stanwal
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| What Printed Magazine do you prefer? HIFICRITIC, no ads, best writers. | |
| How to make a true comparison? The problem is that what the question is usually about is "how do two components compare IN MY SYSTEM". How they would rate in a system adjusted to make the most of their virtues would be in most cases irrelevant as the person asking the question ... | |
| Is Phase and polarity the same thing? It is important to distinguish between absolute phase and relative phase. There is no standard in the recording industry for absolute phase , that is why so many records sound better reversed. Relative phase means the speakers being in phase with ... | |
| Phono Input in the Musical Fidelity A5.5??? No, you use a line level input [tuner, aux, etc.] If you wish to use the built in phono stage with a low output moving coil you use a step up transformer or Pre Preamp to raise the level of the signal for the moving magnet input. I bought my M3 us... | |
| Phono Input in the Musical Fidelity A5.5??? Don't get either one, go with the M3 Nuvista. There are 3 priced from $1995 to $2395. Better built and over 300 watts at 8 ohms in tests. It has a MM phono stage. All of these have decent phono stages but not equal to their power and line stages. ... | |
| Cable connecting preamp to external power supply My MF M3 NuVista has cables from the power supply to both the amp section and preamp section. When I replaced them with better ones there was a considerable difference. | |
| Is it worth upgrading tonearm wiring It would depend on the tone arm, what it was wired with, and how strongly you wanted a particular wire used. | |
| Why not go crossover-less? A crossover in the line stage means using at least 2 amps, you can't feed 2 signals to the same amp. | |
| Why not go crossover-less? But you lose flexibility, you have to chose the drivers and then design the crossover for them. You will not be able to use other speakers without modifying the crossover. This is why this approach, despite advantages, has never taken hold. Most a... | |
| SS Preamp with Tube Amp? If your tube preamp is dominating the sound of your system then you have a very colored preamp. The classic test of a preamp is to run a signal from a source that does not require a preamp to your amps and listen to it. Then put your preamp in the... | |
| What year did tube lose to SS I don't really think it was that early, if you are talking about serious amps. I got my first transistor amp, a Heathkit, in Nov. 1963. I think tubes were still the rule in 1965, I was using SS but most of my friends still had tubes. The demise of... | |
| Basis Ovation / 2500 vs Sota Cosmos IV I should have added that one advantage of Basis is that A.J. is a really nice guy besides being a top designer and he will take great pains to help you. | |
| Basis Ovation / 2500 vs Sota Cosmos IV I had an Ovation until this fall, when I went back to being a VPI dealer. Am now using an Aries with everything and 12.7 arm. It has a different sound than my Ovation with SME IV but you could prefer either one. The Ovation is a really excellent t... | |
| Best cable for Jumpers Try a good grade of silver wire and see what you think, They are not hard to make. | |
| Need Selling advice Sometimes it is better to sell separately but without knowing what it was it is hard to say. |