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| Best Travelin Music Rambling man , Allman Brothers | |
| Power Amp for newbie A Classe CA100 would work well and often available for $650 -$800 used . | |
| Integrated Amp for Thiel 2.3 s ? Yashu- Thiels are great speakers- if you like them. If you don't like them you can change amps and cables forever and still not like them. You did not mention what cd player you are using. If it is not smooth this system will reveal it. | |
| Tradenable or I-escrow I have used I-escrow with great results. The money is worth it for large transactions from sellers you don't know. | |
| Emmylou Harris, "Red Dirt Girl" I like Red Dirt Girl, but reach for wrecking ball when I need an Emmylou fix. | |
| C/W music Audiogon members Love that Emmylou | |
| Looking for advice To buy expensive equipment used, I use I-escrow. This service allows you to inspect merchandise before seller is paid. www.iescrow.com | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? I find most people don't even know high end audio exists. Most people think Bose makes the best speakers. People also don't want to see speakers. I was at a friends house the other day and he has a pair of Snells behind his couch! | |
| Glen Miller Rock 'n Roll This would be impossible. Glen Miller died well before the birth of rock and roll. | |
| "local" sacd's When I bought my first dvd player,I got blank stares at Blockbuster when I asked when they would start renting DVD's . I predict by next Christmas there will be over a thousand titles and the major music retailers will carry them. It takes time to... | |
| Vandersteen 3A vs. ProAc3.8 I have 3.8's and would never describe them as bright. I find them to be laid back, with rich midrange. Very musical. Have not compared them to Vandys but have compared them to Coincident Total Eclipse. The Coincidents just don't have the midrange ... | |
| How to buy from Audiogon? I bought a $4000 pair of speakers from an Audiogon seller. I used the escrow service I-escrow. You send the money to I-escrow. I-escrow notifies the seller payment has been made. Seller ships merchandise to buyer. Buyer inspects merchandise and no... | |
| Amps and Women I can spend all day doing a, b testing with speaker cables,then my wife will reach the same conclusion as me in five minutes. | |
| Pre/Pro for $2K Herb14, I owned a Classe ssp25, which is one of the better sounding processors for two channel. When I bought it I compared it to B&K ref 20. Classe was much better. As good as the Classe is it does not even come close to the sound of a good l... | |
| Pre/Pro for $2K You are better off buying a Sonic Frontiers Line 1 with processor with pass feature-$1500 and a HT reciever; I got a Denon 3300 from an internet seller for $565. Your two channel sound will be far better than any prepro. |