mgattmch
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| Wilson Audio Haters In my experience the people who hate Wilson speakers are those who can't afford them. I personally do not own a pair of Wilson speakers. However, I do know they are tremendous, albeit lacking in visual appeal to some people. I remember being at a ... | |
| What is best [under $200] blue ray player with all area code free? I have an LG BD330 Blu-Ray player that works extremely well for me. It is not sold region free, however, there is a very simple hack you can do to make it region free. Alternatively, I also use an OPPO 105 that works extremely well on just about a... | |
| What to do with audio Magazines I collected HiFi News for over 45+ years, literally had hundreds of copies going back to 1964. Most were in official HiFi News binders. Tried to sell the collection on Audiogon and HiFi News classified. No interest from anyone. Decided to give the... | |
| Reel to Reel tape decks For me it was a two track, high speed (7.5/15.0 ips) Revox B77 MKII. Selling this piece of HiFi legend was the most stupid thing I have ever done. Not only did it look superb in my living room, it also solicited a lot of questions/interest, perfor... | |
| Your first component that was "special" Yamaha NS1000M speakers, had them for over 30 years. Sold them 2 years ago for, effectively, more than I paid for them originally. Even so, I regret selling them. Similar story with my Quad 44 pre-amp and 606 Mk2 power amp. Did not sell these for ... | |
| Moving From USA Overseas... Looking For Advice re: Electrical Service and Gear I used a Seven Star AR2000 transformer automatic voltage regulator when I moved from the US to France. Worked very well for me, no issues at all. See my previous post on this subject. | |
| Krell Service Chicago Area? Many thanks for your suggestions gentlemen. | |
| Pet Sounds at 50--NPR video Does pop/rock music get any better than this? I very much doubt so. | |
| Moving to Paris Need: Equipment & 230V @ 50Hz Advice from experts I had the same issue when I moved from the USA to France; see my previous post on this subject. The solution was relatively simple for me. My B&W N801 speakers went into storage and I took the N805 speakers with me. Ran them from a Pioneer Eli... | |
| "Breakfast In America"...a lost cause? I have the MOFI CD; sounds wonderful to me. | |
| What's the most overrated or overpriced piece of equipment you own, have owned or come by? Wharfedale E90 loudspeakers many years ago. What was I thinking, they looked great and sounded horrible. Purchased on the basis of a favorable review in HiFi News. taught me a valuable lesson; listen before you purchase! | |
| Krell KSA300S power conversion You maybe out of luck. The older Krell equipment (I had a KSA-250) had a series of DIP switches you could set yourself to convert from one voltage to another. The equipment that came latter has a frequency/voltage sensing chip in the power input c... | |
| Firefox freezes when using Audiogon I am an Apple Safari user, no issues at all. | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? For me it would be a pair of Apogee Ultimate Divas from True Sound Works ($22k). Nothing, IMHO, compares to the sound of large scale planar speakers. The original Divas are one of my all time HiFi show most memorable speakers demonstrations. Appar... | |
| HDMI max distance I run Blue Jeans Cable BJC series HDMI cable 35', no problem at all on 1080p Video. |