stanwal
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| The Hub: QUAD ESL-57, Some good things last a lifetime. I got my first pair in 1964, I don't think there was a importer just then, I ordered them from C.C. Goodwin, a famous English audio dealer of the time. After a trip across the North Atlantic in a crate I went down to Calumet Harbor and picked them... | |
| Would adding another REL STRATA Help? Yes, REL recommends two when possible, I use two Stadium subs i a much smaller room. | |
| Dynavector 20 XL or H for Rega 600 arm As I have always understood it the difference between high and low output MCs was in the number of windings in the coil, the high having more. The rest of the cartridge is the same so the arm isn't the component to determine your choice, it is the... | |
| Opinions...Krell KMA 160 Monoblocks Unless I needed the enormous low impedance power output I would look elsewhere. Unsound is being kind in his assessment of recapping costs, a technician friend of mine has been given Krells by owners who don't want to spend the money to have them ... | |
| Krell KSA 200 stereo amplifier I think you will find that time has marched on and something like the Krell S 300i will actually sound considerably better and likely to be cheaper. In addition it is an integrated thus saving cost of line stage. It puts out close to 400 watts at ... | |
| Aries 3 and Super Platter I should have added that I have no specific information from VPI on the conversion process. I did attempt to put the Super Platter on a Scoutmaster, which I assume uses the same bearing and platter as the Aries and it did not appear to fit. I only... | |
| Aries 3 and Super Platter I agree with the above. You do know that the Super Platter has been discontinued? I would check with VPI or have your dealer do so immediately if I was interested in one, they often have some older products left. As a VPI dealer who uses an Aries ... | |
| using 75 ohm cables digital intr for analog? I often use analogue cables for digital. Some sound better than most of my dedicated digital ones. | |
| cheaper coupling caps on a budget I would try a source like Madisound over here or Wilmslow Audio in England, they tend to have bang for the buck products and can give advice.Some of the prices I saw on the hificollective site were more than I paid for my main components. Take a l... | |
| Platter upgrade for VPI MkIV? Second that. | |
| Torn between two amps I would stay away from switch boxes, I have never seen any that were not audible. Y connectors are better but if you only have one pair of speakers you have to change their connections. I would look at my CD playback chain as when an amp has been ... | |
| tonearm upgrade, how far up the food chain? I would go table, arm and cartridge in descending order of importance. The relative place of arm and table can be debated but both will have more influence than the cartridge in that there is no way that the best cartridge can perform with inferio... | |
| Focal Mini Utopia vs Merlin MXe I am using SS with mine, either Musical Fidelity NuVista M3 [300 watts] or Meridian 605s [150 watts]. Both work well. Mine have the Titanium tweeters, did they make a Beryllium tweeter version? The ones I have do not lack anything in the highs for... | |
| Most fancy tonearms As the goal of both programs was a Moon landing the US won in that respect. In terms of being in for the long haul the USSR/Russia appears to have an advantage as the US discarded its very successful rocket program and went off on the space shuttl... | |
| Amp suggestions for Epos A lot of choices. I have had good luck with Musical Fidelity, but the things on audiogon change from day to day. I advise you to buy used, I do and I am a small dealer who can get many things at cost. In any case don't do anything until you have a... |