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Yeah, my point or question was more that the Elna Silmic II's are really good and I wonder if the Blackgates are at all better. These are both good caps. I've been thinking about overhauling the PSU on the MA as well, so any info people have would be helpful.

I wonder if the blackgates are any better than the elna silmic II's... or if anyone has bothered to try.

Now that might look nice... the shiny iridescent opal on the bloodwood looks distinctly girly, which is where my comment came from.

Nice to see you here boomana... I've always liked your pair, though I likely would have done without the mother of pearl for silly man-reasons. I love the burned in text on the stand and I like the idea of the text on the cups, I just wonder if a smaller font might not look better. Either way, they are a beautiful pair of K340s. EDIT: "I've always liked your pair" - Man, that sounds really bad.

Nice pictures, and I love the look of your rig. I can only imagine how good it sounds.

No. That is not the way that I meant it, and I have clarified what I meant multiple times since then. True, then what is this talk of baggage and editing out the price as a courtesy to the buyer? As for 'what it's worth', that has got to be the biggest joke in audio. People generally try to get what they paid for an item or more. How the fuck does that make sense!? I don't think I am a communist for recognizing that items depreciate through use. If it is a collectors item with some rarity, fine, that is different. This is all besides the point though, as my argument was that I don't see a need to remove the price from for sale threads. I find it useful to be able to refer to those prices and get frustrated when I do a search and find a bunch of threads with it removed. You have decided to pick apart one poorly worded [and poorly read] comment of mine and completely derailed what I was talking about. Now it seems like you are just trying to piss me off for the sake of it, so I'm going to bow out here.

Wow, way to talk me around in circles. I guess a recap is in order. _________________________________________________ You - So that the buyer can sell it later without having the baggage of what they paid being part of the equation. Me - Baggage? Unless you are a dick and try to make money off of your used purchases, that shouldn't be a problem. You - How is looking to sell for what something is worth being a dick, commie? Me - Even if you want to sell something for more than you paid for it, I fail to see why you would want to hide that by editing it out. Unless you are guilty of course. Commie. You - I could care less whether people know the price I paid when I sell... ...As a seller, I do it as a courtesy to the buyer. Me - I just think that removing the price from a for sale thread is pointless. You - But you didn't say pointless, you said the person doing it was a dick. You/Me - Argue, getting nowhere. _________________________________________________ Ok, so what are we talking about again? Oh yeah, editing the price out of your for sale thread after the fact. Please reread this exchange in that light. My 'unless you are a dick' comment was obviously replying to you speaking of the 'baggage of what they paid'. If you want to sell something for less than you paid, fine, but hiding that information seems dishonest to me. I understand that some products increase in value over time and have no issue with someone selling their PS-1 for more than they bought it for. I do have issue with someone getting a sweet deal off of a generous seller and then turning around and profiteering off of a gullible buyer. By removing the asking price from a thread you are enabling people to be dishonest. Since I can't see any other reason to do so, I find it strange that people follow this practice. I guess if there wasn't a 5 minute edit window and I could change my post for clarification it would read: "Unless you are a dick and try to make money off of your used purchases while keeping others in the dark, that shouldn't be a problem." Is that clear? I don't care if you agree, but do you understand what I mean?

They weren't fighting words, you misread what I said... and are for some reason continuing to act as if you don't know what I meant. I hope you're having fun with this. It's getting a little old over here.

It sure sounds like it with your 'be nice' speech.

This is headcase, where is your thick skin. You know what I mean, I'm not going to have an argument about semantics. Here, let me call you the waaambulance... dick.

No, actually, I said: "Unless you are a dick and try to make money off of your used purchases, that shouldn't be a problem"

I don't, thanks. Even so, it is useful to give a general idea of the selling price. I often have no idea what a piece of equipment is going for when I create a for sale thread. I find it helpful when people leave the price in the thread and rather frustrating when they take it out. I also try to sell to the first legitimate reply rather than giving the item to the highest bidder. If I wanted an auction I would use ebay. But to each his own, I'm not trying to hold some higher moral ground here or tell people how they should conduct their sales. I just think that removing the price from a for sale thread is pointless.

Well, in general, you can't delete the prices in threads where you are the buyer... How is deleting the price for the buyer a courtesy? This is what makes no sense to me. What it is though, is a discourtesy to everyone who views the thread afterwards and wants to know what they sold for. A reply saying 'Sold, thanks for looking.' or an update to the original post noting that the item has sold works just as well as removing the price.

Ummm, I hope she doesn't have one...

I disagree, but understand your stance on this. I'm certainly no communist, but I do believe in being fair. Obviously everyone has different ideas of what being fair is. Even if you want to sell something for more than you paid for it, I fail to see why you would want to hide that by editing it out. Unless you are guilty of course. Commie.

Baggage? Unless you are a dick and try to make money off of your used purchases, that shouldn't be a problem. I just think it is lame, and frustrating... makes finding the value of an item difficult when you have to wade through a bunch of threads that just say $OLD.

Just curious, but why do people do that!? I hate it when the price gets edited out.

The one with the less bass and better soundstage sounds like the better candidate, but it is a personal preference really.

Man, now I've got RS-1 withdrawal. I would have felt better if I lost out on the deal to a newbie who would really appreciate it, but that guy has a Zanden, 2 K1000s, etc and just bought a pair of UE11's... definately could afford the RS-1 at its purchase price if he wanted to. Me, well, I'd get my nuts handed to me from the wife.

YEAH! That sounds like fun.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=256972

Damn Looks like foo_me got them.

Hmmm... not looking good, he has posted a pending in the thread and I haven't received a PM. I'm pretty sure I was the first one to get back to him as after sending the PM, I refreshed the forum and the view count for the thread was 2. He may have just gone with the highest offer or someone in the US though, who knows.

I'll take that before TV, but the after is very nice...

Yeah, I am freaking out. I hope that he sticks to that price, as I've wanted the RS-1's for quite a while and just plain can't afford them.