elizabeth
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| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Just to digress... An hour ago a Threshold FET10 preamp and phono (separates) was delivered. Bought here on Audiogon a few days ago.Plug i them in and start listening to the sound. Right off better than my Bryston BP1.5, (which has seemed to becom... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... "" Asia bucks the trend, as it is culturally acceptable for large, expensive systems ... within tiny apartments ""That’s me. Small one bedroom apartment. Giant stereo. Always..(Well for ten years I had a STUDIO apartment, no parking of any kind, w... | |
| Do people really just not get it that their items are not selling... The problem is folks who are needing a price. Those who expect to sell at or over the used price they paid (to fuel their other purchases) and dealers. folks who are all but dealers in name. THOSE are the folks who have to worry about 'overhead'..... | |
| Do people really just not get it that their items are not selling... I have to say constant watching pays off. The second item I bought within the first ten minutes of it being posted. Perfect item, LOW PRICE. IMO the reason you do not see the hot items is they are sold as soon as they get listed. Another item was ... | |
| Fake Cardas: Myth or Reality? Seems the fake cable problems are less complained about, and less discussed than when this thread was started back in 2011.Still it pays to be cautious about buying used cables. The seller having the receipt? and the certificate or whatever is use... | |
| Basic/mid fi headphone advice. The ’open’ question... Yes open means you can hear stuff around you even with phones on. And yes it also means others nearby CAN hear your music more than with a closed phone design.One solution to cut off ANY sound is to use earbuds, and Shooters... | |
| What I miss about vintage gear What I do not miss: Cheap aluminum RCA female jacks on nearly all old stuff. 18 gauge zip cord/molded plug AC line permanently attached... Even on amplifiers. The Rocket Scientist Degree needed to tune up fancy tube based FM Stereo tuners. AM Ra... | |
| If you could just pick one instrument that you think sounds best on your speakers To further complicate things. The answer might be what you think SOUNDS MOST REALISTIC? or WHAT YOU LIKE BEST? Which are two different animals. Though the answers to both may be the same. | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... One way to deal with cartridges is buy a new TT each time you need a new cartridge. Sell the old combo off. Whole new thread to whine about not 'just' not being able to try out a cart, but the entire TT/cart combo. Whe... | |
| A black hole went into my Marantz SA-10! The top of my "left on 24/7/365" Marantz SA-10 is cool to the touch. Only the right side ever gets slightly warmer than ambient. Aside from that no one would even guess it is turned on. And actually when it is playing it is a little cooler on that... | |
| If you could just pick one instrument that you think sounds best on your speakers I own Magnepan 20.7s with a Bryston 4B-SST² And to the sax and piano I would add human voice. | |
| If you could just pick one instrument that you think sounds best on your speakers Saxophone Piano | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Loaning things really only works with long time, repeat customers. The dealer knows the customer. The customer knows the dealer. Any other situation is folly for a dealer. As for manufacturers... They seem to be doing just fine as things stand. Wh... | |
| Seller is responsible to get item to you, intact. yes? or no? Tweak1 that i a GREAT way to handle shipping! Another personal story this time about UPS and ’Signature’. I bought a used Kimber KCAG pair of IC, I paid about $300. Sent and UPS claimed signed for.I was at a loss. I did not get it. Well, it turned... | |
| A black hole went into my Marantz SA-10! My primary methods of reducing vibrations are: NOT PLAYING REALLY LOUD MUSIC in the first place.... And keeping the electronics far away from the speakers. My main rack of equipment is eight to ten feet away from the speakers, the turntables eleve... |