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  1. J

    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

    So you can call a home style dealer or a small store and buy a new Chronosonix or other items at half off if the dealer is starving for money. I now do see a business for this where you call every shop in the US and start buying and selling these products as a business.
  2. J

    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

    What a slimy business model if this is true?
  3. J

    Axpona 2024 who is going and why?

    Don, Dave Slagle of EMIA will not be showing, but will be in room 745. Jeff
  4. J

    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

    I don’t see how you can make money buying and selling like Jay. If you want to buy a magico for example, I’m sure you can get close to 50% off. He would have to buy it at least 60% off to make money. Who is going to sell it that cheap?
  5. J

    Alsyvox vs. Clarisys - What are the Sonic Differences? Anyone Understand Design Differences?

    Hope both will be at Axpona. I’m also excited to see Final Electrostats are back in business and will be at Axpona.
  6. J

    Aesthetix Io Users Group

    I also received the best sound from the IO using a EMIA Silver step up and 50db setting.
  7. J

    The Digital Director - A new MSB product improving everything from the source to the output

    Ron one of your best interviews so far. Great Job.
  8. J

    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    This thread has become tiresome to me. I think I’m going to listen to some musical bliss with some vinyl.
  9. J

    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    In my system Nagra was not even close to the MSB Select 2 and that was before I had the Digital Director. Now with the director I'm at a whole other level which is fantastic. The DD added a another level of organic quality and relaxation that is very addictive.
  10. J

    DOES ANYONE REGRET BUYING A TAIKO EXTREME SERVER? ANYTHING BETTER?

    Aren’t many dealers and I’m talking about hearing in ones home system
  11. J

    DOES ANYONE REGRET BUYING A TAIKO EXTREME SERVER? ANYTHING BETTER?

    Unfortunately you can’t hear before you buy.
  12. J

    OMA on turntables

    I just watched Johnathan's talk about his new K5 table. It does look like a nice well engineered table. I sure do not like the fact that he says belt drive is a terrible way of designing a table. It's also interesting how he prides himself on the authority of everything and still makes speakers...
  13. J

    What Cartridge(s) Is Everyone Using

    Andy's great but he does not have a lot in stock anymore. Too bad
  14. J

    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    Is there an analog input on the merging Horus to record to DXD? Also it would have to have a digital meter and a way to adjust the input signal.
  15. J

    New MSB Owner

    I’m also using render v2. I’m going right from jcat net card xe from my pc using shunyata research best Ethernet cable to the Innous Phoenix net switch to the gigafoil and then using sablon audio Ethernet to the dac. The gigafoil will add organic sound especially to red book cds.
  16. J

    New MSB Owner

    Are you using a server for your stored files or a pc?
  17. J

    "Analytical" vs "musical" speakers

    My feeling is if the speaker is designed to faithfully reproduce the signal with the least artifacts (cabinet with least talk back) the sound should still be musical if its in the recording. My feeling is with this type of speaker if the sound is lean then the recording studio needs to improve...
  18. J

    Aesthetix Io and Callisto Back to State-of-the-Art

    I had the Io as well for 20 years. I now also have the EMIA silver step up and dual power supply phono stage. The EMIA is better more open sounding more relaxed. I have not heard the new Io and would own it if I didn’t have the EMIA.
  19. J

    Aesthetix Io and Callisto Back to State-of-the-Art

    Glad to hear this. Always loved the Aesthetix sound.
  20. J

    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    Pierre Henry A Door And A Sigh is great
  21. J

    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    Love Stockhausen what about John Cage, Xenakis, Ligeti, Varese, Chavez, and Pierre Henry.
  22. J

    The Greatest Hi-Fi Product of All Time

    Not a fan of 1 to me one of the worst horn speakers.
  23. J

    Whither Audio Research

    People say the anniversary preamp was better than the Ref10. I'm not sure as I have not heard either one.
  24. J

    MSB Power Amps - current generation

    Marc add the MSB Director to your DAC and you will truly have the best digital sound you have ever heard. This is a Must purchase and obviously my opinion.
  25. J

    Social Media and High End Audio

    Wow Elliot I’m sorry you had to pay for the whole show. I think one show like Axpona would be enough. The other shows would go by the way side if dealers and manufactures didn’t support them.
  26. J

    Social Media and High End Audio

    A lot of times the Manufactures help pay for the room and the cost by the one who sponsors the room may not be as much as you think.
  27. J

    The Digital Director - A new MSB product improving everything from the source to the output

    I never said he was not nice or does not know what he’s saying. Please don’t put words in my mouth.
  28. J

    How to get a mono sub out from MSB?

    Why not just buy another Balanced output module from MSB and add it to the DAC.
  29. J

    Ultrasonic Cavitation & Cleaning Explained

    I will give my opinion as I ordered a kirmus and will compare to my degritter.
  30. J

    Ultrasonic Cavitation & Cleaning Explained

    No Fremer’s record was brand new never cleaned in past just once with distilled water with his machine as noted.

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