bigjoe
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| Setting up a system - What to buy WHEN? I've built at least 2 dozen systems from ground up & I've always started with the speaker system , a solid 80% if not 90% of your initial budget should be to purchase a set of " full range " floor standing speakers that go down to at least 30h... | |
| Tower vs Similar Bookshelf? djones51 a friend of mine here in Agon found a McIntosh Pre/Pro at his local Goodwill for $300 with factory packing ,I hesitate to post his name because he flipped it for $1,200 and I know some people hate gear resellers .Your post made me remembe... | |
| Tower vs Similar Bookshelf? If you are ok with used speakers why not do a zip code search on eBay and Craigslist using the generic term " Speakers " and see what you find ,you could also create threads on any forums you belong to where you give out your zip code or city and ... | |
| Getting close to giving up on CD's I've been mulling over the same dilemma for over a year & I have over 10,000 titles in my CD collection ,weather digital streaming sounds just as good something inside my brain won't allow me to think of music as something disposable ,I like k... | |
| What to do when the preamp you were ripped off on shows up online ? donvito are you not aware that scammers will sell the exact same piece of gear on eBay & Agon at the same time is an issue , Also your tone is quite unexpected and uncalled for ,last I checked it was fellow audiophiles moral obligation to info... | |
| What to do when the preamp you were ripped off on shows up online ? Elrod , Bingo ! But I'm not naming anybody ,I'm currently bidding on another one on eBay ,thanks for the links guys ,as for " the rest of the story " I'm not naming specific names because #1 I know Agon hates eBay drama being drug into the Agon fo... | |
| What to do when the preamp you were ripped off on shows up online ? Hi guys ,1st off I need to make sure & tell everyone here that the Agon staff has worked with me & went wayyyyy out of their way to assure no member here gets scammed like I did , I did open a case with eBay as well as PayPal who not more ... | |
| I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. The term flat response is truly meaningless once we get gear into our rooms,what is flat at the factory never remains flat in our rooms ,even if our rooms Accoustics have been treated using panels and room correction software , I refuse to buy a p... | |
| Is it time to just quit? I took 8 years off & it was the best move I made since sticking the needle in ,I ran through over 150 pcs of equipment here and on eBay as well as 12 different sets of full range floor standing speakers , as soon as I made it to the top of the... | |
| How are you hearing no difference? Cleeds ,I can't remember how to quote a post so here it is ,as proof just think back to just how many power cable and interconnect threads get locked , It never ends up good ,first and foremost audiogon is a for profit business ,not that that's a ... | |
| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? Jesus is this thread all over the place but America and allot aren't even true " Rock " bands , we need to set some parameters of what " an American rock band " represents to the era of Rock .#1 They must be American ,the Brits smoke fags & no... | |
| best preamps The best preamp ever made is the McIntosh C-2200 tube preamp and it's resale value being higher than newer model tube preamps helps prove my claim ,it's been over a decade with my C-2200 and for the 1st time in my life I've not wanted to even tube... | |
| How are you hearing no difference? Is this question serious ? 1st off Agon isn't going to allow any peer reviewed white papers to be posted that disprove 90% of audiophile snake oil , secondly who cares if people can't hear the difference between a $20,000 Audio Research amp and a ... | |
| How good is the McIntosh MC-2300 vs modern SS amplifiers? The Mc 2300 was horrible ,the pots Mac used get dirty easily & begin to scratch when gain levels are changed and I'm not the 1st to experience that problem ,I'm a huge McIntosh fan/collector but the Mc-2300 performs as good as it dosent look ,... | |
| Hall of Fame: BIGGEST BADDEST Monster Amps Emotiva XPR-1 1,000 watt @8 ohm Monoblocks are a seriously overlooked gem in high fidelity , open the hood and see McIntosh type lay out with an extremely robust parts list , I bought a pair on a whim because for $3,000 why not & they easily c... |