bigjoe

Responses from bigjoe

Love it, or Hate it ? (wood trim)
i personally cant stand wood of any kind on any gear except speakers(of course)i think it looks cheap & tacky & as you say all wrong.ok,my vote = hate. 
Replacing Vintage Lights
yep,sure do,either unsoldier or unplug the burnt bulb & take it to a tv repair shop,ive had nothing but good luck with my tv repair shop matching up bulbs from modern & vintage equipment alike.the best part about dealing with a tv repair s... 
Mac C2200 owners........hi pitch noise problem
hmmmmmm,quite the strange symptom,my c2200 runs dead quiet,i wonder if you have a bad tube,you can swap the preamp tubes with the phono tubes in the c2200 to find out.mike. 
balance and single ended what I heard
superhonestben,i liked the mc252 so much that i went ahead & bought a 2nd mc252 & im running them as monoblocks with the c2200 preamp.your thread got me wondering so i tried balanced against the rca inputs,there was a huge difference but m... 
balance and single ended what I heard
hey lemme@lone,what a pure crap response,this is the 2nd thread in recent weeks where an arogant response was left about a guys gear.people put alot of time & cash not to mention heart & soul into their rigs & im quite sure that kinda ... 
ebay vs audiogon
hi doug,yes a standard cod is flawed & unless im buying i refuse to use the standard door to door cod,when i am buying with door to door cod i only use ups as the driver has been to my house so much that he now allows me to open packages real ... 
Boy, am I bummed.
i hate that when that happens,talk about a let down.blkard,hahaha,i thought i was the only one who freaks out & smashes gear after too much frustration.i freaked out & threw an amp down 2 flights of stairs when it was acting up,man did tha... 
Shorting caps/Cardas protective caps worth the $?
i have never used the shorting plugs but i am using the clear rubber protective plug covers on my unused rca's & the cardas caps on unused xlr's.neither did anything for sound but they do a fine job of keeping dust out of the terminals which i... 
ebay vs audiogon
hi doug,welcome to audiogon.i have several reasons why i dismiss escro as a buying/selling tool & i'll explain them.as a seller i refuse to use escro for these reasons.1 i can set up a safe cod where the package is shipped care of the buyers l... 
Does anyone out there have a liquid system
the only thing thats liquid about my rig is that the gear flows in & out like water.mike. 
Is my setup mid-fi or hi-fi?
if your here your rig is hifi!where does midfi end & hifi begin?hifi sound can be had for very little cash & lowfi sound can be had with a ton of cash so if your happy with it its hifi for sure.mike. 
ebay vs audiogon
lousyreeds,im not anti paypal in the slightest in fact i prefer paypal & prefer to use it weather im buying or selling,all im saying is that the confirmed address bit that has taken over is meaningless to a seller & offers no protection to... 
the wicked witch is dead
dont give it a second thought,all you need to know is that fatty arbuckel is gone & that's a good thing.hell if you can afford it rent the upstairs appt too & turn it into one big listening room where there's lotsa room for slappy's twin's... 
ebay vs audiogon
ok fellas dig this,i just had a amp on auction last night on ebay & the high bidder had a recent negative feedback in his profile stating that he had used the paypal charge back to scam the seller.of coures this sent me into outer space as soo... 
ebay vs audiogon
jmcgrogan,that is exactly how i do it,i feel alot safer that way & even if paypal does do a charge back there wont be anything there for them to get & i have the cash,there's alot to be said for having the cash.one thing though about doing...