abnerjack
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| Need Qualified Tech for Amplifier Repair - Indianapolis/Chicago Area Maybe: http://www.unclealberts.com I don't know anything about them, but it might be worth checking them out. | |
| IRS fair valuation question Establishing the basis for personal property (non-real estate assets like equipment, furniture, or collectibles) without a receipt involves reconstructing the purchase history through secondary evidence or reasonable market estimates. 1. Use ... | |
| If Warmth Is a Distortion, Why Do So Many Audiophiles Still Defend It? @carlos269 You are quite the interesting character. What is your objective in posting on Audiogon? | |
| The $250 power cables and $600 power strip that dethroned my $10k Shunyata Everest My post was deleted apparently because I suggested that @roper was an inauthentic plant. Who could have objected to that? | |
| Installing huge tv with drywall lifter ? Screw an eye bolt or some sort of hook into a ceiling joist or rafter and then use a pulley system to do the lifting. Easy enough to cradle the tv in some nylon straps. You can tie down the pulley system while you work on the tv. If I were nea... | |
| Stretching out with other worldly and US jazz influenced music @tablejockey @tyray I'm streaming The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby as I write this. This is great stuff! Reminds me a little of Alice Coltrane. In any event, I did find the cd version of this recording on Discogs and Amazon. | |
| The $250 power cables and $600 power strip that dethroned my $10k Shunyata Everest @roper Who is Steven Tsang Yick Man ? Thanks | |
| The $250 power cables and $600 power strip that dethroned my $10k Shunyata Everest @roper When I hear of a $1500 dac plugged into a $9900 power conditioner, two words come to mind: askew and askant. In other words it seems a little out of line and I am somewhat skeptical. How/why did you come to that decision? | |
| All these pop up ads have ruined my experience on Audiogon. Some people just don't get it. If Audiogon didn't have the traffic from those of us who visit this forum, the advertisers would not be willing to spend on advertising. | |
| How much tariff if buying $10k from Japan? @parkergetdean I don't think they were in the US, but they wouldn't tell me where they were. They are not employees of Fedex, but work for an organization that contracts to Fedex. The people that I talked to do not answer to Fedex. I elevated t... | |
| What’s the Sweet Spot price point wise in your audio journey? @mylogic Do you think the home made latte is the sweet spot and that a handcrafted one at Starbucks or your favorite local coffee spot is diminishing returns ? | |
| How much tariff if buying $10k from Japan? I recently bought a power supply from PD Creative in Poland for approximately $232. The tariff amount on products from the EU is 15%, which would be $35 rounded off. I received an email from Fedex for $60. There was no break down on of the char... | |
| What’s the Sweet Spot price point wise in your audio journey? There seems to be some confusion regarding the meaning of "sweet spot". Here are a couple that I like: The "sweet spot" is the optimal price-to-performance ratio where investing more money yields significantly diminishing returns. or In... | |
| What’s the Sweet Spot price point wise in your audio journey? @llg98ljk +1 I would also add what has been said many times, once you get to a certain point, it is not necessarily better, just different. | |
| OK, which one? I haven't heard the Wiim, but I am enthralled with the Bluesound. why? It is good out of the box. Although I have never been sold on the internal dac, for someone new to streaming it would be okay as an introduction. Where it has really excelle... |