markalarsen
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| PS Audio Aspen FR20: Planar Floorstanding Speakers My FR-20s replaced Magnepan 20.1s, both set up almost in the exact same location. You are correct; there is no comparison. The FR-20s easily win that A/B test. I love the Magicos such as the 2023 S3, but they are double the price. Not a bi... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often I love DEQX. You need to use and pay for professional installation. With goo equipment and speakers, this results in a reference level system. I have an impossible room with slate floors and 7’ ceilings. System now sounds great. It is the ... | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay Start a dispute on PayPal. Get your money back. | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay The manufacturers’ concerns are that, if you buy a counterfeit cable and assume it is real, you will complain publicly how poorly it performs because it sounds like lamp cord from Home Depot. Counterfeiting damages their reputations and impairs t... | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay EBay does have an authentication process for some often counterfeit items, such a watches over $2000. Never had a problem with an authenticated watch. | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay Hong Kong is a wonderful city. It is cleaner than any city in the USA. In ten days, I saw one dent on a car. The food is amazing. The Jockey’s Club is a horse racing track with eight story stands. They have no sense of historical preservation. H... | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay Hot women like the aquamarine boxes. | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay Read Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay Inc. 600 F.3d 93 (2nd Cir. 2010). 75% of Tiffany jewelry sold on eBay was counterfeit at that time. EBay’s VeRO program is designed to prevent a Court from entering an injunction against eBay. 95% of all VeRO compla... | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay Not Xenophobic, just not naive. This is based on my experience as a trial lawyer representing multiple manufacturers against counterfeit sellers on eBay, including cutting into counterfeiter cables as exhibits and filing multiple lawsuits against ... | |
| What new gear have you just bought? PS Audio FR-20, DirectStream DAC MK2, and AirLens, connected with Audioquest Dragon 48 HDMI cable, Yamaha NS-5000, and IsoAcoustic Gaia 1 and Gaia 2. Added Kimber Kimber bi-wired Carbon 18 speaker cables. AXPONA induced fever. | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay Assume anything you buy from Hong Kong in counterfeit | |
| First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s I am a fan. I have Gaia II on Joseph Audio Perspective2 and Yamaha NS-5000. I use Gaia I on my PSAudio FR-20. When I buy new speakers, I automatically purchase isoacoustic gaias. | |
| Costliest Brainfart My house cleaner decided to clean my phono cartridge. She rippled the stylus and cantilever out of the $3500 cartridge. I asked her if she would avoid touching it in the future. No point in yelling at her or upsetting her. Stuff happens. | |
| WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT ON CABLES AND EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD? Today, everyone is an expert on everything with a complete disregard of the scientific methodology. | |
| When did you put the most effort in setting up your audio system? Moving my PS Audio FR-20s from the main floor to the basement using a new stair-climbing dolly. After discussing the correct approach, my son convinced me to let him go down the stairs backwards. Big mistake. It was like they were on a slide. He w... |