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| Any paypal alternatives that are good ? Yahoo Paydirect, BidPay/Western Union are 2 additional ones I use. I've been using PayPal since it's inception. The original plan was(I beleive) to have businesses using the service to foot the cost of doing business as well as their profit. So ba... | |
| ASL Mini Phono I compared several of the low cost solid state phono pres' you mentioned here as well as a few others and found them to be somewhat dry and lifeless to me. I ran them against a Dyna PAS 3-X, which easily bested them all IMO. I have a friend who ow... | |
| Who's hip to the Nottingham line of Turntables??? I owned/loved my Space Combo until divorce forced sale(one of many pieces). I truly miss it. It's the only table I've heard so far that plays on the "emotional level". Wasn't anything I could throw at it that wouldn't pull me off the couch boogie-... | |
| Dr Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg Died aw crap! I just became familiar(and follower) with the "enlightned Doc!" I am stunned. I'll head to his site now.thanks | |
| Cartridge help with Rega Planar 3 The Grados' Black/Green/Red all sell for under $100.00 and are great rock & roller carts for Rega. At ~$225 is the Denon-103, another well documented Rocker. You need at least a Shure Guage ~$20. and a protractor(hopefully you got one with tab... | |
| Help with tube amps Emily,Do yourself a favor and go to http://www.quicksilveraudio.com/products/mini_old.html and check out Mike's Mini's for under $1000. a pair. I'm running his 8417s' and these babies are pure magic! Quicksilver Audio excells at customer service. ... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State for Dummies? Get the book "The Complete Guide to High End Audio" by Robert Harley (2nd edition) | |
| Buyer Beware! Thanks for your great comments one and all. I, like LakeRat, feel compelled to answer any and all emails when I place an ad (it's a personal thing). And I ain't pissed off anymore either. This expierence has not soured me on audiogon either. A lit... | |
| Entry into tubes Hey Charlie Daniell, I'm not an expert and I didn't spend last night at a Holiday Inn :-), but you asked so here's my 2 cents(actually loosely based on my tube journey).With a $1500 budget I'd spend maybe up to 650 on a decent used tubed linestage... | |
| Paradigm Quality Problem I have Paradigm Phanton V.2's (split HT and music-tube amp duty), CC170, and Titan V.2's(digital side of the house) and I love 'em. I've run the Phantoms on a 30wpc vintage tube amp and they rock sans the sub. I can only speak poorly of the PS-100... | |
| Subwoofer blues Jim, I had a Paradigm PS-1000 dual cavity ported bandpass sub which was room shaking for HT put was sloppy and muddy on tunes. Swapped it for a MB Quart D1200si- 12" forward firing, 150 watt amp. It is quick and tight on music (rock and blues) and... | |
| AH Tjoeb CD Player, comments good or bad SlowHand, Check www.tnt-audio.com-they have an interesting review on the AH Tjoeb!99. It pushed me towards the Jolida 603a(tubed output CD) which are readibly available on this site. There was build quality issues with it's predecesor's the 601 an... | |
| Marantz or Denon receiver ? I traded up my Denon 2800 for the 3300-total outlay of 7 bills (Audio Store purchase, the 3300 was 30 days old and a trade up on the 4800)- I've been running in my HT for 3 months, some real heavy use, like letting it spin CD's all day when I'm at... | |
| Planet vs. Jolida 603 thanks for your input-purchased 603A last night. If I don't get the sound I'm after, I'll have the C.E.C. on my short list. thanks again | |
| Is this paradigm speaker too expensive? Here's 2 straight up and honest cats who are a pleasure to deal with and know the Paradigm line intimately, 1) Steve at SoundsDeluxe --(630) 305-9955 -soundsdeluxe.com [5 star dude] 2) Jeff at HawkEye Audio -- (319) 337-4878 - hawkeyeaudio.com [al... |