kingbarbuda
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| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming @holmz I know. I just have not made the comparison yet. | |
| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming @holmz My comments above are all within ultralinear. I have not tried triode yet. But I certainly will. Thanks. | |
| Music Direct and my recent exoeriences I got a REL T/9i in 2019-20 from MusicDirect. It was open box return. The price was super low and the condition was mint. I picked it up. It was a very good deal. | |
| Economical CD Transport - Thoughts? Has anyone here, other than a professional audio reviewer actually owned and compared a Cambridge Audio CXC with a Jay’s Audio CD transport? Bonus points for the latest version of the Jay’s CD transport. Thanks. | |
| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming @keeferdog Wow. You weren’t kidding (I didn’t think you were). Today I received and installed a set of 8 KT150s from TubeDepot and I am putting my PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP through its initial workout of a very big playlist via Roon/Qobuz. Thi... | |
| Music Direct and my recent exoeriences MusicDirect is great except for the Chicago (or Cook County?) sales tax regs that they are subject to (for which they are not responsible). If you live in IL outside of Chicago they still charge you a 10.25% sales tax. The Chicago sales tax is an ... | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! Here’s as update: I spoke to Michelle at TubeDepot earlier this week. Very nice and knowledgeable, as usual. While USPS has no record of my 8 matched Tung Sol KT 150s being received by them, she notes that they have been shipped. I have not receiv... | |
| If there’s an audiophile exit ramp, this ain’t it… This is a difficult hobby. Sort of like a disease. I am trying pair down my gear that I have sitting on the sidelines. I try to monetize several pieces into one really nice piece to lower my box count. I also try to only buy a new unit if I have s... | |
| I’m in trouble @larryro2 if you are looking for a SS integrated you have lots of choices. See the examples above, plus Luxman 509X or one of the new Yamaha integrateds. Accuphase I understand makes a great integrated. Same with McIntosh. There are others. If you... | |
| Streamer/Server to replace Innuos Zenith @antigrunge2 When I had my Zenith Mk3 and when it was able to run as my Roon Core in experimental mode, I wholeheartedly agree! Squeezlite sounded clearly better to me than just Roon. But I could never get iPeng to work. So I never really used it.... | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! @carlsbad. Wrong. I posted three things: 1. A tip for vendors to disclose who their free shipping is and 2. That we buyers would be well advised to ask who the free shipping service is, if the vendor neglects to disclose it. 3. My *opinion* (not f... | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! @jdane there were two mistakes made: 1. Mine. I didn’t ask who the free ship vendor was. 2. Theirs; they should mention who the free shipping vendor is. | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! @sns 1+ unless the vendor specifies what their free mystery surprise shipping is, DITTO! | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! I will just throw this out there since others I feel are trying to invalidate my experience: Prepandemic I sent a headphone cable to Dan Clark Audio (Mr. Speakers at that time). USPS delivered it to the wrong address, could not track what happened... | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! @oldhvymec regarding Chicago agreed. We have the mayor, police chief, and cook county state’s attorney to thank for that. Personally, I think Chicago should have a curfew and the National Guard patrolling the streets in armored vehicles. Interesti... |