stanwal
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| audio research dac 3 vs m-f trivista 21 I had the 21, it does ,in fact, have a tube in the circuit. It has a very smooth , non fatiguing sound. Haven't heard the AR. | |
| K & K phono pre compasison Someone else told me that he had hum problems with the Asr when used in the single ended mode. Mine is the quietest one I have ever had. They have a dip switch which selects balanced or unbalanced operation, I have wondered if it was set in the wr... | |
| K & K phono pre compasison The odds that anyone has heard all of the top phono stages in a system that they are familiar with is small and they certainly did not hear them with YOUR ears. They will all sound different and it is likely that the more expensive ones will sound... | |
| What's wrong with 6-7 ft tonearm wires? The level of the signal from the cartridge is very low, using this length of cable will have undesirable consequences if you are looking for the best possible sound. | |
| Denon DL-160 discontinued? The 110 is almost identical and slightly better if it is still in production. The prices had not risen in years, the 160 use to cost about the same as the Dynavector 10X series, the Dyna is now 3X the Denon's cost. | |
| Audiophiles are older than dirt I missed Blackjack chewing gum; when I was a boy we had Studebakers and the first car I drove was a 48 Packard. I remember WW2 stamps and red points, does this count? | |
| Adcom Vs Rotel Its common knowledge, SOME of the 555s were very good, some were not. Many companies design a product and then have it made by a company specializing in that product; this is not always a bad thing. The Japanese company Jelco has only recently bec... | |
| Adcom Vs Rotel I was a former B&W dealer[and Krell], I do not think Mac is a good match. B&W need an amp that really get hold of a speaker and the transformers that Mac uses don't help. A friend was using a 402 with matching Mac pre on Wilson Sasha speak... | |
| Adcom Vs Rotel If Macintosh is the answer what was the question? The great advantage of Rotel is that they actually make things themselves while Adcom is a marketing company only who contract out all manufacturing. The well known 555 amp was suppose to have been... | |
| Sealing ported enclosure to reduce boom Go to the Cardas site and use their room placement guide. Helped my speakers and cost nothing except the effort to move the speakers. | |
| Bi-amping + speaker crossovers = redundant? OK, I finally thought of how it would work. Signal to one pre section, then to the electronic crossover , the signal is split and the level balanced with its volume controls, then out to each of the amp sections, not using the second pre stage. Bu... | |
| Bi-amping + speaker crossovers = redundant? This will get complicated as the electronic crossover will have to be placed between the signal source and the two amps if it is to divide the frequency between them. I am having a little trouble visualizing the exact configuration and I have a fa... | |
| Where do you have your rack? I have decided to move mine to the sidewall; not a minor operation. Besides the unloading, moving, rebalancing etc., I have to have some more dedicated lines put in, no big job because I have a junction box within a few feet on the back of the wal... | |
| What cartridge does a Thorens TD-121 deserve? I would use it as is for a while, the Ortofon is a good cartridge and I would get use to it before I made any decision. | |
| Bi-amping + speaker crossovers = redundant? NO! The crossovers determine how much power each section of the speaker gets, if you have no crossover the tweeter and mid gets as much power as the woofer, a sure recipe for disaster. What you are looking for is an external electronic crossover w... |