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| Marten Oscar Duo BIG BARGAIN !... Are you a dealer? Marten Oscar Duo BIG BARGAIN !... highend666Rogers LS/35A Classic Mini Monitors Reviewed ! WOWAll NEW Klipsch Jubilee Horn Speakers !... Game Changer New Silversmith Audio Fidelium Loudspeaker Cables Reviewed !All New Joseph Aud... | |
| Sellers: When do you drop your price? @big_greg I usually underrate items I sell to avoid discussions about the rating. The Audiogon scale in addition to appearance states 9/10 is “light use”. I would not rate something as light use unless I was the only owner and knew personally that... | |
| Sellers: When do you drop your price? I think your condition rating is too high (9 for a two owner piece) and your asking price is too high (by about $200) for a two owner piece with no box.Just my opinion. Good luck with your sale. | |
| Tonearms that work well with better Koetsu stone body cartridges There is some truth to that, and the value varies depending on the listener, but I still think it has more value than people talking about something they haven't heard, and that happens all the time."mijostynWhat people say they hear does not ha... | |
| Tonearms that work well with better Koetsu stone body cartridges +1"tomic6017,850 postsLove it when people weigh in with real world listening experience based on a variety of arms and carts they own. Plural not one hit wonders." | |
| VTA-Nervosa a Curse or a Blessing? @sbank I adjust until optimal on a record I know well, that is very sensitive to having the VTA correct. Then I just play records. I do have a tonearm that allows VTA on the fly, but it's just too much for me to adjust for every record. The differ... | |
| Snake oil?? Would it be "Snake Oil" at $5.99 a bottle?If not, when on the price continuum between $5.99 and $599.00 does it transform into "Snake Oil"? | |
| Puritan vs Nordost Power Cable craig Thanks for your response. I am checking with Pro Audio, the distributor in Chicago.Best Regards,Jim Perry | |
| Tonearms that work well with better Koetsu stone body cartridges I have an Ikeda 407, but I don't know the mass. The mass is not stated on their website or in the manual. Below quoted from the website:"The Ikeda IT-407 tone arm is a High Mass design and has been called Big, Rigid and Beautiful."It is a great ma... | |
| What do I need to spend coming from an all-vinyl setup? @dhcod I deleted my prior post as I hadn't read your original post carefully enough.I don't have an exit planned for vinyl at this point, but I was looking for a listenable digital solution for listening to new music, casual listening, etc.The fir... | |
| Puritan vs Nordost Power Cable craig Thanks for the interesting post. Also using Nordost V2 as my power cable. I would appreciate some help with a couple of questions:1. Did you buy direst from Puritan, or from a distributor, and if so are you in the U.S?2. Does Puritan have... | |
| Cartridge recommendation around $2k? Try an EMT HSD 006. The EMT cartridge line is IMO underappreciated and a super price performer ($1,600) See the review in the link below. The output is fairly high so it will easily match with your 58 db of gain. Very natural and dynamichttps://ww... | |
| I just finished my new listening room... It looks like the perfect room for that equipment | |
| VAC PA 8080 Vintage Tube amp You can do some research here (hifishark.com) and/or use the Audiogon bluebook | |
| Red Rose Tube Amp repair in Seattle area @jond ,Thanks for correcting the record on Audio Prism and Red Rose. I have heard these amplifiers driving a few speakers and they are impressive |