jond
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| Tube preamp recommendations $3K-$7K range https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-teflon-caps-and-extra-tube-set-2017-11-18-preamplifiersThis looks like a pretty sweet deal at the bottom of your price range. No affiliation with the seller. Good luck! | |
| Is Tidal in trouble? I wouldn't worry about it, streaming would appear to be a very capital intensive business. The fact that they will achieve profitability in 2018, if true, is very encouraging. | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? A truly good dealer can be an invaluable thing and sometimes you pay more money up front to spend less later. A good dealer realizes that the true audio enthusiast that comes in may not buy something that day, or may not be able to afford what he ... | |
| Bluesound Node 2 vs. Auralic Aries Mini I got basically the same reply as Ghosthouse from Xuanqian......... "We no longer sell ARIES MINI in some countries, but the rest areas are fine. This product is still in our line and we still deliver hundreds of them each month." | |
| Viva Solistino Amp @maxboy00 Congrats on your new amp and best of luck with the brutal waiting period! I would imagine a Viva amp in addition to sounding good would have very high WAF as they say. Cheers! | |
| Bluesound Node 2 vs. Auralic Aries Mini I think part of the confusion here is in the G2 series there will be an Aries G2 but not a Mini G2. The original Mini will still be produced and supported as far as I know based on what I've heard. | |
| My rant; we don't know what we don't know It cracks me up that a guy with 3 posts declared this "by far the best post in Audiogons history" but perhaps it was. Sadly I tried reading it and gave up due to the lack of paragraphs. If your going to rant at least make it readable. | |
| Cassette Tape If it's sealed in the package old stock doesn't matter. And frankly I'm shocked someone is still making cassette tapes! I will say those don't look well made to me, maybe its just the clear plastic but they look cheaply made. | |
| I need to buy a complete system. I would suggest if you have $20-25K to spend on a new stereo spend a bit of money traveling, either to Hifi shows or good dealers. Take some time and do some listening buy it once and buy it right if you can. We can recommend gear until the cows c... | |
| Cassette Tape Yes Ebay I was always partial to the Maxell XLII-S. | |
| Amps or Speakers which one to upgrade next @defiantboomerang first I deleted my post it was impolite at best, my apologies. I will say that statements like "your gear is garbage" are textbook examples of trolling. I sadly fell into the trap of feeding a troll. | |
| I need to buy a complete system. Where are you located? Any good dealers near you? | |
| Acrolink Cables, anyone heard them? @david_ten nah if they fall all you have to do is rub them with snake oil :p Speaking of tangents! | |
| Oppo protection plan ?? Protection plans and extended warranties are a great money maker for companies and frequently useless for consumers. I always avoid them YMMV. | |
| Acrolink Cables, anyone heard them? Ha I used blue genes because in the tangential thread stereo5 did, it looks suspiciously like an auto-correct or bad voice dictation to me. And @david_ten yes those Acrobat cables are amazing, until one of them falls! |