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Sales or clearances happening now
@hilde45,You've done nothing wrong. There's plenty of buyers and shop owners who read this blog. You just may have started something, someone or some shop owners to getting really good deals right now. Nicely done! 
Visiting audio stores?
@hilde45Here’s a link at six moons of a review of the MHDT Labs Orchid for you to check out. My apologies as I misspoke about the MHDT Labs Orchid using a compliment of 6922’s tubes. It actually uses one 396A's or one of it’s many variants. It’s a... 
Charity store bin diving? Am I the only one that suffers this addiction?
'Thrift game is a total time-waster.'And yet you seem to visit those stores. I think that's called hypocrisy.My post said nothing of the rich or wealthy. 'where incomes are the highest' indicates a group of people that work for a living.The OP sta... 
Charity store bin diving? Am I the only one that suffers this addiction?
sammmmmmy, I volunteered at a Goodwill working in the sorting area going through stuff to put out on the floor and I found a whole and complete boxed set of about 15 Beatles albums on cd’s. Since I was a volunteer I was ’technically’ working there... 
Charity store bin diving? Am I the only one that suffers this addiction?
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/cost-of-shipping-records/post?postid=1642644#1642644 Speaking of discogs, I had never used it until (2018) I read the thread above on gon, and as you would expect I lost my mind and have found and bought  ... 
Charity store bin diving? Am I the only one that suffers this addiction?
Salvation Army Store Albums:Earth Wind and Fire - Head To The Sky                                     Open Our EyesHerbie Hancock - Head HuntersImpressions featuring Curtis MayfieldAnd some others I don’t remember and they all played surprisingly ... 
Visiting audio stores?
I have not been a poster here long on gon but one of my favorite threads and not to long ago was the ’MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?’ thread. Grannyring (Bill) was fortunate enough to set up a ’shoot out’ of the MHDT Orchid and the Lampizator ... 
Tekton Impact Monitors
Ahh, appreciate that teajay! The title of the article through me!  
Tekton Impact Monitors
@teajay, ’Tekton Design Impact Monitor Bookshelf Speaker Reviewed By Terry London | April 2, 2018’ I am little confused here and need your help in understanding if the Tekton Design Impact Monitor Speaker can be used as bookshelf speakers? With ju... 
Synergistic Research Cable Risers?
@geoffkait Grab em up second hand when they go on sale. 🙄 When I first started reading and actually learning things here I did not quite understand your posts at all. But now I find them quite refreshing because of your capacity to always find hum... 
Hornshoppe "the Truth" preamp - any opinions?
@grannyring,What gauge size of Duelund tinned, stranded copper wire did you use to upgrade the wire in your Truth preamp? Thanks 
I've Just Learned What Amplfier Bias Is...
This particular post goes out to all the Agoners on here who may be somewhat new and just trying to learn about audio as myself. Also and especially to the Agoners here who think they can post and talk to anyone here as they please while hiding be... 
Sent Back the Pro-ject Turntable: What would be the best option in the $1800 range?
@rego,I appreciate the correction. Thanks 
Sent Back the Pro-ject Turntable: What would be the best option in the $1800 range?
About the fifth turntable I ever purchased was an entry level upscale turntable the Pro-Ject RM 5.1 SE Pro-Ject with the Black Speed Box S 60Hz. A beautiful looking deck. After awhile I noticed a hum and even after making sure the TT was grounded ... 
I've Just Learned What Amplfier Bias Is...
@tablejockey,Thank you! http://ken-gilbert.com/images/pdf/taste_of_tubes.pdf I’m not finished yet but the above pdf link is a damn good read!Behind all that sarcasm you just maybe one cool ass dude! Now don’t let that go to your head, as I have se...