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jond

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What causes Pops?
Um  the guy on the far right obviously!    
Are you getting the bass you deserve?
No one deserves bass yet I find I have plenty for my needs so yes.  
What happened to those dreaded 1099 forms we were going to receive from Paypal?
That is a proposed and voluntary program and its being announce to generate public commentary that's all.  
What happened to those dreaded 1099 forms we were going to receive from Paypal?
@soundsspectacular I was referring to the comment that the IRS is going after the lowest paid people in the service industry which is a nonsense comment. I am well aware of the 1099s being sent out.  
What happened to those dreaded 1099 forms we were going to receive from Paypal?
The IRS is doing no such thing.  
Fern & Roby Raven iii
I heard it at CAF this past year the F&R room always sounds good and that Raven was making some nice sounds. I didn't get a long audition they were pretty crowded but it sounded very promising.  
Fantasy Jazz Cafe - What do you have?
Most of these places the jazz Kissa's of Japan seem to skew to old Mac tube amps and old JBL and Klipsch horns for the most part that seems appropriate to me.  
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
I think Ol School rap can be great 80s stuff beyond that I've not kept up on the genre but have certainly enjoyed rap influences in music from bands/artists such as Galactic, Robert Glasper, Nubya Garcia and others. And @ghasley a savagely accura... 
What amps are out there that are Class A, 50 wpc into 8 ohms?
Magnus Audio the SS brand of Canary Audio.  
Recommend A New DAC Between $1000 and $2000
Border Patrol might do it for you also maybe an AN Kits Dac.  
Previous Ownership...does it matter to you?
I think it's hugely important you never know what's gone on in the past really. Repairs, modifications, etc. Also I am usually at least a bit suspicious when I see a relatively newly released product with 4-5 owners in a year. Tells me likely it d... 
what cd player ?
I guess you can only paste one link per post but here is the aforementioned Ayre CX7 for $1100      
what cd player ?
Lots of folks getting out of CDs and into streaming makes it a good time to buy a used CD player. Here’s a Naim CD-5i for $1200: An Ayre CX7 for $1100:      
Difference in Using Mono-blocs with Maggie 20.7's
It's certainly worth a try those are as you know fairly power hungry speakers, and quite transparent. Some good advice above not to expect a sea change short of changing brands or going in a radically different direction. It should be asked what a... 
Pontus 2 not working.
Do you have a transport or other device you can try running into the Pontus? If you tried the Lumin through it's Dac then you tried its analog outputs and not it's digital output.