john_l
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| When is the Best Time to Sell Eqpt? Thanksgiving/christmas is a bad time from my experience. Seems like a lot of gear is for sale but not moving lately. It does make sense since people are spending for gifts, plane flights etc. I would guess that tax return time is probably pretty g... | |
| The best and worst Audiogon poster's Craig, that would be bigampy. You're like the Tim Allen building a custom stereo system. I can see the episode now: Tim is contracted to redo a duplex. The best scene would be an Tim remote-opening the garage doors (single 10' drivers please) to d... | |
| Best Zip Code for Perfect Life Denver is pretty nice, expecially if athletic women appeal to you. I remember moving from Denver to Chicago and thinking, 'the women here are so much smaller'. Still cute though! The alternative music scene is actually pretty big in Denver. The be... | |
| Best Zip Code for Perfect Life Eldragon, I think the Portland economy is fairly strong. The housing market recently evened out, but there is still plenty of work, especially in newer high-tech areas like Hillsboro. A decent four bedroom house will run you 160-200K. You might wa... | |
| Best Zip Code for Perfect Life Denver is pretty nice, expecially if athletic women appeal to you. I remember moving from Denver to Chicago and thinking, 'the women here are so much smaller'. Still cute though! The alternative music scene is actually pretty big in Denver. The be... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? I've always been a big live music fan, but don't have time to go out as much. I know for a fact that i have a high end stereo so I can hear music better. In many ways I prefer it to concerts because I can keep the volume level reasonable, and the ... | |
| Electrostatics and Near Field Listening One of my friends has a quad / quicksilver KT88 system. The listening chair was about 5-6 feet from the speakers. Small room. No power, generally good imaging, but tonal midrange to die for. If you're into vocals, that's a great setup. The speaker... | |
| help with speaker selection! I've heard several very nice small linn speakers. The index, tukan, and helix. Mordant-short also makes a good sounding micro speaker. British speakers usually do very well with close wall placement. | |
| Sony XA-7es and the 777es I've opposing opinions on sonics. The xa7 does have variable outs and is quite a bit faster loading & playing than the 777. I've heard the 777 can take a minute to queue up. The XA7 takes a few seconds. The XA7 seems to sell for about 1100, an... | |
| Best Zip Code for Perfect Life Eldragon, I'm in Portland. Cornfedboy, Denver is a great place. Funny I don't ski nearly as much as I used to. I do fly to ski once or twice a year and slosh around in Oregon and Alaska a bit. Colorado is still the best place to ski because it's ... | |
| The best and worst Audiogon poster's Ok Ok Carl, Two things: 1. I should have said 'marrying your cd player' instead of 'bad taste in audio' being a federal crime. 2. The other is, I apologize for upsetting you so much. That's a bad way to start off the new year and I'd like to chan... | |
| The best and worst Audiogon poster's OK Carl, that's it! You're off the favorites list! Don't be sad now, it's for your own good. Who knows, maybe bad taste in audio will become a federal crime soon. Happy listening. | |
| Best Solid State Amp For 10k Or Less Hi Subaru. I think you're right on with the grittyness being in the cd player. I put a cheaper cd player into my system it displayed this exact characteristic. I'm really happy with my Sony XA7ES. It's within a wisper of my friends Levinson 36 DAC... | |
| Best Zip Code for Perfect Life Explain 'a zillion'? All things are tradeoffs. I think my favorite 'low cost' city is Denver, CO. It's getting expensive though. You can find some older houses just south of the city, or some out West. Colorado Springs is nice too. Very safe. Prim... | |
| Album of the year? New: The Water is Wide by Charles Lloyd and "Waltz Accross America" by Cowboy Junkies. Favorite old albums just discovered: 'Talking Book' by Stevie Wonder, "Bring the Family" by John Hiatt, and 'The Lady in Satin" by Billie Holiday. |