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| "Hardly Used / Less than 100 Hours / Took out for pics only"???? [@bigtwin]"If equipment is used 5 days per week, for two hours per day, only gets 120 hours use in 6 months. I have sold equipment in 6 months. Not often but it happens." I see what you did there. | |
| FYI There is no "Upgraded" or "V2" Willsenton R8 Willsenton made improvements in component quality and resistor placement. The overall design as a KT88/EL34 push-pull octal tube design didn't change. The amp has been a successful product in its original production and will presumably continue wi... | |
| FYI There is no "Upgraded" or "V2" Willsenton R8 Good luck with that claim. She pretty much did a Cook’s Tour of the amplifier showing the things that weren’t good quality and the components that were below spec. She has nothing to worry about on the issue of "libel," not least because her atten... | |
| FYI There is no "Upgraded" or "V2" Willsenton R8 Hard for the company to ignore the web modders of this unit who have been doing and showing their work online, and who have given their reasons for their work. Willsenton has been trying to compete in the market as a full-featured product brand bu... | |
| Why isn't better quality used gear being made available? High end estate sale things often end up at auctions. Check Sotheby's and Christie's if you are shopping that end. Ebay, Craigslist, HiFi Shark, AudiogoN and local hi-fi shops that take trade-in gear are the usual places. It is a small hobby in th... | |
| Nowhere to hear speakers and amps anymore! Even in large cities, there aren't as many shops. The idea of a dealer network has been successfully challenged by direct sales models, which diminishes the opportunities to audition equipment in a showroom. Some manufacturers at the high end have... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? If posters knew they would be known by name and later meet the people they exchange with online, they would be more polite. Internet fora allow anonymity and the illusion of no consequences. For people of questionable character and poor impulse co... | |
| Has anyboyd used this amp, your thoughts on it With your wish list, I suggest looking at the Willsenton R8 (the improved later version) or the Muzishare X7. Both are push-pull AB and will deliver 45WPC in ultralinear mode, enough to power average speakers and will have a headphone jack also. T... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? We live in interesting times. In audio, there has never been a better time to be seeking and buying audio equipment, for many reasons. The web has made information available to everyone with a smartphone at every level of the industry not previou... | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? F&F is no more an "industry standard" than is under-declaring value on import goods. It is not an acceptable term for closing a business transaction. Insuring product in transit is also expected. | |
| There is none out there...... Technics SLG700M2. $3,500. Balanced outputs. | |
| There is none out there...... The Marantz SACD 30n network player seems to be what you are looking for. It will connect to your network by ethernet cable or WiFi, has a CD transport, DAC, headphone amp, HEOS compatability, optical and coax digital inputs, digital output for ex... | |
| What to expect if I import an amp and preamp from a Japan seller via US eBay Be sure it is a 120 VAC and not 100V, as is common in Japan. You won't get a warranty through the USA distributor, most likely. If anything goes wrong, you will be spending hundreds to send it back to Japan. | |
| Commercial air travel with a speaker UPS has a freight forwarding service. You can have them pack and pallet the speakers and send it by truck or air freight. You can have the shipment crated also, which obviously costs more but is more secure. | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? "Digital" amplification will eventually dominate both mass market and hi-fi, not that there won't still be products available with traditional topologies. In many respects, this has already happened in the "lifestyle" market at every level, from i... |