jwpstayman
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| My cartridge has more distortion Hi Blue - your cartridge should be fine unless you play lp's every day for hours at a time. Something has changed in the setup ( maybe a loose tonearm weight??) that is giving you this poor sound. Start from scratch and remount the cartridge like ... | |
| RB 300 wire- Ingognito or Cardas and why? Talk to Mike at Brit Audio (www.britaudio.com) - he is the tonearm wiring guru that I send all of this type of question to and he does superior work if you are having him do the job. He will steer you in the right directin for the best sound. | |
| Non-current limiting power conditioners Hi Nissan- take a look at the Furutech E-TP80. This is an exceptionally good 8 outlet power conditioner that does not limit current, is well made and is very reasonable in price ($500.00 new). You should be able to try this at home from someone li... | |
| Battery Powered Preamps For anyone attending the RMAF this weekend, be sure to have a listen to the Veloce Audio LS1 battery powered TUBE linestage. Those that have had the opportunity to do so already have been stunned by the performance of this completely new design. A... | |
| Reference 3A Grand Veena I have heard the Ref 3A Grand Veena speakers with tubes (Art Audio Jota and BAT VK75SE ) and solidstate (Bat Vk250, T+A) and they are absolutely one of the best sonic bargains in all of audio. VERY refined, big soundstage, great imaging, able to d... | |
| Synergistic Research Acoustic vs Precision Refere? I second the choice for the Tesla cables - I tried A/R and P/R in my system and while that was indeed wonderful, I foolishly borrowed a pair of Apex for the source and was so astonished at the performance, I just had to figure out a way to get the... | |
| DIY cable elevators Wow - there are certainly some creative people involved in this thread. If you want some EASY homemade cable risers, just use empty cd cases opened at 45 degrees and placed sideways under your cables. I even went so far as to try this compared to ... | |
| amp colume control Hi Panu - the problem is that your source has a gain that is too high to allow you to have fine control of your volume. The easiest solution is to get a pair of in-line RCA attenuators ( assuming your cd player does not have a volume control). Rot... | |
| Speakers for Unison Unico 80W Sandman- sorry - I have no experience with the Dulcets, so I can't say they are going to fit your application as well. Look for a pair of the de capo's used and take the guesswork out of the equation | |
| Speakers for Unison Unico 80W Hi Sandman - If I were you, based on your room and placement requirements, I would look for a pair of Reference 3A mm deCapo speakers and get yourself years of listening pleasure. They are great with the Unico amplifier. Enjoy! | |
| Kimber Monocle XL Hi Adam - why not wait until you have the speakers and have a chance to use the Sig 10X cables on them? You can always combine two (+) and two(-) spades under the binding posts of your new Dyn's at least to be able to hear what they sound like tog... | |
| Can you reccomend a cable for my VAC 140's Wave - without knowing your speakers, it would not be good to make any recommendation. What I can tell you about Virtual Dynamics is that they are stiff, unwieldy, and only show what they can do when used throughout the system. I have always had g... | |
| how to evaluate comp stand w/o inhome auditions? Hi Sound - maybe I can help you. You want a rack that has a frame that is rigid and drains down to the spikes. Shelves can be of many (debatable) materials as long as the material has a LOW resonance frequency, which is why glass, metal, and grani... | |
| Up grading power amp... Mono blocks or stereo amp? Doug - the Rogue 150's are excellent monos and will be a very nice upgrade for you. They are dead quiet, have great presence and will give you very good, controlled, pitch precise low frequencies - something a lot of tube amps do not do well. The ... | |
| Cables for electra sr30 surrounds I would look into Kimber Kwik 12 speaker cables as being a very good, inexpensive option for s/s amps and these speakers. At $1.85/ft, it is very hard to beat! |