smandlej
Responses from smandlej
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? Hendrix at the Liverpool Empire late sixties - stunning !!! | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? In no particular order:-Dame Janet BakerLorraine Hunt LiebersonEva Cassidy/Alison Krauss | |
| Perhaps a Stupid Question If it is the original, I would suggest replacing the ribbed platter mat. I did this with my old P112-D. A felt replacement should be inexpensive. IMO vinyl should be supported under the entire playing surface and clamped to even out minor warps. | |
| marble or granite slab under floorstanders? There is a school of thought that says even with a concrete screed floor the Earth's seismic activity will affect loudspeakers with spikes. Similarly footfall on wooden floors will have an impact. There is an app you can download on to a tablet to... | |
| Why hasn’t B&W ever entered the ultra hi-end for speakers? At least two of our most respected reviewers here in the UK have 800 series B & W speakers in their own systems (Paul Miller of Hi-FI News & Paul Messenger of Hi-Fi Critic), and they are not alone. Our listening rooms are somewhat smaller ... | |
| powercords Many years ago (and I'm giving my age away here), before specialist power cords were widely available a cheap upgrade here in the UK, was to use a 13 amp kettle flex. Much better than the standard offering, provided you could cope with the standar... | |
| Inflated prices in audio The December 2019 edition of Hi-Fi News carries an old review of the SME V by Martin Colloms from June 1986, the price of the arm was £1188, not exactly inexpenive at the time. Mine cost £2300 in April 2010 albeit for the "VD" model with detachab... | |
| Interconnects and Speaker Cable, What in your history hit your pleasure button? In common with Martin Colloms (Hi-fi Critic Magazine) I have been using Van Den Hul First Ultimate Mk II since they first appeared, having met and discussed the make-up of these cables with AJ himself. Not copper or silver but many strands of carb... | |
| Linn Audio After visiting many hi-fi shows here in the UK during the seventies and hearing the LP12 demonstrated by Linn personnel, I was not convinced or persuaded to buy one (and the same applies to Naim gear). The LP12 was standard fair for many of the d... | |
| Audiophile LP's I have all bar two of the Nimbus Supercut records which were available from Practical Hi-Fi/Hi-Fi Today magazine here in the UK. Limited to 1,000 pressings, half speed mastered and pressed on virgin vinyl these can be found on eBay, but at nothing... |