kjweisner
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| Good Subwoofer recommendations There is a Vandersteen V2w here for $950 that would be my choice. I have the audio-only version (2Wq) which has been a terrific performer--fast, tuneful and integrates well with the speakers. | |
| For VPI Unipivot Owners, do you use antiskating? FWIW, I have a Wilson Benesch (also a Unipivot) and use anti-skate. My setting is calibrated using the HIFI News test record--there are 300hz test tracks with increasing amounts of gain. These induce distortion and you can hear if it favors one ch... | |
| Higher resolution Jazz "Older Jazz recordings are of poor quality"Let me offer a different point of view that older recordings (not only jazz) could be, and are, superior in many cases:First, all the musicians were in the studio or on stage playing together as a group--... | |
| Big Bands of Today. Don Scaletta and the Jazz Project Salutes Stan Kenton. Great music, great recording and sonics. Very "first row" in terms of clarity and macrodynamics without becoming overly hot or artificial. | |
| Vinyl listner You're on the right track! Keep the questions coming if yiu need help. | |
| Maggie Disappointment Call Magnepan back and explain the dealer's unwillingness to accommodate what they themselves offer via their own website. They should allow you the home trial and if you keep the 1.7s then they can pay the dealer the margin. If you return them, M... | |
| Please help a rookie –used amps for magnepan 3.7? I ran my 1.6s for years with a BAT VK-200 at 100 wpc and never felt it was a compromise. I did add a Vandersteen 2Wq sub which essentially made the VK-200 "more powerful" in that the crossover rolled off the signal to the amp starting at 80 hz. In... | |
| Vinyl listner Most A/V receivers won't have a built-in phono stage but an inexpensive one from Pro-ject, Cambridge, or Musical Fidelity would do just fine in between the a/v preamp and the table. You also need to know what kind of phono cartridge you have, as t... | |
| Vinyl listner Option 3: a receiver equipped with the phono stage as noted in option 2. Of all, option 2 will give you the greatest long term flexibility. If you are like many of us here you will start a journey that will have many future twists and turns! | |
| Vinyl listner You will need a pre-amplifier of some sort--the turntable will not put out enough voltage to drive your speakers directly. Option 1: a dedicated phono pre-amp with a built in volume control which steps up the voltage to what is considered "line le... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 and Subwoofer help/recommendations A Vandersten 2Wq will fit all your needs--used one with 1.6s for many years with great success. Does require that you have a separate Pre-amp amd power amp as there is a crossover that is inserted in between them. This rolls off the bass freqs goi... | |
| Click/ Snap from the speakers This could simply be a non-shielded or poorly shielded cable picking the RF that happens when switches are activated. Try some different cables and see if that solves your issue. Worked for me. | |
| Got Static? Have you changed any cables recently? If so, perhaps you have introduced a cable not as well shielded as what you had previously. I have experienced this with a cable that was picking up ticks from light switches turning on. That little bit of arc... | |
| How to hook sub to 2 channel syhstem Vandersteen 2Wq works great with systems like yours (separate pre and power amps). An included crossover box goes between the pre/power amps to roll off the low end that goes to the power amp. Then a set of wires run off the speaker taps of the po... | |
| Computer to adcom amp/preamp To elaborate on the above--you need a cable that has a 3.5mm stereo plug on one end which will go into the Mac. This cable will break out into two (2) RCA male plugs which will plug in to the Adcom. Can be found cheap and in various lengths at Par... |