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twoleftears

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Buying on Audiogon
City-dwellers will have two brands of speaker available to them for purchase: Bose or Polk. 
What's up with TMR Audio?
From that other thread, it seems as if the owner is more concerned/motivated to keep all his customers happy than some of the employees. 
Which balanced IC between pre amp and power amp?
Agree with @soix Besides those, take a look also at Audio Envy. 
What's up with TMR Audio?
Instant gratification around the holidays is hard to achieve.  Look at where Xmas falls this week: Wednesday.  And the New Year.  Basically two whole weeks which are a total scrub.The only thing I'd fault is that they could have posted a holiday c... 
Forever speakers around $5000
New: Proac DT8.Used: Vandersteen Treo CT. 
Music with differences between class A and class D amplifiers
LS50's aren't letting you hear the differences. 
Need recommendations on stand mount speakers
A lot of the best speakers in this category are not from the major manufacturers, but rather from Fritz, Watkins, Buchardt, etc.Looking at today's listing of monitors, if I were deciding today I'd choose between the Proac, Silverline, Harbeth and ... 
Upgrading a CD/SACD player with integral DAC
@skyscraper  It was a while ago, so definitely call before jumping in the car.  I was pretty set on a Luxman, so I didn't do a comparison, but now I wish I had, just so I could comment.  Who knows what A.E. have in stock these days--they may even ... 
Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference?
All depends on 1. whether the carpet is wool or synthetic; 2. the carpet's warp and weft; 3. which direction the fibers are vacuumed in vis-à-vis the cables lying on them. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Bruckner 9 coincides nicely with Christmas Eve.  Again bucking the canonical, I've put on Gerd Schaller with the Philharmonie Festiva playing the (heavens forfend!) completed version with the newly reconstructed fourth movement.  We shall see. 
Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"?
And there you have it.  Many people like the Nordost "detail", but many others realized along ago that they manufacture some of the brightest cables in the business. 
Beginner Audiophile. How to chose a right amp? Recommendation for my setup?
OP: if you go the Vincent route, you can deal directly with Audio Advisor.  Some of their phone-answerers are quite helpful, and they can also fill you in on any deals.  Also, I believe they have a 30 day trial period on everything. 
Upgrading a CD/SACD player with integral DAC
I have the Luxman D-05u and it bettered the Bryston BCD-3.  The current line-up includes -06u and -08u.  New models just being released will be D-03x and D-10x, not sure if anything in between.OP: got mine from Audio Exchange in Richmond, and whil... 
NEW PAYPAL AUDIOGON PAYMENT RULES
As discussed in the previous thread, this is surely an innovation designed for reporting to the IRS.  And if you have "merchant" status,......…….well...... 
Considering Rogue Audio or P.S. Audio
I had a constant low-level hum both mechanically (transformers) and through the loudspeakers from my Cronus Magnum II.  I tried everything under the sun to reduce this--I documented some of my experiments a double of years ago on this forum.  Noth...