stanwal
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| REL Studio III vs. JL Audio Fathom 113 I use 2 Stadiums in my 12.5' x 35' room. I have replaced the cables and power cords but the biggest improvement was using Ready Acoustics panels. They are reasonable and good looking, even my wife likes them. The corner bass traps are essential in... | |
| step up transformer for clearaudio I use a Bob's Devices SUT ahead of a Blue Circle 707 with both set to high gain with no problems using Denon 304 and 103. | |
| Build Your Own? That may be true but there is more to speaker design than just crunching the numbers. I would start with a fairly conventional design from someone like Madisound. I have heard some truly horrible sounding speakers built by individuals knowledgeabl... | |
| Anti skate and tonearm damping query Nsgarch, I have no idea where you got the idea that the Grace was used with MM cartridges, it was sold as a package with the Linn LP 12 and Supex cartridge in England and I sold it with the 901 Supex over here. I also have no idea where you got th... | |
| cables I used Siltech F 12 silver ribbon with my Duetta Sigs. One is down right now, when I get it working I am going to use Cardas Golden Reference. | |
| Amplifer Wattage Question LEDs give the best reading, meters are too slow to capture peaks. To get a general idea get a Radio Shack sound meter and check the sound level in DBs at one meter. Take the sensitivity of the speakers and see how many watts would be required to d... | |
| Best Phono stage for my system - from my list Obviously PVC, fingers not what they were. | |
| Best Phono stage for my system - from my list I have a Scout set up with 103 Denon, I have not used the ones you list, I am using a Dynavector 75 and a Blue Circle 707 both very good. You might want to look at the minimalist version of the 707, which is short on aesthetics but long on perform... | |
| Anti skate and tonearm damping query Dertonarm has stated the facts as I have always heard them. If it was that easy to apply the correct force then why, for example. did the Grace 707 bias control give twice the necessary force? It was a well designed arm. I have never heard that a ... | |
| Any good equipment racks that are afordable? Target has some, although they apparently no longer make the very heavy one I have had for years. | |
| Are VPI tables considered musical and involving? I was a VPI dealer in the past and am one again so I have considerable experience with them. There are two points I would make: 1, they do not all sound alike, 2 they do not have a "sound" that will overpower the cartridge or associated equipment ... | |
| Any good equipment racks that are afordable? Look at used ones, you will get more for your money. But if you are going to put a considerable amount of money in a system it is a false economy to use a cheap rack. You might consider getting one made locally. Good ones do make a considerable di... | |
| Anti skate and tonearm damping query I actually do not use any with my 12.7 or JMW 9" arms. The amount suggested is often wrong and it is impossible to apply the correct amount all across the record. When I do use it I try to use as little as possible. Use Denon 304 on the 12 and 103... | |
| Technics SP-10 MKIIA tonearms I may have got the arm terminology wrong, I was thinking that the "H" was the more massive arm, that was the one I intended to recommend. The tests I referred to were the ones done on both arms in the old "Hi FI Choice" , which remain the best con... | |
| Traditional Brands vs. "Audiophile" Brands Often the products from large companies are designed with priorities other than sonic quality in mind. Are you familiar with the Yamaha "EAR" speaker, the speaker shaped like a human ear? In point of fact I cannot remember a case where the large c... |