swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Loewe or Toshiba HDTV ready? Robk- Loewe is a very big company in Europe, supported and distributed here in the US by Sensory Science who also owns California Audio Labs. The product is very source dependent; looks absolutely awesome with a good DVD source and has a very good... | |
| A Tombstone in the Living room???? Plane Old Joe- I want to start by saying that I have no idea how this product sounds, and that I hope that this product works for you. However, I have to say (IMO) that the description you quoted makes some the "creation science" arguements I have... | |
| Always leave equipment on? Lots of other threads on this. Try a search. | |
| How come nobody mentions Marantz DV18 I haven't done any comparisons in terms of CD, but the video quality is excellent. | |
| Which flat-panel tv brand??? Never liked the Wega (vega). The geometry is wrong, picture looks concave. If you can find a local dealer and are willing to bay the price, I would recommend Proton if you are watching primarily NTSC or Loewe if your source is primarily DVD. | |
| What to upgrade first? All of the advice and makes/models recommended here are excellent. I would especially heed Sugarbrie in terms of listening to either speaker or amp w/future upgrade potential if you buy from traditional storefront. OTOH, Jeff's advice about buying... | |
| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement John- Your point is well taken. I think I like Rcprince's idea about some kind of handle that can make it easy for us to know what's going on and easy for you to respond w/o extra hassle. Part of the problem we experience on the net is the anonimi... | |
| C/W music Audiogon members True confessions at the Agon Corral. Actually what it says to me is that the folks mentioned time and time again are artists. Their work has brought pleasure to a diverse group from around the US and if we can get Redkiwi and Ben and others to chi... | |
| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement Audigon- I just attempted to rate John 1's post above and checked off +1, +1 and it showed up as -1, -1. What's up. And John 1, I'm with you all the way to the point where you say you've commented favorably on gear you sell without disclosing that... | |
| DVD upgrade Tmartin- I am not really concerned about using this as a CD player. Have you seen the video quality of the Sony 7000 on a good video display? As I mentioned, the progressive scan would be overkill and probably a step down unless I went with an ult... | |
| Emmylou Harris, "Red Dirt Girl" Now I have two problems- 1. I was thinking of the wrong CD and 2. with the phones on, I find there is a hum (volume independent) in one channel. Now that I heard it over the phones, I can hear it when I get within about 1' of the LF driver on one ... | |
| Tradenable or I-escrow My one experience with iescrow did not result in any delay on my end as a buyer. I think I got it quicker since I didn't have to wait to go to bank and P.O. to send $ and then wait for P.O. to get it to seller (although some of the great folks her... | |
| Bi-wiring speakers Biwiring can only used on speakers set up with separate terminals for LF and mid/HF drivers. It involves splitting the output from the amp so that one + & - goes to the LF driver and one + & - to the mid/Hf driver(s). This can be done with... | |
| Tradenable or I-escrow Stingray- I have used iescrow once for a transaction at the sellers request. Worked like a charm and provides protection for both parties. I'm not familiar with tradenable. BTW, I have completed about 20 purchases here in the last year, all have b... | |
| Value of Futterman Amps Jcbtubes- thanks for clarifying. Didn't sound totally out of line and made me wonder. Do you or anyone else know how the values in the Agon on-line "Bluebook" compare to the published book? |