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    Today, 02:54 PM
    Shadowfax replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    This timely post came up in a thread on another forum I am following. Post-Gotta love inflation Reply-which is very often just price gouging.
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    Today, 02:29 PM
    mep replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    There's a difference between saying a price for a commodity is a rip off vice saying you bought something and were ripped off as a result of your purchase.
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    Today, 02:15 PM
    MichaelsMinute replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Stop using facts and logic. You should know better than to try and do that. ;)
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    Today, 01:31 PM
    SCAudiophile replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    "IN NO WAY am I saying that Magico is a rip off. I only say this in this thread because it's so far away from its original topic." Good point, same here for my posts, not implying Magico pricing is a rip-off. Sent from my SM-G998U using...
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    Today, 01:03 PM
    W9TR replied to a thread Best sound ever in my house in Amplifiers
    Congrats on the Ongaku, Jerome. It's been fun reading about your audio journey over the years.
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    Today, 12:47 PM
    W9TR replied to a thread McIntosh 12000 - Thinking about buying a used one in McIntosh Audio 
    I'd love an MA 12000, I think it's a stunning piece of craftsmanship and engineering. To the OP, you might go to a brick and mortar shop and indicate your interest. You may find you can get a demo with warranty for the same price as the unit you...
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    Today, 12:38 PM
    Phil A replied to a thread How Does T2 control Album Covers? in Lumin
    Don't know if this helps - LUMIN USB Storage "For convenience, LUMIN includes an internal USB Music Server to allow playback of music directly from attached USB storage. This is mainly intended for easily playing music from friends, or in...
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    Today, 12:22 PM
    W9TR replied to a thread MBL X-Treme MK II Review in MBL
    You've got a home for your 101e's when you upgrade. :)
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    Today, 12:19 PM
    W9TR replied to a thread Lenbrook buys MQA in Music Forum
    I see new codecs coming for Bluesound.
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  • dminches's Avatar
    Today, 11:41 AM
    dminches started a thread Firmware Version 16 in Lumin
    Is there a reason why the the various release notes for version 16 aren’t on the website? I keep getting asked if I want to upgrade but I can’t tell what changed.
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  • Mike's Avatar
    Today, 11:18 AM
    Mike replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    The ongoing effects of runaway inflation are causing a distortion in our price perception. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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    Today, 11:15 AM
    the professor replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Exactly Con artists rip people all the time - and just because somebody falls for it doesn't subtract from the fact it's a rip off. IN NO WAY am I saying that Magico is a rip off. I only say this in this thread because it's so far away from...
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  • SCAudiophile's Avatar
    Today, 10:23 AM
    SCAudiophile replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Humans certainly can be....regardless of inanimate (non-human) economic system.
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  • Shadowfax's Avatar
    Today, 10:08 AM
    Shadowfax replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Let me revise a little bit, "Can be"
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  • SCAudiophile's Avatar
    Today, 10:07 AM
    SCAudiophile replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    There also seems to be a recurring assertion by some that a price is not a rip-off if someone chooses not to pay it. A price on something can still be a rip off in and of itself. The person electing not to pay it is a separate circumstance. These...
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  • wklie's Avatar
    Today, 10:04 AM
    wklie replied to a thread How Does T2 control Album Covers? in Lumin
    If you use MinimServer, the simplest thing is to have a folder.jpg If you use a different UPnP server, you'll need to check its documentation. Lumin app has a full screen album art mode. The largest (or highest dpi) iOS devices have a long...
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  • SCAudiophile's Avatar
    Today, 10:03 AM
    SCAudiophile replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    I find it ironic that anyone in high end audio and probably having other nice expensive "toys" and possessions, a nice house in a desirable place with the freedom to post whatever they like would intimate or flat out assert that Capitalism is...
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  • Shadowfax's Avatar
    Today, 10:02 AM
    Shadowfax replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Morality has nothing to do with politics, or does it in your case? Only you have brought up politics. Capitalism can be and is a good thing because it allows for other than state run businesses. It just isn't right when a CEO makes a 1000 times more...
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  • Porsche's Avatar
    Today, 09:38 AM
    Porsche replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    exactly
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  • mep's Avatar
    Today, 09:12 AM
    mep replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    This is the second time now in this thread you have called Capitalism immoral. Keep it up, you are sounding like a socialist every time you make that statement and you are trying to turn this thread into political posturing.
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  • Shadowfax's Avatar
    Today, 08:16 AM
    Shadowfax replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    That is not at all what I said. I was just pointing out that we have the same issue with all luxury items AND how different people feel about them. On another site, Vintage Majority usually tells anyone who asks not to buy new because vintage is...
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  • XV-1's Avatar
    Today, 02:10 AM
    XV-1 replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    That is obviously how they got the agency - bought a lot of kit up front. They also bought a lot of kit from Naim and Focal, which I guess they didn't sell all of - hence Naim Statement amps and 40% off and Focal Grant Utopia @ 180k off...
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    Yesterday, 10:13 PM
    XRS replied to a thread What are you listening to tonight ? in Music Forum
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    Yesterday, 10:11 PM
    XRS replied to a thread What are you listening to tonight ? in Music Forum
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    Yesterday, 07:29 PM
    MichaelsMinute replied to a thread What are you listening to tonight ? in Music Forum
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  • Porsche's Avatar
    Yesterday, 07:26 PM
    Porsche replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    so I guess everyone should work there whole life and not enjoy the fruit of there labor, gotcha:congrats:
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  • Shadowfax's Avatar
    Yesterday, 06:51 PM
    Shadowfax replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Yeah now ask what watch everyone is wearing. Same deal, a $25 Timex tells the same time as a $20K Rolex, but some people have the need to say "I have a Rolex" It is no different with every other luxury item out there including audio.
