garfish
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| Question about selling on Audiogon I check A'Gon early afternoon and also early evening. It's my best guess that listing for early evening viewing east coast time is best to reach max viewers. That said, the best day(s) to list still elude me, but it seems, for some reason, that th... | |
| Am I going insane? Z; insanity is part and parcel of this goofy affliction, so welcome aboard. I agree that speakers come first too-- because they are the most colored and most conspicuous part of your system, you need speakers that YOU can live with and that make y... | |
| Highly Polished wire???? IMO, removing the tarnish (oxides) from a copper or silver wire by polishing it does much more to enhance contact than to degrade it. I have used very fine sand paper (400 grit) to remove mild corrosion from certain wires in my breaker box, cable ... | |
| What venues are best for selling used equipment? My experience has been like Sean's-- Audiogon is best. Cheers. Craig | |
| Best system for the budding audiophile? C; Lot'sa good advice above, but Neubilder makes a good point, ie don't make things too complicated to begin with. While recognizing the importance of good source components, I'd pick out speakers that I liked first and build my system around them... | |
| Stacking OK???? Photon; that's an impressive solution-- one that only a good audiophile would come up with-- kudos. I was just going to suggest Harnelt try the stacking and see if he still likes the music/sound quality. I think that ideally you would not want to ... | |
| Highly Polished wire???? When metals are "polished", it is actually a process of removing metal until the surface of metal is very shiny and very clean. It's not like waxing a car where the "polish" is rubbed in and left on the car. The polishing agent can be any of many ... | |
| mixing tubes and transistors .......no problem with turning off just your tube pre and leaving the SS gear powered up. In fact, if you had a source playing, an "off" pre-amp would prevent a signal from reaching the amp and speakers. I have a similar setup, but can leave my tu... | |
| Taming bright Thiels It sounds like you've found a short term practical solution. It may seem a bit harsh, but I have to agree with Phill23, ie I would not want a speaker that has a sound character that is unsuited to my personal preferences in listening.The rest of y... | |
| Any words of widsom changing amp fuses? Replacing fuses, either the outer main AC, or the inner rail fuses is pretty straight forward. Just unplug the amp, use the right sized screwdriver (or tool) to avoid burring up the fasteners, and remove the top. Be sure you use the correct replac... | |
| Best sounding CD player for 6,000. I would have nominated the Levinson 39, but I hear the 390S is definitely even better (I haven't heard it yet though). Craig | |
| Is it just me? I've had that happen periodically too. Awhile ago it was Alison Krauss "Forget About It", and lately it is Jacintha "Autumn Leaves"-- the songs of Johnny Mercer. This is an XRCD2 by FIM and is the best CD I've ever heard in my system. Cheers. Craig | |
| Marking Items Sold Jond; I agree and would go even further and just delete the ad once a deal is made for the item. I see no point in looking at either SOLD or sale pending statements. Craig | |
| HDCD: What do you like? Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" is an excellent folk/pop CD in HDCD. A favorite of mine. Craig | |
| Perfect room size... Richard Vandersteen once told me that my 14 X 22 room should be excellent acoustically-- and I only have 7 1/2 ft. ceiling height. He didn't say anything about that so I guess it's at least OK. I've spent a lot of time with an SPL meter in there (... |