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Responses from sfar
| Buying used audio equipment in peron in Canada I drove a pair of UK manufactured ProAc speakers through U.S. Customs on the border between British Columbia and Washington state. The Customs agent had absolutely no idea how to deal with the situation. She spent at least fifteen minutes looking ... | |
| Are Merlin TSM speakers buried with their owners? More than ten years ago but I moved on from a pair of Merlin TSMs after trying a pair of Devore 8 speakers while the TSMs were away for the replacement of a woofer that failed. After a week or so of swapping between the two brands with a variety o... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Opening acts for the Rolling Stones in Ft. Worth in 1972 were the Staple Singers and Little Stevie Wonder. He stole the show. | |
| NSFW pop ups. C'mon Audiogon, get it together. One thing you can do to control the ads served up while you're browsing is to use an application like "Cookie" to identify and remove the cookies that sites leave whenever you visit. Cookies can be valuable when they're installed by sites that you... | |
| I find myself "tuning out" anymore.....is the magic fading? Take whatever money you might have spent on a new whatever and use it to spend a month in Rome and Tuscany, or Paris, or wherever. It will change you and leave you with memories that a new amplifier just can't. | |
| Buddy Miller on songwriting (and other musical topics). One of my all-time favorite concerts was Buddy and Julie Miller with Emmylou Harris at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? "Desfado" or any of the other Fado music albums by the Portuguese singer Ana Moura | |
| Fiber is Coming to my neighborhood I've had an AT&T fiber connection for three or four years and it has been rock solid. It's sold as providing gigabit speed but I typically get download speed about half that. Of course, that's far more than is needed for audio streaming or any... | |
| My All Time Christmas Song "An Austin Rhythm and Blues Christmas" | |
| Fezz vs Raven I'll echo allears4u's endorsment of Raven amps. I owned a Raven Blackhawk for several years and loved it. The personal attention from the owner, Dave Thomson, was remarkable, as well. | |
| Wireless speakers I’ve bought three pair of Edifier speakers for friends’ houses and have been pleasantly surprised by the build quality and sonics. There are several wireless models, here’s one. https://www.edifier.com/global/p/bookshelf-speakers/s3000mkii | |
| Cary vs Raven I've owned the Cary Sli-80 and the Raven Blackhawk LE, though at different times and with different speakers. If I were to choose between them, without regard to the speakers, I'd buy the Raven. They were both fine amps but the customer support fr... | |
| Small bookshelf upgrade from Sonos SL in large kitchen area I’ve bought two pair of Edifier powered speakers for friends and relatives and am very impressed with both the build quality and sound. https://www.edifier.com/us/product-list/speakers | |
| Besides the BBB how do you fight claim resolution against FedEx An issue with hard foam is that it is sacrificial. It does absorb the force of an impact but in doing that is crushed, losing effectiveness in the case of any subsequent impact. I've found high-density but resilient foam to be more effective than ... | |
| Fair price for used B&W DM604 S3 floor standing speakers You can find the sale prices of almost any piece of equipment at hifishark.com. Do a search for B&W DM604 and click on the tab at the top of the Sold/Expired tab at the top of the results. Sort by location by clicking on the tabs just above th... |