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| My list of seller red flags Lots of well lit pictures from multiple angles... and if it’s electronics being offered, one showing the unit powered on please. | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article If there is benefit from going from 12awg to 11awg as Benchmark suggests, then why not go to 9awg? | |
| Why not more dealers take trade ins? Let’s look at the math. A typical item on one of the marts fetches 50-60% of retail. As a dealer trade in... given their carrying cost the dealer would incur, they would likely offer in the 20-25% range and less for many brands. Most of their cust... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life There has been a lot of good advice give...here is another 2 cents worth.Take some time with the system you have now and over the next couple weeks, make some notes for yourself...what are the things you like and what don't you like....and use may... | |
| PS AUDIO Stellar M700 Mono Amplifier? The PS Audio class d amps seem to get pretty good reviews with the overall thoughts being detailed with a good soundstage but maybe a little clinical. Remember on the trade in that you pay the shipping. Allow me to throw out an alternative from a ... | |
| Tekton Design Enzo 2.7 or Lore? Help me decide. I owned the Lore for five years and during that time owned three different preamps and two different amplifiers. On a brightness scale of 1-10 with 5 being about perfect and 10 being very, very bright...I would rate it at about a 7.It is very sen... | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science I think of Harman as being in the 'we sell speakers' business. As such, they would like their research to guide them in the direction of what what do consumers prefer based on Harman's correlations of preferences with the linearity of the frequen... | |
| Rules of getting best audio ? maybe.. Rule #9 It is unlikely you will end up with the system of your dreams with the first round of purchases out of the gate... it’s gonna take some tweaking. So... don’t spend all of your budget on round one or you will be disappointed that you can’t... | |
| How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect sites like Audiogon? People, companies and markets prefer certainty as a prerequisite to substantial buying and investment. We are are at least a few weeks and probably longer for enough certainty to give people some level of comfort. As a result, the purchase of big ... | |
| Happy Scale Is it possible there is something else at work here? We put a system together and it’s an 8 or 9. Time goes on, we hear things wrong and it moves to a 7 then a 6 and then we upgrade. The new system/upgrade moves back to a 8/9 and then the cycle s... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? The craziness of the circumstances suggest it will be a good time for buyers with jobs and/or cash to make a better than normal deal. As for the dream... it seems that the dream may be about food and toilet paper..not audio equipment? | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? May not be correct but I suspect that with many people being laid off and the country focused on the virus... luxury, hobby, and/or big ticket purchases will also be delayed for a while. | |
| Questions about using audiogon to sell 1st time Email Tammy at audiogon and she will explain how it works and your protection. Here is her email. support@audiogon.zendesk.comMy advise... detailed pictures, full disclosure, accurate descriptions, reasonable pricing, good packaging...and take pi... | |
| Selling on Audiogon There are brands/items that people want to buy and selling them is easy... go to Audio Circle and page through the trading posts ads and you will see what has sold.... 50-70% of retail is realistic. Everything else (the less desirable items) isn’t... | |
| Thinking about swapping out my Class D SDS-470C for a pair of Schiit Aegir on Magnepan LRS Here is a quote from an LRS owner over on audio circle and then a link to the thread and then another link to the amp. "I run a pair of the new Maggie LRS’s. And they are VERY demanding speakers. All three amps I have used on them, I have driven t... |