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| Possible to use Sonos Speaker with hifi system? You could use the fixed RCA outs on the preamp and plug them into a Sonos Connect inputs. The Connect would sit with your main system and the Connect would, well, connect to the Play5 through their own network and you would just control the Play5... | |
| Class of operation for Tube Power Amps gkelly nailed it. | |
| Selling towers - keep getting bad actors/scammers when doing local pickup only. Zelle is a bank wire, essentially. There is no recourse or charge-backs by the buyer. It's the only 100% safe electronic payment I know of, (for the seller). Venmo, Paypal, and the like are backed by a credit card to which the buyer could cont... | |
| Selling towers - keep getting bad actors/scammers when doing local pickup only. Selling tower speakers and other high-$ gear locally just takes more time, usually to find a buyer. Any local ad I make always includes "Cash or Zelle in person" in the ad. In y experience, the serious buyers are usually easy to spot when they a... | |
| Modern EL34s VS NOS Winged C - and return policies? The only way I know how to mitigate losses over purchased tubes would be to do what everyone else does. Try them out and if you don't like them, you just have to sell them at a loss. Just explain in your ads that they didn't have the synergy you... | |
| "Wireless" Speakers for Living Room and Kitchen set up. Sonos. They sound much better than you think they would or should. He's young so everything is on his phone so just go with the flow. Since it's an open-ended modular system, he can grow it through the years and incorporate it into legacy hifi ... | |
| Switching between two receivers — one set of speakers Here you go: https://www.bobwireaudio.com/spk1 | |
| How competitive are you with your system? 0% for me. | |
| Dealer affiliations and attitudes, assumptions and lack of respectful engagement in audio. ...more like "Welcome to today’s good ol’ internet!!!!!" Too many people treat this hobby and other hobbies, like politics and religion. They are right in every way and everyone else is some sort of drooling slob. I wish it was more like the... | |
| New vs uses in your current setup 0% new, all used for me. | |
| Chair What's your budget? We have a vintage Stressless chair and ottoman from about the late 70's, early 80's and it's still in great condition. It is sooooo comfortable. It does need a button restitched, but other than that, it's fantastic. We boug... | |
| Speaker internal amp shutting off due to heat @erik_squires a Gila Monster? | |
| Quality answer to dangers of Tube amps running under no load I was just going to post the same about my Cary amp(s). | |
| Ice fans for listening during warm/hot days For maximum quiet airflow, you would want as large of a fan as possible, moving slowly, rather than a small fan spinning like crazy. Think of the difference between the airflow of a Big Ass Fan in a larger room, vs 1 or many more smaller fans run... | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? Foggyus91 beat me to it! The Ktemas or the Accordo Essense perhaps. That is some serious HiFi art there. |