moto_man
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| too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers That has not been my experience with Agon at all. I've been on here since 2001 and have bought and sold a bunch of equipment. I have never had a problem, either as a buyer or a seller. When I recently sold some gear, did I get some lowball offe... | |
| Good Used Speakers ($8K-10K) For A Little Listening Room Thanks so much for everyone's input. So many recommendations and choices, that, other than room treatment of some sort, its difficult to really know what to do. First, I don't really have a clue as to how to figure out what room treatment is eve... | |
| I think I've Just Seen Absolute Proof That Audiophiles Are Insanely Gullible Horror! Only a stock VPI clamp? How are you going to hear all of the sweetness and wildly expanded soundstage. Cable risers look cool. People who come to visit and see your speaker cables on risers know that you are a real audiophile. | |
| I think I've Just Seen Absolute Proof That Audiophiles Are Insanely Gullible @teo_audio, no outrage here, although there is a strong desire to rant. Yes, it is no surprise that a company that charges $1.9 million for a car no doubt charges a commensurately expensive amount for parts. That is not really the point here. W... | |
| I think I've Just Seen Absolute Proof That Audiophiles Are Insanely Gullible Working on the paint now. Will let you know when I've got the formula right so that its performance matches the wild claims. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? A recording of John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring at their Atlanta gig in November.... stunning! Then, Rahsaan Roland Kirk live at the Village Vanguard in 1970. An amazing performance!, | |
| I think I've Just Seen Absolute Proof That Audiophiles Are Insanely Gullible I heard that Dalby licensed the Flux Capacitor from Universal Studios to use in its next record clamp! | |
| Let's talk power cords I am a believer in the ability of power cords to improve the sound over stock, from personal experience. However, like most "improvements" in sound, it is really incremental, not "that new power cord blows me away." Case in point: I switched out... | |
| WHAT'S UP WITH MARANTZ? Maybe Marantz is part of the "Black Components Matter" movement . . .? | |
| Your Go to CD to Impress Patricia Barber- Companion XRCD ... a stunningly good recording and Shakti's first album -- with John McLaughlin... a spectacular album with Zakir Hussein on tablas... transcendental! I was privileged to see them live in 1977 and I'll never forget... | |
| Music Server format? I can't tell you what's "best," but I can tell you what works for me. First, I have a Netgear 516 NAS, currently with 8 terabytes in RAID for redundancy. The NAS is important, both for expansion and for processor strength. Most NAS have pitifull... | |
| What do audiophiles want from a cable? What do audiophiles want from a cable? For it to sound audibly different from the ones they have! LOL! | |
| Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed? I'd say to go with the weed first, in terms of bang for your buck. A nice upbeat Indica strain will put you right into the music and expand it around you in a way that the DAC never could. | |
| Modern Class A SS Integrated Amplifiers Plinius SA 103, 102 or 100. 100 watts into 8 ohms, switchable between Class A and Class AB. I use an SA 100 mk III on Class A when listening to music and AB when using it in the HT system. Plinius has a nice smooth "analog" sound that is great! | |
| UPS and FedEx freight shipping reliable? I bought a large subwoofer that was packed by UPS and shipped by UPS. It came in completely smashed -- knobs broken off, corners smashed . .. They clearly had no clue how to pack anything. My advice is that either UPS or FEDX will be fine IF it... |