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Seller suspended from Audiogon...
Thank you for letting us know....Kind regards,Mark H.Eureka, California 
Suggestions to help you sell your equipment on Audiogon
Thank you all for your comments and insight. It has been a long time since I have sold on Audiogon (I just keep buying), so I was surprised to learn of the "new" costs and other issues. I have always used my real name as my user name for transpare... 
Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil
There was a kind young man on Audiogon a few years ago who was collecting and offering handsome sets of dark brown, fairly large but not obtrusive antique porcelain insulators for a reasonable price. I gladly bought two sets from him to keep my lo... 
CEC TL2 Transport that Needs a New Belt - Please Help If You Can
I'll write to Mr. Gowan and see how much he thinks it would cost to repair. If it's reasonable, I'll ship it to him.Many thanks,Mark Hubbard 
Subwoofer for classical music listener
sevs said: "If you cannot bring pipe organ into your living room, then all the heat of some previous posts is moot, at least for me. I tried and failed!"rvpiano wrote: "I just want to be able to hear the fundamental tones of, for example, an organ... 
Subwoofer for classical music listener
I added an 18" Velodyne to our system (we too listen to 90% classical) and set it to a relative low level. Even though it is off to the side, the deep bass still appears to come from the center between our main full-range speakers. Bought it on Au... 
Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist?
I just want to thank Mahler123, Neal, Jeff, Josh, Ryspyder and everyone else who responded with such helpful and patient advice to my questions. I will further research all of your suggestions. This makes much more sense to me now. I truly appreci... 
Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist?
OK, I'm even behind Josh in my understanding of all this. Does "app" mean you have to have a smart-phone or iPad to control your music server? What *is* a music server? We have about 2,000 CDs of mostly classical music and three or four good stere... 
Speaker recommendation for married couple
The only pair of speakers I ever regretted selling were our Vandersteen 4, although if we still had them our cat(s) would have shredded the brown nylon fabric covers by now, and they also would be decorated with dried dog slobber (we own a 170-pou... 
I finally fixed my HUM! Halalulah, and thanks for tips
Thank you, Bob! My listening room / living room is at the end of our house where ceiling access is either not available or very difficult. Can dedicated circuits be run *outside* the house to reach our room? If you don't mind my asking, what was t... 
Review: Wadia S7i ( an extreme upgrade ) CD Player
Chuck,If you are still active here (it sounds like you've found audio bliss, so I understand if you are not), can you tell me if this player listed last August (2016) for $13,500 was originally yours?https://www.audiogon.com/listings/cd-sacd-playe... 
High End Amp Price Collapse musings
To the OP: For many of us, Audiogon has been making high-end available at affordable prices since their beginning. The bargains you are looking for are already here. My wife and I are a retired middle-class couple living on Social Security, and al... 
Best female vocal recording on CD?
Regular old CD of Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust." The mastering was phenomenal! 
Budget Audiophile Looking For Amplifier Suggestions
Muse Model 100, older B&K, Adcom, etc. can still sound great in a budget system. I'm still using a Muse Model 100 as my center-channel amp with no complaints, while my other amps are Mark Levinson. 
Schiit taking orders (as of Dec 23) on Freya preamp
1-2-17 Just heard back from Schiit regarding my amp + subwoofer question:"It has switchable output modes but the actual outputs are always active for both RCA and XLR, they are in essence identical outputs always.It will work with a sub and power ...