tonykay
Responses from tonykay
| Resale value As I have said in a few posts, I think it is a mistake not to consider resale when purchasing equipment. It’s analogous to the stock market in that the bigger, more recognizable names make the product more liquid when it comes time to upgrade. Wel... | |
| Old JBL recones The name of that Berkeley JBL facility is Audivex. The phone number is (510) 527-1391. | |
| Old JBL recones Try contacting "Simply Speakers" on the internet. I have used their kits with success. Speakers can be re-coned without disturbing the voice coil, check it out. Also, just today I wrote down the address of a JBL Service Facility in Berkeley, Calif... | |
| Goldmund Studio - still relevant today? harold,I just sold my Luxman PD444. Thanks for reminding me what a mistake it was to sell it (LOL). | |
| Krell technical support FWIW, I had a Krell CD-DSP that I really liked. I stored it for a few years and it refused to play from the analog outlets after I retrieved it. Although it did work via the digital output, I decided to have it repaired by Krell. I called them and... | |
| Shopping for new speakers Obviously, you’re getting a lot of advice from members, most of them are recommending their favorite speakers which may or may not work for you. I have SF Electa Amators, driven by Classe 15, and have used them exclusively since early 1990’s. They... | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri Recommendations / Help You may be waiting awhile for those Extremas to show up here on Audiogon. I settled for the SF Electa Amators many years ago as the Extremas were just out of reach, though I have never regretted it. You didn’t mention your budget in your post but,... | |
| What are the best recordings in your collection? I suspect that by "recordings" you mean vinyl. However, since you weren’t specific, I’ll give my opinion of a favorite sounding rock CD that I feel has an uptick in resolution. That would be the "40th Anniversary" edition of Jethro Tull’s classic,... | |
| GARY BEDINI and JOHN BEDINI have passed on 11-6-16 That's a strange coincidence. Is there more to this story? | |
| Coda Audio Video based in San Francisco is running a fraudulent operation I read your story and empathize with your situation. Everything sounded so legitimate that anyone would have been fooled, so don’t beat yourself up. I read these stories too often here and it confirms my philosophy of cash and carry, whether buyin... | |
| What to do with audio Magazines I had hundreds of TAS, Stereophile, Audiophile Voice, Stereo Review, High Fidelity and the supplemental annual catalogs of "Recommended Components" from several of the magazines. I put them in boxes and sold them at a garage sale for a tiny fracti... | |
| The dumbest stereo experience ever! If you read my recent post about selling my Technics SP-10 MK II, then you know that someone offered $1300 for it, despite my $800 asking price. I sold it instead to the first caller for $1,000 (stupid me!). The irony is that shortly after that I ... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? With a member name of porsche and a $25K analog budget, you’re way out of my league. However, to answer your question, "Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on a hi-end turntable?," I would say that $10K is about all I want to spe... | |
| Help me find value for Technics SP-10 Direct Drive Turntable No, just locally. I don’t want to be bothered with shipping or waiting for a check to clear. I prefer local cash and carry transactions.I just re-read your post and realize it doesn't include an arm, base or dustcover. Obviously, you'll have to ta... | |
| Help me find value for Technics SP-10 Direct Drive Turntable Maybe I can help. I recently sold a Technics SP-10 Mk II. It didn’t belong in the Smithsonian, but it had documentation for the table, arm, obsidian base and even the cartridge frequency readout, plus it was in the original box. Anyway, I listed i... |