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| Best way to sell 50 rock albums If you have the patience, you should track the "completed" listings on ebay for each album you have for guidance. But it's almost impossible to say w/o knowing what you have & the condition. I've sold off old rock LP's. Many wouldn't bring ove... | |
| Album Storage By genre, & then alphabetical, by last name of the artist, or composer in the case of classical music. Personally I have it divided by 6 genres: classical, jazz, rock/pop, blues, country, & comedy.You could look at the film version of "Hig... | |
| Cardas Golden Reference - Reterminate? *Once you are done the cables are essentially worthless i.e. they will have no resale value* (Herman)Cardas Golden Reference are very expensive cables (duh), so I pretty much agree with what Herman said above. It almost seems a shame to start slic... | |
| Need Amp Recommendation I've owned VTL gear, & respect their products, but if you're not using tube-friendly speakers, like Merlins perhaps, you're gonna go broke, or crazy, trying to use a tube power amp with speakers that are power hungry. I could suggest used C-J ... | |
| Is it worth expanding into Vinyl??? Like some others here have mentioned, you WILL need a good LP cleaning machine--I had a VPI HW16 that I paid about $400 for. Takes a few minutes to clean EACH Lp.You will want to buy high quality inner sleeves if you have older LP's w/o them.You W... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon I'd also recommend Totem Mani-2 Sigs. Try to get them with the Totem stands. If you can score a really nice pair used.....I sure wouldn't turn'em down...... | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. *Ok, my current amp is a Pass X350. Although I'll probably trade that in and get something else.......The room would be about 11x19*Why are you trading a Pass X350??? What's wrong with it? Also, does buying $16,000 speakers for an 11x19 ft. room m... | |
| Best bookshelf monitor under $1000 new or used. Spendor S3/5 se's are excellent-to-great speakers, esp. at the used price of around $600-$700 I think. Almost a no-brainer IMO..... | |
| analog vs. digital better ? or just different Jrw40: "ill leave brand names out of it"Ummm, why? Any reason why you don't want to tell us what equipment you have? You have a giant pool of audio addicts here, who can give you all kinds of advice on your system (given more info.).It's like aski... | |
| Buying a 10 years old loudspeaker Find out where you can get those speakers repaired if necessary. And If they're over 50 lbs., figure out the cost of moving/schlepping them for repair if necessary.I had a set of B&W M802's; one started failing. Not sure if it was a crossover,... | |
| Is there a killer preamp for 1500? "The Cary SLP-98 interests me quite a bit", you say.Well, you've had 2 or 3 recommendations for that one (one was mine). That's how I ended up with my SLP-98--considering every used preamp under $2500; VTL, ARC, C-J, etc, but when I posted about m... | |
| Good Amp with totem model 1s? Totem 1's & Mani 2's like PLENTY of power. Which usually rules out tube power amps or integrateds. I take it you're talking about $1200 for an Integrated? Not that you can spend that much for a power amp, & then more for a pre-amp? If so t... | |
| Budget preamps less than 3 bills......winner is? I had a Nad 1600, & I agree, the tuner is quite decent. The pre-amp section is like a giant filter/compressor that removes all the highs, lows, Dynamics, & soundstage.I'm guessing: $500-$800 minimum for a decent used hi-fi (not mid-fi) pre... | |
| Is there a killer preamp for 1500? I've heard the VTL 5.5 is excellent. I had the 2.5 TL, very nice for the $$, but not a "killer preamp". So if the 5.5 is better.....I strongly urge you to add Cary pre-amps to your list. I have a Cary SLP-98 & love it. I doubt there is anythin... | |
| Dissapointed buyer, item malfunctions experience? Well, the more complicated, delicate, or expensive the item, the more risk there is in: shipping it, selling it, or buying it used. I'm always wary of shipping CD or DVD players because they are so complex, & prone to failure anyway IME.All of... |