minorl
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| Paypal Interesting posts. I typically would take bank certified cashier's checks or cash. I would ship the item when my bank tells me that the cashier's check has finally cleared. I use paypal only if the buyer insist on me using paypal. If that is the c... | |
| The Night Air Peak generation and load is during the day. Therefore, most base loaded generators are operated during the day and not the evening. Therefore, more distortions, noise, voltage and frequency variations during the day. So yes, it is better at night ... | |
| Another cheater plug thread I strongly agree with Atmasphere and some others. Fix the problem, don't cover it up and cross your fingers hoping for the best. Find the cause of the ground loop (it is fairly simple but tedious to do this), and either fix or replace the faulty p... | |
| Audiophile 'Attitude' It's not the specs that matter as you are relating them. It is the R&D work, parts, construction, overhead, amount of units you expect to sell, market, etc. that establish the price. Specially made parts that costs way more than off the shelf ... | |
| Audiophile 'Attitude' Most serious dealers have demonstration equipment which is basically brand new equipment set up in their stores for people to listen. I know the market is slow right now for many reasons. price that some people feels is wayy too high is one reason... | |
| Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced this is seriously funny to read. IMO most equipment including tweaks are seriously overpriced. But this was discussed in detail in previous posts. R&D, materials, price point competition, market, estimated number of pieces to be sold, seriousl... | |
| Audiophile 'Attitude' I didn't mean to start a wind storm regarding on line purchases. Most on-line companies don't have the staffing of brick and mortar stores. Nor do they have the overhead. You know, salespeople, demonstration people, people that talk with you, set ... | |
| Audiophile 'Attitude' Here is the problem with purchasing on line due to a bad experience with a sales person. On line purchases eliminate brick and mortar stores. Shoes, computers, clothing, electronics, etc. The stores go away and so do the jobs. So when we are all c... | |
| Audiophile 'Attitude' Don't cross Martin Logan Speakers off of your list just because a sales person was a real jerk. They did not own the company, just the store and there are several examples of store owners or dealers that were pompus or jerks. However, I simply sea... | |
| The Audiophile's Wife Very good, insightful and funny.well done! | |
| Unusual TAS bomb Does anyone here honestly think that Audio Research would put out a new piece of equipment one level from the previous piece if they didn't feel that it was superior? People that owned the DAC 7 would do a direct comparison with the DAC 8 before b... | |
| Headphones? Anyone? Why not just get your Grado headphones repaired? Send them in. They probably won't cost much. if you were happy with the Grado's sound. It won't cost much to repair them. | |
| Speakers than can run 2 different amps Gain Matching of the amps should be the concern if you don't want gaps between the upper/mid base/high end and the lower bass drivers. If the speakers have internal crossovers that can't be bypassed then you are stuck with using the internal passi... | |
| Laying it on the line I find that most of the responses are well thought out and intelligent and most are based on direct experience. Which is to say, that most people have their personal preferences. Some can get drastically caught up in the equipment. You know, being... | |
| HUM - you can catch fish in a dingy too. I remember a story told to me by a California Highway Patrol Officer during my traffic ticket class. Very fun and funny class believe it or not and we were laughing from start to finish, but we learned lessons. He kept interrupting his stories wit... |