stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Monitor with sub or Full Range Speakers It mostly depends on your room. My room is fairly large but smaller speakers and subs work in it while my larger ones don't. But for maximum bang for the buck it would be hard to beat something like a KEF 107-2 or older B&W 801s if they will w... | |
| "Cut from the original master tapes" No serious recorder ever used a 16 track tape. These are for multi track mono pop recordings where each musician comes in separately and lays down a track. In this case the concept of a "MASTER" is meaningless, there is NO original performance, on... | |
| "Cut from the original master tapes" Yes, ones made from the master are much better. It was common practice even in the old days to cut records from 2nd or 3rd generation copies of the master tape. The idea was to put the master in the vault and leave it, no one could tell the differ... | |
| should speakers be coupled or decoupled? It is not science to say that something does not exist until you have an explanation for it. Theory in physics is great but it is a broad extrapolation from reality, not reality itself. In any case there will be many effects that can affect the so... | |
| Paulo Nutini I thought he was a runner in the 1930s. A Scottish singer named Nutini? Along with the race car driver named Dario whatever. Did Italy invade Scotland and the story didn't make the news? If Kenneth McKellar were dead he would be turning over in hi... | |
| B+W 801D I use to sell the early 801s and they were good then. The new ones are even better. | |
| USPS Priority Mail UPS managed to DESTROY the junction box on my Aries table shipped from VPI without leaving a mark on the outside. At a guess the delivery man threw it off the truck or it had received similar treatment earlier. VPI's packing is about as secure as ... | |
| Which speakers are higher efficiency? Just how loud do you expect to play the speakers? If they are 90 at one watt, then 93 at two, 96 at 4, 99 at 8, and 102 at 16. This is not terribly loud, the Focal is capable of much higher. If I was wedded to the amp I would look for more efficie... | |
| Need advice on acoustic panels. I have found that Michael Green's corner toons work very well and are unobtrusive and inexpensive, as are the rest of his treatments. I have his basic package and it works quite well. You can use as much of it as you need. | |
| sds powered on constantly??? I confess that I got my Aries and 12.7 arm at the same time and have not been motivated to audition it with and without for lack of a listening panel to help evaluate the difference. Just getting up and taking it in and out is enough to distort my... | |
| Servo Controlled Arm This was one of the stupidest ideas of all time, winner of the uncoveted GOLDEN TURKEY award from HIFI NEWS. Instead of letting the grove pull the arm across the record it drove the cartridge across it. If it happened not to be in alignment presto... | |
| Skylan stand for Compact 7 ES-3 I got mine direct from Noel, he is a good guy and I found him reasonable on prices. | |
| 2 channel Preamp brain? I have a video system set up with no processing, if you are going to use 2 channels don't bother, your TV can handle the switching, I am not even using a preamp, only a volume control and electronic crossover. | |
| Why is the Shelter 501 mono so expensive? I forgot to add that I am a dealer for VDH and Dynavector and I have not noted any quantity discount on my price sheets. I seriously doubt if many dealers keep large numbers of cartridges in stock in these economic times. While I use to order 4 Su... | |
| Why is the Shelter 501 mono so expensive? I really don't understand the hand made argument, if they are being made by hand then simply run off a dozen or so occasionally to keep in stock. Having come from the era when mono was turning into stereo I well remember all the arguments advanced... |