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| Selling dispute. Please comment. Yeah, I'd like to hear an update as well. And a couple of more things, even tho I commented before:I'm still 99.999% on the side of the seller, & think the buyer is a total d'bag. But after selling maybe a thousand items on fee-bay, & a fe... | |
| The Top Speaker for less than $500 For $600-$700 (used), you can get Spendor S3/5 SE's. WONDERFUL small monitor speakers, & truly "high end". You can use them with more budget components, & they'll sound good, but pair them with really high quality amp & preamp, or inte... | |
| ARC LS25 with PASS X250 - bad match? Seems bright. I owned a VT100mkII, & it's pretty neutral sounding "for a tube amp", but still, it's unmistakably a tube amp. Why did you want a different amp?I looked at your cables, they're on the "budget" end of Cardas cables, is that right? My experience... | |
| Silly turntable question Years ago I bought a new Rega P25 from a guy who'd bought it only a few weeks before & never even taken it out of the box. He said he was selling it to buy a way more expensive TT.I never understood that--selling something that nice that he'd ... | |
| Paypal "Switch to mary johanna so you'll become more liberal. Been usin' it for quite a number of years myself, now managed to get a 'green card'(prescription) in Portland"..... (Marakanetz)Just this morning, (for the 1000th time), I was thinking about m... | |
| Selling dispute. Please comment. "I would also add in the email, the emails between you and the manufacture.... I bet the buyer will understand and be happy." (Jea48)I bet there's almost no chance that "the buyer will understand and be happy." What's making him happy, is causing ... | |
| Selling dispute. Please comment. IMO, the buyer is being an unconscionable jerk. What kind of FB does he have? Any? I'd love to know his A*gon ID so I'd never sell anything to him.I saw some others here who pointed out YOUR mistake. Yes, you made a tiny, tiny, TINY mistake. But h... | |
| B&W Matrix 805's, need amp, pre-amp, or integrated *Conrad Johnson 2250 ampConrad Johnson PV-12L pre-ampAny thoughts on these in combo with the Matrix 805's?*I own an MF2250, & the PV-12L has an excellent reputation. Very high quality components. I can't imagine them not sounding very nice wit... | |
| No response from sellers?? I've been buying & selling used audio gear on A*gon since the late 1990's I think, & on fee-bay almost as long. I'm finding it harder & harder to find used high-end equip. that's priced fairly. A lot of the listings have no pics, &... | |
| Conrad Johnson dedicated fansite 08-22-12: Bogeybuster49: "Every light on the front panel lit up like my christmas tree."..."a voltage fluctuationof the AC coming out of the wall socket. This is most likely after a power interruption."The "Every light on the front panel lit up li... | |
| B&W Matrix 805's, need amp, pre-amp, or integrated Pretty big room for M805's, but what the heck. Usually an integrated is a more efficient solution on a smaller budget, like an older Classe' or Plinius for maybe $1000.OR: Try to find a used Mccormack .5 amp for around $500. You could add an older... | |
| Conrad Johnson dedicated fansite "There is a "troubleshooting" topic area on conradjohnsonowners.com so that may be a good place to post your issue. Maybe somebody can give some advise about repairing it."Well, I'd do that if I could find out from C-J repair what exactly is wrong... | |
| Tube amp rough guidance sought I suspect the NAD amp is part of the problem, but I don't know that particular NAD. A tube amp would probably help to tame one of the biggest problems of the N805's, those "sizzling" tweeters, but then the 805's also like a fair amount of power.Wh... | |
| What is the best vintage TT for new audiophile? Skvintage, what's your budget? I had a Technics SL1200 in the late '70's, it was great for it's time, but I moved on.I'd suggest adding Regas to your list, P3 probably, of whatever vintage. Or P25 if affordable enough. | |
| Speaker cable suggestion for Pass Labs XA30.5 I'll 2nd the recommendation for Harmonic Technology cables. I have the Pro 9+ (bi-wire). Nice cables. |