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| Has Paypal suddenly started charging sales tax? @gnason - Like I posted above, this was largely the doing of Amazon. When they started to add fullfilment centers in many states, they lost their competitive advantage of not having to collect sales taxes for most transactions. In order to even ... | |
| Vinyl recordings - best methods @o_holter - Sorry to hear about your "diamonds are NOT forever" experience. Not for nothing, but that is why I have always insisted on a tonearm with interchangeable headshells or wands. I have my trusty old Thorens TD-166MkII with two 'arm wand... | |
| Pioneer PLX 1000 ancestry @roberjerman - So, if you had to rank, best to worst, your collection of 'tables, where would the PLX-1000 rank? What do you have that bests it? What do you have that doesn't? Thanks! | |
| Pioneer PLX 1000 ancestry One thing I haven't seen, although I really haven't been looking for it, is a comparison of the PLX1000 and the GR1200. I am also curious where the Onkyo CP-1050 fits into the picture. I am curious since Onkyo and Pioneer are now the same compan... | |
| Has Paypal suddenly started charging sales tax? Actually there was no law just passed to collect sales tax for interstate purchases. The law has always been that the consumer is required to pay the sales tax, if any, on goods they purchase from out of state in cases where the vendor does not c... | |
| want to ditch my Brooklyn to streamer..thoughts? @rbstehno - Oh, thanks for the clarification. Sounds like Roon is the key, but AFAIK, it won't work with Sqeezebox or Sqeezeserver yet. And then there's the money issue. Always the money issue. [sigh] - Seems like you use Tidal as an extension... | |
| want to ditch my Brooklyn to streamer..thoughts? @rbstehno - This is slightly OT, but I am really curious. I know a bunch of people moving from their own music collections to streaming from Tidal. Here is my question: How do you decide what to listen to? I almost never run to my stereo sayin... | |
| System Rebuild kalali - The Ohms are a little different than standard dynamic loudspeakers. Yes, they have a really large soundstage, tall wide and deep. I have found, however, that they image surprisingly well, especially for an omni. Part of this is that th... | |
| rebuilding after a fire @paliden - You seem to have decent enough cables. If you want a nice amplifier for the main channels, I can suggest you try an Odyssey Audio Kismet amp. Depending on your budget, if you can get the top of the line amp (or monoblocks), I think yo... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions I haven't heard everything out there, but I am quite pleased with the combo of a McIntosh tube/hybrid preamp and my Odyssey Audio Kismet amp. Should be right aroud your budget, especially if you go to Audio Classics for a used but newer McIntosh ... | |
| McIntosh C2300 noise pistha - If you bought your preamp from Audio Classics, you’re in good hands. They won’t let you down. | |
| System Rebuild I am not familiar with the electronics you listed (as in, I haven't heard them), so I can only comment on your speaker choices, some of which I have heard.I have always enjoyed the Acoustic Zens, especially their ribbon tweets. Hard to see how yo... | |
| McIntosh C2300 noise @Pistha - If you had no sources or amp connected to it, how could you hear the buzz? Is it a transformer hum from within the preamp itself? | |
| McIntosh C2300 noise I have a C220. Although I did not have a severe noise issue like you, I did replace the 4 tubes in this pre with Mullard reproduction 12AX7s, and the preamp got quieter and sounds better in many respects.I would try this: If you are using the ma... | |
| rebuilding after a fire I feel bad that you haven't gotten any replies yet. I am not familiar with the sound of your gear (except for the speakers), so I can't directly answer your question. I did note that you failed to mention cabling. Without starting a flame war, ... |