stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Micro Seiki I use to sell them and used one myself. I would say it is still a very good table. | |
| Setting VPI JMW 10.5i I have used masking tape to do what Hiendmuse suggests for 30 years or so and have never had stylus damage while aligning. | |
| What pre in the $500 pre owned market The Creek passive, OBH 22 I think, that goes for $495 new will beat about any active under $3K IF passive works in your system. | |
| Do all FM tuners need alignment eventually? My Kenwood 917 is 30 years old , I had a part replaced recently and it did not need alignment. BUT every case will be different, tubes will need more maintenance PROBABLY. A friend just bought a 1968 Sherwood tube one that had the original tubes i... | |
| Any vintage tuners with a small footprint? Meridian 104 as mentioned, also Quad. | |
| best Marantz tuners? The 10B was their best tuner but a modified 717 may well be better. Two of my friends are very serious FM fans and they are both very high on Sansui, one has at least 5 including the TU-X1. I met him when I sold him my second Kenwood 917. If you c... | |
| Wiring a subwoofer to monoblocks I forgot to add that mine have an 180 degree reversal switch which flips polarity, yours may also. Select proper setting by ear if it does. | |
| Wiring a subwoofer to monoblocks With 2 Subs it is easy, Both hot to one hot on amp and the ground to ground, either chassis ground or speaker terminal. The other wired the same way. I have 2 Stadium subs wired this way. If the mono blocks are together then I suppose that one hot... | |
| Quick poll How long have you been in this hobby? Since 1962. | |
| I have 2 cd players, which is better musically Buy a Musical Fidelity V-DAC for $300 from Audio Advisor with 30 day return. I thought I was clear is saying that the general run of sound is WORSE in new players than old. Try the V-DAC with the digital output of your present deck. Use an RCA IC,... | |
| I have 2 cd players, which is better musically Those of us who have tried them don't like them because they sound bad! My friend has an upper level Denon that he has used as a transport or a player. It is not very good at either. 15 years is a long time all right, time enough for a serious det... | |
| Dynavector 20 Xl , Benz Micro Ace SL or Denon The Denon 304 is very good, I have one on my Aries with 12.7 arm. The AT 33 is also a good cartridge, I just got one for $400 at J&R. I got the EV version, also comes as the 33 PTG or something, could never find out what the difference was. Yo... | |
| Speaker Longevity I am equally sure that they haven't. Why would you think they would? I just sold my newest pair of speakers, they were 11 years old. The ones I listen to most are 18 years old. Barring damage or the kind of things Elizabeth describes speakers last... | |
| Is There An "Absolute" Best Cartridge? The 205 was one of the best , if not the best MMs ever built. I still have a couple that need rebuilding. But I never heard of ANY p mount cartridge that could compete with a good standard mount given the compromises necessary by the mounting system. | |
| Is There An "Absolute" Best Cartridge? I know what it is but if I told you I would have to kill you. |