stanwal
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| Musical fidelity A3CR separates vs. A5 integrated I would keep the amp and preamp. Not sure that the A5 is as good as what you have now. I use REL subs, look at the S series. I use to be an AudioQuest dealer years ago, always felt their interconnects were a little bland, try to borrow a different... | |
| Mentmore M100 Michaelson and Austin Some of the best were the Stax class A amps, the DA 80 and 100s. I also used Krell KSA 50s, Musical Fidelity 270s and possibly Meridian 605s. As you can see these were from the late 80s and early 90s. I used other amps earlier but these were bette... | |
| How much are your speakers toed in? So they cross slightly in front of my listening position. | |
| Vintage B&W DM2a's comments wanted I had a couple of pairs of DM3s I got direct from England about 1970. They were good speakers, I sold them when the Spendor BC-1 came out. I had had a pair of P2Hs, which was their first speaker, then a pair of DM-70s, which a friend of mine still... | |
| Mentmore M100 Michaelson and Austin They were tested in HiFi Choice no.44 in 1986. They did not recommend them. they said " This amp offered a mixed performance.the treble rolled off early, removing some air and sparkle from the sound, while the high frequency power delivery was poo... | |
| Sugden - Electrocompaniet - Naim - Accuphase The Sugden A21a Series 2 was just tested by HIFICRITIC. IT had only 20 watts a channel so either the rating is different over there or it is a slightly different model. In any case I would mark it off as it had insufficient power and simply didn't... | |
| VPI Nameplate I would try to get one fabricated at a shop that works with acrylic. Or wood or metal. As I said it would be almost impossible to find an original VPI so I would have one made. It's composition does not matter as well as I can remember and a sligh... | |
| Wilson Sasha vs Meridian DSP 7200? There is a very interesting review of the 7200 in the current HIFICRITIC. I would order it if I had any interest at all. Surprisingly, the 7200 sounded better driven from other CD players than it did from the 808.2i, which is possibly the best pla... | |
| VPI Nameplate So you will want it printed upside down? Seriously, I am a VPI dealer and I would say your best bet was to get a photo and have one made locally. It VPI doesn't have any I don't know where you would find one. | |
| How does tone-arm mass impact performance? Excuse typo, Vinyl Engine OR Audio Asylum | |
| How does tone-arm mass impact performance? There is no answer for your question because there is more than one variable involved. For any particular cartridge there may be an optimum mass but there is no mass optimum for all cartridges. During the race toward higher and higher compliance w... | |
| What cartridge for Systemdek IIX? I think so but it's your decision. Yogi.com has them for $95. I use to be a Systemdek dealer and a Sumiko dealer also but didn't use them together as they were not contemporaries. All I can say is that is what I would do if I were you. The Denon w... | |
| Audio synthesis dax 1994 I am currently using one, it is better than almost all current ones. See "Colloms Ratings" on the HIFICRITIC web site for his opinion of its current placing. Mine has phase reversal switch which is very handy. The writers at this magazine are of t... | |
| Hybrid vs. Straight Tubes The really expensive part of a tube amp is the output stage, if you use tubes in driver stage and mosfet output stage you can get a lot of the tube sound. I used an amp like this at one time and it worked well. | |
| Any experience with Signal Cable for REL sub? Yes, I have Signal Cable. Works fine. I can't tell how big an improvement it made as I purchased it for my Stadium 11 which didn't come with a cable. My Stadium 111 which I bought later came with a standard cable but I never had a listening panel ... |