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| Conduct on Audiogon Angela--I'm not a corporate lawyer, but I have studied contract law. You're right, there was a condition attached to the offer. Bink offered to buy at a given price "IF the seller responded within the day." I'm assuming the seller did in this case... | |
| Conduct on Audiogon According to your description of the transaction, you tendered an offer, and he accepted. By any reasonable standard, you had an agreement to buy his piece. It sounds like he got a better offer than yours AFTER agreeing to your terms, and, rather ... | |
| Music you might have missed Thanks to everyone who has contributed thus far. The little bios really help, too. I'll be looking into each of your recommendations. I have to list two more that I forgot to mention:Mark Knopfler--Sailing to PhiladelphiaMark's the former lead sin... | |
| Biggest bucks = Satifaction? Hmmmmm... Speakers for me, too. I've got Talon Audio Khorus'. I bought them used at a good price, but they still set me back quite a bit. I'd love to hear Albert's Soundlabs. We've got to plan an Audiogon BBQ at his place one of these weekends. ;-) | |
| Pick one:Shunyata Hydra or PS Audio Check out a professional review of the Hydra at the link below. The reviewer had been using the PS Audio and makes some comparisons. He was convinced the Hydra was better.http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/shunyata_hydra.htm | |
| Placebo Effect...a good thing? You've raised several good questions about our hobby. To answer your original question, I suppose you could argue that if the listener thinks it sounds better, that's all that really matters. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. After all, what i... | |
| How big a room needed for Talon Khorus? Your room should be just fine. I've heard squared rooms can present some acoustic problems over rectangular rooms, but that's another point. The Khorus is a fine speaker. I've owned a pair for about six months now. They do have a slightly more lai... | |
| Will buy Pre-amp today, help please !! I've owned the 5i but never heard the CAT. The 5i is a great preamp. It was Stereophile Class A, if that means anything to you. Be advised that it only has XLR inputs and outputs. You may need to buy XLR/RCA adapters for it, depending on your syst... | |
| Biwiring I'm not sure you got that exactly right, Marakanetz. The same amplified signal is sent down both runs of a biwired speaker cable--there is no crossover in the cable itself. The speaker binding posts are wired separately and pass the signal along t... | |
| Tube Preamp shoot-out I recently sold my 5i. It only has balanced inputs and outputs which means you'll probably have to buy some XLR/RCA adapters to incorporate it into an HT setup. I think different people mean different things when they talk about an HT pass-through... | |
| Sony 9000ES: DanWright or StanWarren Mod Any work done by a non-authorized repair center will likely void the warranty. Ask before you have the work done if it's a concern. I would think the mods would enhance resale value provided you can prove who did the work. Price being similar, I k... | |
| Sony Scd777ES vs Sony 9000ES Modified Is the 9000ES capable of multi-channel SACD playback or just two channel the way most 1st gen. SACD players are? | |
| preamps with 5.1 and ht passthroughs ? Maybe I'm not understanding you, but it sounds like you're asking for a stereo preamp with six (5.1) HT passthrough channels? If so, I feel safe in saying one does not exist. Stereo preamps only have two HT passthroughs at most. If I've misunderst... | |
| Are Vienna Acoustics really this good I heard the Mozart's in an all Krell system and was very impressed with their smooth mid's and sweet high's. I've also heard their latest flagship speaker (don't remember the model right now) and was also favorably impressed. They make a fine prod... | |
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