tonykay
Responses from tonykay
| Artists you feel you can rely on, buy any new album unheard. Chris Isaak, Mark Knopfler, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, Natalie Merchant | |
| Craigslist Fraud I have used Craigslist in the past without a problem. Like "rockadanny", I always pay cash if I'm buying, and require cash if I'm selling. I prefer local sales ONLY. Good catch, OP. You could have been the their next victim. | |
| HOW MUCH DO NON-AUDIO FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR AUDIO PURCHASES? There are lots of great sounding components, and lots of different price points. Obviously, sound is important but all things being equal, I'm likely to buy the one whose looks appeal to me. I'll also consider the brand reputation, build quality a... | |
| Suggestions for New CD Player You'll get lots of suggestions for a CD player under $1500, and my first choice was going to be a used Oppo 105D until I saw your "I won't buy used" quote. Seeing that, you're probably better off buying a new Cambridge Audio CD from a dealer. In t... | |
| Innuos: A Cautionary Tale. I now buy mostly used components and I can’t agree more with buying from a reputable dealer, preferably one with a brick and mortar location. My only bad experience had to do with a failing DAC, not with the dealer. I bought a used Theta Gen V DAC... | |
| Best Live Album Ever... Lou Reed-"Rock n Roll Animal" | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? 1991: I remember it well,JBL C50 Olympus w/001 SystemCrown DC 300Crown IC 150Technics SP-10 w/Grace armGrado cartridgeSony CD player | |
| Is Carl Bernstein an Audiophile? How this forum keeps getting hijacked into politics is a mystery to me. It's ridiculous! I could not care less what speakers Carl Bernstein has, or any other celebrity for that matter. | |
| Interesting development Many years ago, Mobile Fidelity had a retail outlet in Sebastapol, CA. We visited and purchased many favorites at $13.99 each. A few years ago, I sold them to a used record store dealer for $50 each. He was thrilled to get them, and I was thrilled... | |
| “Marks on the underside” Everything has been said, but I do agree with geof3. I have never looked at the underside of any piece of equipment that I have bought on Audiogon. Who does that? | |
| Your favorite 'concept' album Elton John-"Tumbleweed Connection" and "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" Both are great albums, a little dated, but great! | |
| HEADPHONE CABLE pastorbob,Can you recommend a high-quality headphone extension cable? I have the Audeze LCD-XC phones. Just two 1/4" terminations (one male, one female) will work. Kimber doesn't make a KCAG extension cable for headphones as they claim the cable i... | |
| For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone.... MFA, Nakamichi | |
| Getting paid If you are a member here, Audiogon has the information he will need. If anything more is needed, don't worry, they'll ask for it. | |
| Speaker recommendation $10-20K (with some requirements!) In the "New Today" listings, there is a pair of Sonus Faber Extrema speakers. They are asking $11,500. Seems high relative to their age (1990s) and original MSRP (around $10K). However, if you make these your own, you will never need to look for a... |