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$31 million over five years is almost $1700 a day. Given she started out slow and built up, that's a lot of shopping. Don't tell me her husband didn't know something was up.

Wow. How could the other people in charge NOT notice that. Taking 60 million at Fry's could go unnoticed given how large they are, but almost 30 million from Koss?

I am beginning to suspect that there was other mischief going on, and all she did was exploit it. I find it hard to believe all the other execs could miss this, unless others were in on the skim. All she did was get too greedy and exposed the whole thing to the light of day.

That's the real problem is many of us only have listened to a few DACs and that makes for poor A vs. B judgements. I can't think of many places to go audition DACS, other than Head Fi meets. The other choice is to blindly drop a wad of cash on one of those big name units. I was frozen in place for about a year mulling over what DAC to upgrade to. The Pico on sale was a no brainer.

I've used a Monica USB for a while. Better a good NOS DAC than a poorly designed oversampling one. But NOS can be bettered. I bought one of the on sale Pico's and it takes off some of those rough edges. And of course 20 other great DACS come up for sale used. FS: TwistedPearAudio OPUS dac modules and power supply. - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio And here's another good one [For Sale] Cambridge DacMagic - Club Polk New with good reviews HIGH RESOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES - MUSICSTREAMER+ - CD/DVD PLAYERS The last year has seen a lot of these come down to near NOS DAC prices. And Quality has improved to pretty good levels. Not high end. But pretty damn good bang for the buck.

I just suddenly had a 30+ year flashback of being a Marine in the far East. And four very painful penicillin shots. It always bothers me how they can let white collar crooks right back out of jail. Matoff spent his time before trial sneaking off millions of dollars of assets to friends and family.

I feel for the employees on this one. Working hard and in the end one person destroys all their efforts. I can only hope they pull through this ok. I'd hate to see some investment group snatch them up and kill off what's left of them. The stats will be the first thing to go.

That would be the last custom clothing she would ever want or need.

That's a lot of money to hide. But still, how does one continue to do that over and over? You'd think after skating off with a million or two they would slow down a bit. The CEO and CFO of the company I worked for were caught cooking the books a few years back. It was a blow that they never recovered from. They went chapter 11 and my division was sold last week. I hope this doesn't kill them off.

The Pico DAC was $268 shipped to my door thanks to the black Friday deal. But yes, DIY is cheaper.

And a classic reel to reel hiding in the background. Have any luck in finding blank tape?

Expensive? You bet! Good? I hope so. There have been too many companies willing to use their name to sell crappy rebadged gear. Only time will tell. Either way, I'm way too cheap to be 1st in line for those.

Worst thing of all, what if our wives find the list. I spend too much time hiding all the spare stuff as it is.

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatran&1260671894&/Classe-Twenty-Preamp--Black [url=http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatran&1260410631&/Linn-Pretek]AudiogoN ForSale: Linn Pretek- AudiogoN ForSale: Ps Audio 4.5 Preamp in good

I've owned PSB speakers before. They are a pretty decent value. The smaller volume of bookshelf speakers tend to make them sound great in the mids and high end. But for lower mids and bass there just isn't anything like speaker SIZE to help fill in the sound. I've got a pair of Hales Revelation ones that are a very large bookshelf. They seem to do everything well, including the lower end. I really had a hard time finding a floorstander to beat them. I think the Naks are gonna make you a very happy man. They are one of the few amps to make me think of moving away from tubes.

I've got a pair of these. Filled with sand, you'd better be careful picking them up. Target-Hi-Fi MR Series Speaker Stands (pair)#

D2A2? I had one in my hands about three years ago, and stupidly didn't buy it.

There's at least one amp builder that didn't get that memo.....

I had a St-202. It's rolled off high end didn't cut it. I've still got it's polar opposite here, the Rotel RB980. Too bright. The Aragon, or it's cheaper cousin the Acurus, would be a much better choice. I've seen the A250 go for as little as $300.

The Aragon amps are good. The NAK PA-7 is also a good pick. Emotiva? Not even in the same class. How about adding Bryston to the list? Or this? AudiogoN ForSale: Belles 150A You can find about a zillion great amps in that price range.

There's a lot of small floorstanding speakers out there. And they really are a better choice than bookshelves/stands. Rega, Totem, old Linns, Spendors, and god knows how many others. There must be a temping set of towers up on the local Craigslist every day here in Dallas. Just like a bus, if you miss one, wait a little bit and another deal pops up.

I've had experience with smoke/water damage and electronics. Even if it works ok at first, the combo of moisture and smoke causes all sorts of corrosion in switches and controls. In a couple of months, it gets real nasty. I'd sell it as is, and buy something else. It will be nothing but trouble for years to come.

At over 400 pounds, I'd need piano movers to bring it in. At $21k I'd need a second mortgage. But if it performs like it looks, it would be quite an experience. I always liked Wilson stuff. My used SVS 25-31 PCI was $200. That will have to do until I hit the lottery!

I just got a 10 year pile of stereophile mags from a local guy here in Dallas. The print was so small, I finally broke down and got a pair of reading glasses. But there's lot of pictures. IF we ever finish with speakers, there's always some of those high end turntables, too. Here's a couple sets I can reach out and touch in my office! Damn, I can't find the pictures of the Rega R3's. But's here's Hales, Proacs, and PI's

Sounds like I sold it too cheap:rolleyes: I'm glad you're enjoying it. What are you going to do with the mc2100?