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[Jimmy64]

Cambridge Audio Azur 640H Music Server...90 days was enough to know it would not make me happy. Too cumbersome.
Cum-ber-some
Adjective: Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving.
Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
Slow or complicated and therefore inefficient.

[Kingsrule]

Levinson 38 preamp
Gone in 60 days..

[elbig]

Originally Posted by Jimmy64

Cambridge Audio Azur 640H Music Server...90 days was enough to know it would not make me happy. Too cumbersome.
Cum-ber-some
Adjective: Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving.
Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
Slow or complicated and therefore inefficient.

Boy I second that! It was so cumbersome and sloooow. I really wanted to like it so I kept it but it was a huge disappointment. I gave up on it about a year ago or so. I was never using it and I didn't enjoy keeping it up to date with my music collection. I wasted so many hours loading my music on it.

[Jerome W]

Originally Posted by g997

Levinson 38 preamp
Gone in 60 days..

Why ?

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[Eduardo Hydes]

Some used Kef Q series speakers that I bought. Listened for about 2 days when i got them & didnt like the sound compared to some PSB's i had. Sold them to my close friend the next day.

[OneMalt]

From the vault labeled "Stories I Should be Ashamed To Admit"...

I was about 14 or 15 at the time and had a part-time job as Office Boy at the Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce. Anyway, I had saved my pennies and went out and bought myself a "real" cassette deck (I had used a portable Panasonic recorder for playback until then). I remember it was an Akai, probably at the bottom end of their early 70's product line but I was thrilled to death. When I got it home, I soon realized that I needed a receiver or amp/preamp to hook it up to (of which I had neither). I simply didn't know. No dad, a couple of older sisters...there wasn't much of a preexisting "tech vibe" in my household. Needless to say, it was returned in a matter of hours. I did learn though to research my intended purchases and Hifi in general, starting a life-long love affair for gear and music.

[Kingsrule]

Originally Posted by OneMalt

From the vault labeled "Stories I Should be Ashamed To Admit"...

I was about 14 or 15 at the time and had a part-time job as Office Boy at the Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce. Anyway, I had saved my pennies and went out and bought myself a "real" cassette deck (I had used a portable Panasonic recorder for playback until then). I remember it was an Akai, probably at the bottom end of their early 70's product line but I was thrilled to death. When I got it home, I soon realized that I needed a receiver or amp/preamp to hook it up to (of which I had neither). I simply didn't know. No dad, a couple of older sisters...there wasn't much of a preexisting "tech vibe" in my household. Needless to say, it was returned in a matter of hours. I did learn though to research my intended purchases and Hifi in general, starting a life-long love affair for gear and music.

Did you get it at the place on Main Street downtown? I can't remember the name of that store

[OneMalt]

Originally Posted by g997

Did you get it at the place on Main Street downtown? I can't remember the name of that store

Wasn't the place on Main Street Purchase Radio? It wasn't there, it was a place in the 'burbs...I honestly can't remember where. Maybe Transcendental Audio?

[Toobs]

Originally Posted by OneMalt

Wasn't the place on Main Street Purchase Radio? It wasn't there, it was a place in the 'burbs...I honestly can't remember where. Maybe Transcendental Audio?

Tim
Do you know who owned Transcendental Audio? He is now a very famous designer and manufacturer of hi-end gear.

If I remember correctly, Transcendental was located either in Eggertsville or Kenmore. Could also have been located in Amherst.

[OneMalt]

Originally Posted by Toobs

Tim
Do you know who owned Transcendental Audio? He is now a very famous designer and manufacturer of hi-end gear.

If I remember correctly, Transcendental was located either in Eggertsville or Kenmore. Could also have been located in Amherst.

They were on Niagara Falls Blvd. IIRC, the owner was Robert Minnick. I'm not personally aware of his reputation in audio design.