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  • MichaelsMinute's Avatar
    Yesterday, 06:10 PM
    MichaelsMinute replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    No worries - all good. :)
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  • SCAudiophile's Avatar
    Yesterday, 05:23 PM
    SCAudiophile replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Sorry....yes I did. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk
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  • MichaelsMinute's Avatar
    Yesterday, 05:08 PM
    MichaelsMinute replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    You must have missed the part where I said my post was not aimed at you but was a comment in general. :)
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  • SCAudiophile's Avatar
    Yesterday, 04:50 PM
    SCAudiophile replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    It seems you are assuming and yourself judging what I meant. I was stating an opinion from my own experience, including the myriad moments in my own life and this hobby where I have done exactly what I have written. Sent from my SM-G998U...
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  • MichaelsMinute's Avatar
    Yesterday, 04:39 PM
    MichaelsMinute replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    And that is there right to pay what ever they want, even if others think they spent too much. Who are we to judge how they spend their own money? I would't spend $120K on a car when a Honda or Toyota will get people to the same place just as...
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  • SCAudiophile's Avatar
    Yesterday, 04:29 PM
    SCAudiophile replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Only those so desparate to have the "it" be it a brand name itself, a specific model, or commodity that they would abandon rational thought and pay it. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk
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  • ayang90's Avatar
    Yesterday, 03:39 PM
    ayang90 replied to a thread Great MQA Finds in Music Forum
    Man almighty. The Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band albums are superb. Definitely will be adding to my demo list. Thanks for sharing.
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  • MichaelsMinute's Avatar
    Yesterday, 08:09 AM
    MichaelsMinute replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Naim seems to be having an issue worldwide. Their decision to send a $27K kit to a very popular low-end reviewer here in the US was a spectacular failure and shows how out of touch they have become. Plus there is a lot of talk about their many,...
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  • crwilli's Avatar
    Yesterday, 08:05 AM
    crwilli replied to a thread *NEW* Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo in Esoteric 
    Fair point.
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  • brodricj's Avatar
    Yesterday, 04:19 AM
    brodricj replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    A2A also took Siltech, Crystal Cable and Pillium from him. Against that he's picked up Bladelius. BTW I'm really happy with Bladelius, it's proving to be a very good pairing with M3. Basically the Bladelius ASK has taken over from my seven box...
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  • XV-1's Avatar
    Yesterday, 04:07 AM
    XV-1 replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    Did not realise Boris got punted. He was hardly adding value to the brand, had high retail prices, would sell direct to customers at cheaper prices to undermine any retailers he had and carried no stock - so he was basically an order taker at a...
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  • mxk116's Avatar
    Yesterday, 01:15 AM
    mxk116 replied to a thread What are you listening to tonight ? in Music Forum
    Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning
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  • brodricj's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 11:53 PM
    brodricj replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    What is immutable is Singapore Airlines charging five times the price for a one-way ticket compared to the usual price of a return ticket, just because it's the last day of the school holidays, is a rip off. And it's price gouging. I chose to stay...
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  • brodricj's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 11:47 PM
    brodricj replied to a thread *NEW* Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo in Esoteric 
    Actually it was Esoteric who didn't do themselves any favors. There is a YouTube video of the Esoteric guys discussing the new M1X and they recommended leaving it on 24/7 for five days to reach its sonic peak. No thanks, not for me. And I told them...
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  • crwilli's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 10:22 PM
    crwilli replied to a thread *NEW* Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo in Esoteric 
    And honestly, Stereophile didn’t do the new M1X any favors with its review. Makes me pause before even considering them as an option to allow the ESLink connection. I pull love to be able to test it out with their latest monos but having to keep...
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  • GSOphile's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 10:21 PM
    GSOphile replied to a thread *NEW* Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo in Esoteric 
    Completely agree.
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  • MichaelsMinute's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 10:09 PM
    MichaelsMinute replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    You completely missed the point and the explanation.
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  • brodricj's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 10:02 PM
    brodricj replied to a thread *NEW* Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo in Esoteric 
    Yep, but my point was, if you had an Esoteric power amp the ESLA link from the C1X solo might win over the voltage mode connection. I don't have an Esoteric power amp to make that comparison for myself.
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    September 23, 2023, 09:59 PM
    brodricj replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    The example I gave was for full-service airlines on the same route at the same time as the fair comparison, rather than low cost carrier. I can often fly Perth>Singapore return for less than $1000. One way Singapore>Perth for $5610 is a blatant rip...
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  • GSOphile's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 09:59 PM
    GSOphile replied to a thread *NEW* Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo in Esoteric 
    "Second generation" was my speculative term for the pre -> amp ESLA implementation because the physical implementation differs from the K-01XD->CiX solo (and I think your D1X->C1X). Electrically they may well be the same and my speculation...
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  • MichaelsMinute's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 09:40 PM
    MichaelsMinute replied to a thread Magico Pricing in Magico
    You do realize that 1) different airlines have different cost structures and 2) airline pricing is highly variable and dynamic on a daily basis based on a variety of factors such as # of seats left, how popular that route is, how many planes they...
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    September 23, 2023, 09:26 PM
    Vintage_Tube replied to a thread What are you listening to tonight ? in Music Forum
    Best to all, Bob
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  • brodricj's Avatar
    September 23, 2023, 09:24 PM
    brodricj replied to a thread *NEW* Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo in Esoteric 
    It's not a second generation iteration of ESLA. I read into it some marketing trickery. I'm not sure how much uniqueness there is about the Esoteric current transmission method. Halcro does current mode, so does Krell. And some others also. I've got...
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    Hello Mr Mike.
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    Today I auditioned 30.2 with NAT SET monoblock. The voice was so full of body but I still miss some bass and I think it kinda rolled off in high. The equipment separation was good only some albums.

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