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Tell us your worst audio dealer or mfr. experience.
jafant...I think you ought to visit Stereo Exchange in NYC - perhaps the last store on earth you can "just walk into" without an appointment.  Besides,  it's in a cool part of town, too. 
How many use Vintage Hi-Fi systems?
Because we listen to our vintage stuff with younger ears! 
streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity!
You're pretty much where I am regarding the music server / streaming thing - your choices are very limited.  I've had two Olive Media products, the One and the 03HD, a ReQuest Audio F4.800, and most recently a Bluesound Vault 2 with a single Node.... 
If you won the power ball tomorrow night would you
The payout on the $1.3 billion prize,  if won by an individual,  and taken as a lump sum one time thing is somewhere north of $400 million.  No gripes about the big bad government taking the $700 million in taxes since the work involved in winning... 
Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck
I thought I'd get past the new year without anyone mentioning a Kardashian.  (Auto fill capitalized the name, not me 
Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs
"Right Hand Man" - Joan Osborne.  
How many use Vintage Hi-Fi systems?
In my business we often taste wine in a blind format so as to remove the possibility of tainting our assessments beforehand by knowing which producer's are in the lineup. As often we do not disclose what country or region where the wines are from.... 
How many use Vintage Hi-Fi systems?
About 2 years ago I picked up a used pair of Ohm Walsh Two loudspeakers from a fellow member here, driving 250 miles to Massachusetts to pick them up.  They were quite the elusive thing in my younger days, so were the Dahlquist DQ-10s. Shortly aft... 
Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck
Wow.  Forum killer!Laughing my arse off... 
How many use Vintage Hi-Fi systems?
I had a Sansui 9090db once. I think it was my 3rd.  I didn't move into separates until much later -after I started reading the damned magazines! 
How many use Vintage Hi-Fi systems?
Samzx12...I prefer the Pioneers over the Marantz for a number of reasons, first and foremost that to my ears the separation seems better. Also, they're easier to maintain - labor on Marantz adds up quickly according to two separate techs I've had ... 
How many use Vintage Hi-Fi systems?
I still own 2 "vintage" Pioneer SX series receivers,  an SX1050 and an SX950,  along with a Marantz 2252b receiver.My girlfriend's house is where the SX950 stays upstairs mated to a pair of Usher bookshelf speakers,  and downstairs we have the SX9... 
When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad
Disco was a fad,  rap/hip-hop is here to stay.Orchestral music,  opera,  jazz...they ain't dead,  either.Weird Al Yankovic is still around, too,  and I've never found him amusing in the least BUT...some people still do.I'm sitting here ripping mus... 
Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck
Jeepers,  tostadosunidos,  you think moi subscribed to that rag???I still subscribe to The New Yorker and The Atlantic,  my audio specific reading reading usually occurs when I'm flying,  bought at the terminal magazine shops.  I actually really d... 
Has anyone ever bought from Audio Liquidators
I took one look at their site and smelled a rat.  Something fishy.  Shop elsewhere.