stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| The pursuit of bass... I find midrange problems affect the sound much more than bass, speakers which get the midrange wrong can be intolerable. There is a lot more music in the midrange than in the bass area. I am quite use to listening to various amounts of bass as I h... | |
| How many years is a flagship component good for? Kristian, I take it quite seriously as you would yourself if you knew more about audio. I have spend nearly 50 years in audio myself and am quite confident in my own taste but lack the time, money or energy to hear everything on the market. Theref... | |
| What is a class G amp ? G has advantages in every area except sound quality; if that matters. | |
| How many years is a flagship component good for? I buy my gear by purchasing top end units from the past. I am just considering bringing my speakers up to 1996 from 1983. Despite their age I have heard VERY FEW that equal my present ones. I often use a tube pre built in 1987 and SS amps from the... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? It is a 1995 Volvo Turbo, so there are two of us. | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? System, at least 10X cost of my latest car [ a 1995, which I bought 5 years ago]. It was a $35000 car I bought for $6000; I use the same method in buying audio, older quality models, let someone else take the initial hit. | |
| CineMag SUT I find it hard to describe the sound of good components except in relation to other ones of the same type and this is the only SUT I have. Look at the review in 10 AUDIO on line and the recent Stereophile review if you take the magazine or if it i... | |
| speaker cables for Wilson Sophia My friend with a pair of Sasha uses Cardas Golden Reference. I do also with Spendor S 100s and another friend uses it with AvauntGuard horns. The first uses Lamm, I use a CJ 350 SS, the last uses some exotic Brazilian tube amps so the GRs work wit... | |
| Turntable Upgrade Suggestions There is a Basis 2001 with Graham 1.5 arm listed for $2600. I have a similar one except my arm is a 1.5 that has been upgraded to 2.2. This is a very good combination.Two of my friends have Ravens, they are also very good tables at a significantly... | |
| Will I need A moving coil set up device? I use one of the Bob's Devices CineMag SUTs and it is very good; see recent mini review in Stereophile. | |
| Will I need A moving coil set up device? Considering the price of new top quality tube preamps $1250 does not seem that high. Most commonly used tubes are available readily, did CJ use an exotic one in this design? They usually use mainline ones. The SUT question is hard to answer, many ... | |
| CineMag SUT I use the Bob's Devices SUT, which uses a CineMag transformer [not sure of the number]. It is very good and just got a good review in Stereophile, where it was thought to be almost as good as one costing 10 times as much. | |
| Replace OL Illustrious 3 with Graham 2.2? The 2.2 is a very good arm and easy to set up. | |
| Touch up rust spots in black steel speaker stand? I used Naval Jelly on some Target stands that had been stored for several years to remove rust. | |
| Cartridge Recomendation for SME IV Tonearm I would check out the Denon 103 line, I think they would have the sound you would like. I have used the 103 in an arm with about the same mass as the IV but I had sold my IV before I got my Denon so check with other users. The IV will take a wide ... |