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Post by antonio on Nov 24, 2022 13:40:43 GMT
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Post by Pigmy Pony on Nov 24, 2022 18:26:28 GMT
Some good deals to be had with these people. Earlier this year when I was selling my Audion Silver Night (which I eventually got £900 for), they offered me £1400 in px for another amp which was only a few hundred quid more. For bargains, prob the next best thing to buying used privately. No, I don't work for them  |
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Post by macca on Nov 24, 2022 18:31:41 GMT
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Post by Pigmy Pony on Nov 24, 2022 19:34:54 GMT
I saw that, looks to be a bit of a bargain |
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 24, 2022 19:52:19 GMT
Keep an eye on his brothers store Elite Audio, has some better deals at times, some of his used items can be a few hundred less than elsewhere.
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Post by antonio on Nov 25, 2022 6:39:18 GMT
macca I hadn't noticed that AR pre amp, looks a great bargain.
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 25, 2022 9:01:52 GMT
I think you'll find that the LS3 is solid state. |
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Post by antonio on Nov 25, 2022 9:13:51 GMT
jandl100 Who'd have thought it? Having just read a couple of comments, a great pre, very revealing but could be fatiguing. 
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 25, 2022 13:00:48 GMT
Anyone interested in 3 months trial of Roon for $2 I'm not, cos I think it's a waste of money compared to my Logitech Media Server setup, but some of you might like to try it. I'm assuming it's not a user specific offer as was able to Google it. roonlabs.com/create-two-dollarroonlabs.com/black-friday-two-dollar-termsTerms state only for new users but I've tried the sign in here link and it gives the same offer  BE AWARE OF PRICE RISES ON 1st JAN 2023 |
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Post by antonio on Nov 25, 2022 13:16:03 GMT
mikeyb $2 for 3 months is a waste of money for all the advantages Roon gives?
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 25, 2022 14:38:57 GMT
mikeyb $2 for 3 months is a waste of money for all the advantages Roon gives? No the trial price is fine, its the full price that I don't consider worth it. For me, $2 for 3 months at a time would be right for it 😂 |
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Post by stevew on Nov 25, 2022 14:44:26 GMT
Keep an eye on his brothers store Elite Audio, has some better deals at times, some of his used items can be a few hundred less than elsewhere. Ahh.. Elite Audio is owned by his brother! Didn’t know that. I’m a big fan of Elite. First class advice, excellent service and a customer centric view on pricing. Ie always prepared to do a deal. |
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 25, 2022 15:00:24 GMT
That Roon trial is a bit cheeky, only on until the 28th November and if you let it run it would take you past the price increase at the beginning of January.
$829 will be the new Lifetime sub and at the current exchange rate that's pretty steep for what is essentially a media player and search engine
EDIT: the sub price is based on the price that you choose during the trial so that's fair enough.
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Post by antonio on Nov 25, 2022 15:00:54 GMT
mikeyb $2 for 3 months is a waste of money for all the advantages Roon gives? No the trial price is fine, its the full price that I don't consider worth it. For me, $2 for 3 months at a time would be right for it 😂 Not from my experience, I like Roon, although it is pricing itself out of the market. My brother purchased a life time sub for $500 which was good value. Have you used Roon along with any streaming service like Qobuz or Tidal, or even both? |
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 25, 2022 15:10:56 GMT
No the trial price is fine, its the full price that I don't consider worth it. For me, $2 for 3 months at a time would be right for it 😂 Not from my experience, I like Roon, although it is pricing itself out of the market. My brother purchased a life time sub for $500 which was good value. Have you used Roon along with any streaming service like Qobuz or Tidal, or even both? I have trialled it about 5 times ( different emails ) and each time I still didn't 'get it' I can do almost everything that Roon does with LMS and it's free, as for Roon giving you new music ideas, well I do that myself, I might have thought about it way back at $499 lifetime as that was about £350 back then but $829/£685 - no thanks. I might try the $2 trail just to see if it sounds any better now that I have a proper transporter rather than just a Pi setup. |
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Post by antonio on Nov 25, 2022 15:59:47 GMT
It's not that Roon gives you new ideas with Roon Radio, or even the extra info given on albums played. It keeps all your music together and doesn't differentiate between your own music library, Qobuz or Tidal, just go into the artist you want to hear and all the albums are there.
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 25, 2022 16:03:19 GMT
It's not that Roon gives you new ideas with Roon Radio, or even the extra info given on albums played. It keeps all your music together and doesn't differentiate between your own music library, Qobuz or Tidal, just go into the artist you want to hear and all the albums are there. Same as LMS ( free 😂) |
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Post by lurch on Nov 25, 2022 16:12:08 GMT
And Innuos Sense, which I believe is a stripped down Linux LMS bastardisation. Whatever, it just works.
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Post by edward on Nov 25, 2022 16:17:53 GMT
The AR LS3 is tempting. But it does not have a remote and given that I'm a lazy f*** that rules that out. The Roon is also tempting (I guess Mikey that is why you stuck it in this thread). But my issue is that I'm already a Roon user and my temptation is if I get a lifetime sub before it goes up. I ought to have gone for it when I first started as I would be fully amortised by now.  |
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Post by antonio on Nov 25, 2022 16:31:49 GMT
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Post by macca on Nov 25, 2022 18:26:13 GMT
I think you'll find that the LS3 is solid state. is it really? Okay I'm not tempted anymore then |
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 26, 2022 11:41:01 GMT
Well I paid my $2 to trial Roon, again. Won't let me switch off my Logitech Transporter, either remotely or manually, having read up on it, it's a known issue they couldn't or wouldn't fix. I did read a post late last night somewhere that someone had found a workaround, but I can't find it again  So that's me back to using LMS. |
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