jond
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| Thoughts on Tube vs SS amplification for Sony SS AR1s That's a nice integrated you have and you say things sound good to you? Enjoy what you have don't worry about specs on paper or what others tell you. It's all about what sounds good to you. | |
| Changing approach operating tube based system in current telecommuting environment +1 lowrider57 just keep them on. | |
| New Mark Levinson 5805 Firmware Problems Sorry to hear about your troubles a brand like Levinson should have all the bugs worked out before rolling a piece of gear out and also should be more customer friendly than your experience. Also glad you have a terrific dealer considering he's be... | |
| How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect sites like Audiogon? I personally will be buying nothing and saving my pennies for whatever comes next. My income will take a hit with this since I deal with restaurants. My turntable fund will be used to help pay the bills, luckily one positive effect of the virus is... | |
| Ancillary “Gear” @reubent It's literally always the case I've found just one of those "things". | |
| Ancillary “Gear” Sectional couch as always the sweet spot is between two cushions. Water bottle and occasional glass of some type of brandy. Not much else is needed for me. | |
| Useful Information I can't believe anyone was mean to Uber??!! Seriously he's like the nicest dude on here good grief! | |
| Grant Fidelity in Alberta Did you try emailing? It's possible with the CV-19 virus they closed their offices. | |
| Kudos to Dave at Audio Doctor! Great story and I will say Dave got off to a bit of a rocky start here but his posts since have been helpful rather than sales-y. | |
| Why is There Not More Consolidation in Audio? Consolidation happens when larger companies see profit in buying smaller companies or to eliminate competition. This is such a tiny niche market there's really not much of a point except for a few bigger brands. | |
| Happy Scale My current system is by far the best I've had and it makes me the most happy. But other than my speakers, which are a year or two old, and streamer which is about 3 years old, everything in my system is at least 20 years old. Amp and preamp 20 and... | |
| Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies? Uber congrats on your new speakers! I assume you have lots of time to listen now. I know I do. | |
| Visiting audio stores? I was at my dealer last Friday getting my preamp re-tubed, imagine being on lockdown with no tunes! Just the store manager was there the owner and another employee out doing a custom install. I ended up spending 3 hours there as my 9 preamp tubes ... | |
| does bluebook retail for speakers mean for one of a pair That price is for a pair. Speakers are typically priced by the pair, occasionally you will find them priced singly. I would assume the bluebook would always give you the price on a stereo pair. | |
| So many drivers.....better sound or just more sound? Where is kenjit to settle this once and for all? :p |