Amazon Prime Day Starts Today (3 days)

@jsd52756 A "diatribe" as I understand it is bitter and acrimonious. My comment gave a list of my reservations. I’m not telling anyone else what to do. People will either read my comments and reflect with their conscience, or wave it aside as inconvenient or call it a name like diatribe.

@lanx0003 Thanks. No one is perfect but there are some practices which bother me. I think companies can get better with some social pressure -- we’d not have a 40 hour workweek if people didn’t talk about what’s wrong. I know that commenting on a forum dedicated to the consumption of products is a bad move on my part. No one likes to get stung by a gadfly.

@hilde45 

Thanks for the well researched, concise 'white paper'.  

Yes, Amazon has many 'sins'.  It seems every hyper-successful American company is, eventually, hyper-unethical. 

I have had concerns with Amazon since they did away with the 'Smile' program and supported He Who Shall Not Be Named.

Unfortunately, I am not clear where to get many items: It is a lesser-of-evils choice. 

The only redeeming feature is free returns on most items, which I take full advantage of these days.  

On the Audio front, I just found that Upscale Audio has an Amazon store.  Not certain that encourages me to do business w UA.

@jsd52756 

I take your point--we all get tired of politics intruding into everything--but he was explicitly asked why.

@hilde45 

I appreciated that your explanation was descriptive and sourced. This is rare in this day and age and even rarer in an online forum..

Amazon Prime Day - spent hours going through my Amazon wantlist going back past 2010. Fearful that Books no longer available will drive up used prices, searched another rabbit hole at Bookfinder and eBay. Wife ask “What are these 26 charges?”

Op, thanks for the Prime Day tip. I bought an iFi LAN iSilencer and saved $18. It definitely helped on my second rig, where my Zen Stream is connected through a Wi-Fi extender. The soundstage became more spacious, and the overall presentation sounded fuller and more full-bodied.

Interestingly, it didn't make noticeable difference on my first rig, where my Rivo Plus is connected directly to the router. Kind of interesting.