entrope
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| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours Use of the word "chord" for "cord"Use of the word "schill" for "shill" (It pisses the fish off)"Lowballers politely ignored." (How do they know?)Use of the word "snarky" in any contextRequiring a reason for sellingPeople that make a big deal over ... | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours Use of the word base for bass An item claimed as "perfect" except for a flaw as well as overrated productsPoorly engineered speaker cover posts that either break or will not workNOS tubes that are really used tubesTube pricesOutlandish shipping ch... | |
| My new room is 8 x 16 x 32, what to do? Listen first then adjust. | |
| Anyone use Audiogon "Wanted" Ads Success? Yes, when they were still free. Perhaps $3 to post a wanted and $3 to answer? | |
| Cutting long interconnects and putting on new term Here is a tip:Insert the new interconnect plug into an old component input or output jack to hold it in place while soldering. It makes it stable and sinks some of the heat away. An old VCR works well. | |
| Possibly the best pre-amp one can have I did not know that audiogon had a summer reading program. | |
| It's been said before, but I'll say it again... Courtesy is a nice extra these days. It certainly makes you feel better but as long as the transaction is smooth and all stipulations are honored I am fine just selling or buying the gear with short emails that may lack in social grace. | |
| if you're reading this then you already know... I like your approach to lowballers especially the pun of low"ball"ers being castrated. | |
| Best Band That Never Was Spinal Tap of course | |
| if you're reading this then you already know... With the internet and the "copy/paste" feature no ad has to go wanting for informtion. Who is to lazy to copy & paste? | |
| Observations on Audiogon Posts One should also read the posts mr t in addition to understanding the adjectives.I have reread mine twice and did not find warmth and transparency adjectives mentioned together. I did even see the word "transparency" mentioned at all. I did see "wa... | |
| Observations on Audiogon Posts I agree with what has been said thus far but do find that many do not seem to have done any research and want a pat answer to an elusive question "how will it sound to me?" Or worse want someone (sales vulture?) to just tell them what to buy.The r... | |
| Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference? I suspect at the prices for some of the cables out there many buyers are getting a "quantum tunneling". | |
| How many more years before cd's become passe? The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. -Albert Einstein | |
| How many more years before cd's become passe? So what determines a problem cannot be solved? mrtennis-the arbiter of all things nebulous? Will not discussing it determine if there is a solution?Did I waste time in philosophy class?Why am I even answering this? |