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| Vintage Stanton cartridge — extreme lean to one side normal? Hello bigmikeatl! Do not let that cartridge touch your records! Get the stylus replaced (easy to do - not too pricy). Maybe a new cartridge is a good dea. I have my doubts about the headshell. Is it loose on the arm? Be sure the arm is not twi... | |
| A rookie with 10K, seeking advise Hello llid2! Don't be in a hurry to spend your hard earned $$. Keep the Lintons! If you are not too shy to DIY, you can build amps & preamps from kits and save a bundle. If you prefer factory made gear, used is a great way to go. A classic pr... | |
| Single vs Bi-wire Speaker Cable Unless your woofers and tweeters are physically separated, in different boxes/enclosures, one good wire with jumpers should do the trick. Happy listening! | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement Yes, Class D has arrived. It took some fellows with radar experience to do it. You can buy the PuriFi modules for about $1000 (a pair, with a front end & connectors) that are used in NAD's well reviewed gear, LKV, and others. In their big amp... | |
| Basic question about power/watts Hi timintexas! Your amp is probably clipping and the Maggies will reveal that to you by sounding awful. They are unfogiving of poor input signals. The Maggies are a straight, low impedance load. Not many amps can really feed a flat 4 ohm load. De... | |
| Purifi v Gan amps? Hi mazian! I have two sterio pair of the PuriFi amp and six Starke AD4-320s. The Starkes are just a bit smoother on the top end. The are designed for smoothness. Transparency, etc will depend more on your preamp, cables etc. The amps that have t... | |
| Storage of other speakers in the room, shorting them while not in use? Myth or true? It is true! I used to be an audio gear salesman in a small room with 16 pair of speakers. When any set of speakers was playing all the other cones moved (just like your eardrums) and absorbed energy. I designed a switching arrangement that shorted... | |
| can I connect 2 sources directly to power amp (one XLR one RCA) Hello AudoCanada! If the power amp has a switch on the back for choosing the input you want to use, it's probably OK to plug in both inputs. If there is no input switch, don't do it! The inputs will be wired in parallel and they will interfere wi... | |
| B&W 802 D2 Capacitors Worth Upgrading? Hello NYEV! I have never failed to get a serious improvement by replacing crossover capacitors. I have tried many serious brands. I like the Mundorf KRP series. They sound better than Solens, Auricaps, and several others. Replace any electrolytic... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? Hello TANNOY56! If you have Tannoys, you're used to high efficiency speakers. Three cheers for you! You can use those gloriously liquid low watt tube amps and annoy the neighbors. Imagine a 104 db sensivity speaker vs a 94 db spl and a 84 db spl ... | |
| recommendations for buying used balanced integrated or power amp 2k range? Hello Audio Canada! For LESS than $2000 you can have Starke Sound's latest version of their 200 wpc (four channels, bridgeable to stereo for huge power) named the Fiera 4. It sounds better to me than the well reviewed Puri-Fi Audio modules that ... | |
| After the thrill is gone If one has to choose between details and dynamics, I'll take details. | |
| Rogue Pharoah II I am getting excellent performance with Emotiva 5 channel amps and and Starke AD4-320 power amps in the two channel mode. Both of these are power amps. Be sure your speaker cables can handle high current. | |
| Will rebuilt Quad ESL 57s take the place on a great $30K dynamic speaker? Hello mglik! Adding a subwoofer will give you dynamics in the lower musical spectrum. All the panel speakers lack dynamic fireworks (but they sing so clear and detailed!). I've used mono and stereo subs with Maggies of verious kinds since the la... | |
| Isn't it really about quality of recording? It's true that a really fine system will reveal all the flaws in a poor recording. It's good to concetrate on the music and not the "sound." We keep improving our systems so that when we do get a good recording, it ia a genuine treat! Keep Smili... |