speedthrills
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| Question about wpc on tube amps I have the .7s and love them in my office system. I run them off of a Roguw Sphinx v3 which can be bought used here for around $1000-$1300. It runs them with no issue, powerful and musical, detailed and never breaks a sweat. Highly recommended, I ... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs I'm confused too. Why consider "buying" music? With Quboz you can pull up any song- or thousands of songs- you ever think of instantly, add them to a playlist and or download them- all in super high fidelity- and for the same flat monthly fee. | |
| Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them? Uh, where do you see people "dumping" their ARC gear? Pls share with us? Its not on Agon, and it's not on any other site I visit either. Let me know if you see someone "dumping" their Reference 150 SE or REF 5 SE pls, I'll pay you a finders fee. | |
| Parasound to Pass Upgrade I think only people who have owned Pass amps would be qualified to comment on how much heat they make, how they sound etc. (some comments here suggest the member is making an educated guess). I have a Pass 250.8 running Sasha 2 (with a Pass xp10 p... | |
| Storage boxes. Can I discard high end shipping boxes, and still sell in the future? Resist doing it. Major pain in the neck to figure out- and to purchase enormous amounts of packing material- and not having the factory boxes makes shipping them virtually impossible. So, you're then left with only being able to sell them very loc... | |
| McIntosh MA12000 is it worth upgrading to. 75% of MSRP for trade in ??? Sounds like desperation. Hopefully they're not in trouble too. Shows how much margin is available to play around with - and - next we'll either be seeing the trade in pieces appearing somewhere at high prices or- the r... | |
| Stupid Asking Prices- Why Don't Sellers Read Audiogon The Blue Book First? This is no different that used and new cars going for absurd prices, arbitrary and consistent price increases everywhere (supported by false "supply chain or covid related issues"), hamburgers now running $16-$19 when eating out, $10 pints of beer... | |
| I feel it is time to upgrade my 1977 system....... No, no, no, nothing's changed in audio since then, you're fine... | |
| Warmer class D amps for magnepan? I use a Rogue Sphinx 3 with LRS+ and it sounds great, really good synergy and many reviews (and the current Maggi demo room at Axpona right now) use Rogue with Magnepan. | |
| Goodbye Everyone Wheres my tissues? Good bye! | |
| Considering A 20-40 Watt Stereo SET Amp As others have said, the SET option at your power and price requirements doesn't exist (Aric will come in much higher in price by the time they create a customized integrated for you more than likely), why not a Prima Luna and call it a day? | |
| Tidal class-action Wow. A lot of hyperbole and bluster here from somewhat miss informed people looking to make something out of nothing. Tidal wasn't charing extra for MQA files, only offering them as part of a paid plan. You had a choice to buy the plan - or not. Y... | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report These shows are great )for me at least), I never go expecting to be able to sit quietly and evaluate gear- its not designed for that and far too crowded and noisy. It's an oppty to see, touch, talk, listen (non critically) and learn about new prod... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? Many are def strongly opinionated/full of themselves- to their detriment imo. I stopped in a well known store on Park ave in NYC recently to specifically hear a 10k DAC streamer. The solo sales guy spent an hour talking about every other DAC he co... | |
| Given an Onkyo Integra M 504 today. Worth keeping? We were dealers back in the day, the m508 was the one, the m504 was ok- free makes it better though |