stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Switch from Parasound JC-1 to Bel Canto Ref 1000? Audiopile again, a legend in his own mind. | |
| Unipivot and suspended TT? I simply meant that heavy arms are often incompatible with lightweight tables. Being a VPI dealer I can see how heavy their arms are and as they are probably the most common unipivot arm I suspected someone had tried to mount one on a table that w... | |
| Switch from Parasound JC-1 to Bel Canto Ref 1000? I wouldn't change until I heard them on my system, I think you would be disappointed. | |
| Mye Speaker Stand type of fill material That is good news. I am a Star Sound dealer and have had some on order for quite a while. | |
| Unipivot and suspended TT? This idea may have arisen from someone using something like the VPI arm on a light suspended table like the Linn, the arm is much too heavy for the suspension, it has nothing to do with the arm's bearing type. | |
| Which VPI platter would you choose? If the platter you have is the one recently listed for $225 VPI told me it cost over $300 to make. I would have bought it myself if I had a table it would fit. I have a Super Platter myself but that platter has a great reputation. | |
| Which VPI platter would you choose? What he said. There are other rings available, if you want a ring you might check to see if one fits. Rings do help but they are not everything. I would use the table with the Aries platter for a while before I changed anything. | |
| Mye Speaker Stand type of fill material I am doing something similar and was going to use Micro bearings from Star Sound but they are temporarily unavailable. I used Atabits, which are small steel shot which are imported by May Audio. Their sourcing was changing from Atacama to Target s... | |
| Do all toroidal transformers hum? You may also help by using either coupling or isolating devices under your amp. Although they work on opposing principals I have found both to improve the sound to a surprising degree. I have been using Audio Points from Star Sound but am now usin... | |
| Do all toroidal transformers hum? The question is, does the slight hum have any practical effect. While the best transformers may not hum having one that makes the slight noise yours does does not mean that it is a bad transformer or that performance is necessarily bad. There are ... | |
| Do all toroidal transformers hum? It doesn't sound normal to me, at least I have never tried it. The bigger question is "do you often listen this way". If not I wouldn't worry about it. | |
| Opinions on Full-Range/single driver speakers Theory good, result bad. My opinion in a nutshell. I used Jordan Watts back in the 60s, a friend who is a cabinetmaker was so impressed he became the importer for a while. The midrange is quite good but the frequency extremes are not there. If you... | |
| Preamps with 2 sets of outputs? You can use Y plugs on an amp with one set and do the same thing. The two outputs are wired together inside the amp, the Y plug outside. | |
| amplifier needs I can think of no reason it would not work if you used reasonably heavy gauge wire, say at least 16 gauge. Try it and check to see if the amp is running cool, if the heat sinks become hot then you have a problem. | |
| grilles on or off the speakers?? The only reason to leave grills off is that almost every speaker sounds better without them. Try to imagine how obstructing the sound waves can improve the sound. My Mini Utopias did not come with any, have wooden shields that fit over them for pr... |