larryi
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| Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff? Table builders that make damping vibration generated from the playing of the record itself (energy dissipating platter, clamping systems design to dissipate vibrations generated by the playing of the record, extremely rigid tonearms designed to tr... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Given the extremely high price for some items, perhaps somebody would be willing to treat audio gear like an automobile--you can lease the item, meaning the substantial depreciation in value is covered by the lease payment. How about rent to own ... | |
| Better "Noise Cancelling" Headphones for Air Travel? I have not heard noise cancelling phones that deliver decent sound. I would go the route Erik Squires recommended--good in-ear models. They deliver great sound and do a terrific job of cancelling noise. Some models can be a bit uncomfortable; i... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... tangramca,A reasonable approach for the situation mentioned by br3098 is for the customer to agree to pay the going rate for a house call. In my area, that is $120 to $150 an hour. So, it would be something like $840 dollars. If the customer ch... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... tangrramca,There is always a possibility that there is a new model out there that someone can put into operation that would be successful. That model might include an opportunity for customers to try out cartridges in their own system. But, I ha... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... So, you think there is so much margin that this can be easily accommodated, and because this is not offered, dealers are rolling in dough? It is then a strange market anomaly that there are fewer and fewer dealerships when there is so much rip-of... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... I give manufacturers and dealers a bit more credit for knowing what works best. It it made sense to bolster their business by offering home trials, I am certain that some of them would do that and get ahead of the competition. The fact that almo... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... It is quite impractical for most dealers to offer a cartridge on a loaner basis, except, perhaps if the owner brings in the table for the cartridge to be mounted; there is just too much risk of damage with the average customer trying to mount and ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Indeed we are a sucker market, I know this from having bought a luxury German vehicle. | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report A few more comments about systems I heard at the show. First, one of the nicest and most helpful exhibitor at the show was the man running the VK Music room. He also had a very nice sounding system. The speakers consisted of a large acrylic hor... | |
| What’s a 10k to 15k speaker from smaller company that performs well? In that price range, the Charney speakers, particularly with 8" drivers (there are many options), are a screaming bargain. They are also extremely efficient and can be used with low-powered amps (the best sounding amps are low-powered, regardless... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report In addition to the DejaVu vintage system, the Charney system and the Gingko system I mentioned above, I heard/saw several other items of interest worth mentioning.For a conventional monitor speaker, I thought the Sonner speakers sounded quite nice... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report I enjoyed the show, even though I spent a lot of time feeling utterly lost by the confusing layout of the hotel and the unfathomable labeling of elevator buttons. Because of the very nature of show conditions--difficult acoustics, complete inabil... | |
| Speakers for First Watt SIT-1 amp Voxativ and Charney (with Voxativ driver) are among the better full range systems I've heard. The best full range driver I've heard is probably the old Jensen/ERPI M-10 field coil driver. But, even with this driver, I prefer the sound with a twe... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Congratulations on a successful trip. I like the approach of not fretting over hearing all of the alternative out there (an impossible task) and simply buying something that pushed all your buttons. Command is a great place to buy something; the... |