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? Wow, thanks for the information. I mean, you can find working Levinson 23s for less than $1800 to $2500 but I suppose they would eventually have the same issues. Still, that seems disproportionate to the value. Yeah, I can't afford $2600-$5000 ... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? Got it. That's frustrating. I can understand that for anything under warranty or even anything of a certain recent vintage. But I don't see why they don't let anyone repair something they sold in 1980. Anyway, just looking for the best recomme... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? Audio Classics says they don't repair Levinson. Any other suggestions or are my options limited to their authorized repair centers? I definitely want it done right, refurbished to last a long time... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? Thanks! Is there anything to be said for the Levinson authorized repair centers? Or does it not matter with gear of this vintage? |