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| Why do dealers do this? people who apply pressure to sell you something may make the best deals.i welcome the challenge of high pressure salespersons. i sometimes get good deals using my superior negotiating skills-- the greater the desperation, the higher the discount. | |
| High end Audio for ladies? Check this out whether audio salesman are personable or supercilious, the question is can you buy what you want at a fair price, in spite of attitude problems ?i believe if you are negotiator, you can deflect any negativity on the part of salespersons or store o... | |
| High end Audio for ladies? Check this out hi superhonestben:designing audio systems by women for women does not preclude male purchasers, just as designing stereo systems by men for men does not preclude the possibility that women will want to own them.in either case there is no discrimin... | |
| High end Audio for ladies? Check this out what i meant to say is: generalizations based upon experience are usually incorrect. such generalizations are based upon induction. the results of induction can be disproven by one example, whereas the results of induction cannot be proven.thank y... | |
| Great musical CDP? why do you guys persist in using a word improperly ?it is misleading and confuses people.an electronic component does not make music. a speaker does not make music, period.a human being makes music. an inanimate object does not make music. | |
| High end Audio for ladies? Check this out it is never a good idea to generalize. i can cite several honorable and consumer-friendly audio dealers, to counter the unpleasant experiences of others. what does that prove ? it's fair to say that every barrel has some rotten apples.that's obvious. | |
| High end Audio for ladies? Check this out hi pookie10:is it possible that your experiences have not been representative of audio professionals, but rather represent a minority of audio professionals ? perhaps you might consider them audio rednecks.there are intolerant people in all profes... | |
| Great musical CDP? the term "musical" is misapplied as a descriptor of a component. an instrument is a producer of music. an audio component is a reproducer of the signal fed to it. hence, a reproducer is inaccurate to some degree. it does not produce music. hence, ... | |
| Audience Au-24 vs. Enhanced version same cable i have compared the e version to the standard version for all cable types. very simply, the e version provides more focus. this result can be favorable for well-behaved recordings, but a detriment for problem recordings. | |
| High end Audio for ladies? Check this out if money talks and nobody walks, money knows no gender. therefore, women should be able to deal with less than sympathetic audio salesmen by flashing a credit card or cash.based upon some of the encounters with audio salesmen reported on audiogon,... | |
| RMAF 2008 - Your impressions,... i missed the show. were there any panel speakers ? | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective there have been many adjectives mentioned so far that have been criticized as not useful. can anyone mention an adjective that is useful ?most adjectives are ambiguous and do not have a predictable denotation. it is preferable to describe in a sen... | |
| Great musical CDP? hi tayofiji:since there are so many turntable/arm/cartridge combinations, please tell me what you mean by "analog sound".thanks | |
| Do speaker cables really matter? hi frederick21:several years ago, i auditioned kimber cable interconnects, power cords and speaker cable. included were the 8tc speaker cable.i did not notice any veil. rather, i found the cable to emphasize the lower treble frequencies. | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective here's another ambiguous adjective, namely, "analog".since there are so many turntables, arms and cartridges, it is hard to know what "analog" means. perhaps, someone could define the term. |