rbstehno
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| Buyer is claiming damage that was done by him! The last dozen sales, I take pics of how the items are packed, serial #’s, outside pics of the boxes, and a short video of the piece playing. I always send with insurance and adult signature required. I always send the pics and short videos to the... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions Most of the speakers mentioned in this thread are just square boxes. If you like your current speakers sound keep them because other than the Sonus and the higher end B&W’s that was mentioned, they all look the same. Sonus will have a darker s... | |
| Bits bits bits from Upscale Audio I agree with the article but there are some miscalculations in it.For example: if you look at the # of bits per second that are read from a music file, they are around 800Kbps. Timing is everything when dealing with transfers of any data. If a pac... | |
| AC Dedicated Line I don’t agree that running 1 - 20amp circuit is all you need. Without knowing all the equipment you have today or you will get in the future, why only put in 1 circuit when running wire for 2 or more circuits isn’t that much more?I agree, you need... | |
| Novice Question: Dedicated Streamers I haven’t cracked open a cd case in over 10 years, unless it was to rip it to a hard drive. I had a $3000 CD player from Classe back then and sold it. Back then, a Mac running pure music or amarra was the ticket. Then Audirvana came out. Went the ... | |
| My Thoughts re: Dealers Posting on Audiogon How can anybody compare rennlist to a dealer that promotes their wares on agon? Rennlist is much more than a dealer. If you other than a Porsche, why would you visit Rennlist. I bet they would recommend a Porsche for most things and the audience w... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer or New Streamer/DAC A few years ago I demo’d the Auralic Aries, Lumin, and a Aurender and I bought the Aries. I also think the Aurender SSD caching area is a gimmick. The Auralic Lightning DS GUI interface was far superior to the the others. But, I used the Lumin sof... | |
| Help ! I agree that Linux is the way to go ONLY if you understand it. Very few people can get into Linux to do anything like assign a disk and create a backup routine. How about using FSCK to look at trouble areas? I ran million $$$ Linux database server... | |
| Is Usher still around ryriken - sorry I just saw your response. I sold the MD II’s shortly after I replied here. Since I didn’t want to ship them, the new owner drove over 800 miles round trip to pick them up. They are very good speakers and nothing can touch them in t... | |
| beryllium vs diamond I have the latest large floor standing Ushers with the DMD tweeters and they are so much better than their earlier BE tweeters. The BE tweeters were a large step up over their prior silk tweeters and the DMD are a large step up from the BE. The DM... | |
| Looking for a good full range floor stander When is audiotroy going to recommend something that he doesn’t sell? Never!Legacy speakers are decent, I hear them at each RMAF. There are many other speakers imo that are better than Legacy for around the same or a little more $$$.Usher BE20, Rev... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! The comments: “I think its capitalism at its finest. Not only that but the market is shrinking and manufactures need to increase their prices to make a living getting by. That, and greed.” Are totally off base and just foolish.Technology keeps imp... | |
| Help ! So many foolish statements made in this thread.1) backup your data to the same disk drive if you buy a big enough disk, NAS or anything else. Sorry but this is idiotic. If your NAS fails, everything is gone. Even if you use something like a Drobo... | |
| Most impressive small footprint speaker Totem Mani II signature, Model 1 signature, Usher Mini-X, BE-718 | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? Echo audio is great. Pearl audio is also very good in Portland. The art of audio when they were open was excellent. In Seattle, Definitive Audio always had the best sounding gear. The problem with B&m stores now is that they are used by people... |