stanwal
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| Is Musical Fidelity a downgrade? I have the 21. Reviews I have seen of the Bel Canto lead me to believe that the 21 is probably better, I certainly have no complaints about mine. Several companies also offer upgrades for it. I have not felt the need to do so. | |
| Audio Research or Conrad Johnson Tube Pre-Amp??? Downunder, when I want your opinion I will beat it out of you. Martin Colloms has been one of the most respected Audio writers for over thirty years while you are just some shithead. | |
| Good cartridge to use with SME IIIS Make sure( or Shure, LOL) that the cartridge has a reasonably high compliance as the 111 is lower mass than is common today. It was from an age of very high compliance cartridges, they are much less common today. I would stick to MM as they will w... | |
| Audio Research or Conrad Johnson Tube Pre-Amp??? I suppose downunder refers to the location of your head so you should know bullshit when you see it. | |
| Suggestions for speaker stand platforms? Maple is good. A much cheaper alternative is one I heard about from Noel at Skylan Stands. I have my Aries table on one of these. Go to Home Depot or similar and have 3/4" MDF cut into the size desired. Take 3 sheets, put Blutak at the corners and... | |
| Headphone amp advice The Creek, although solid state, is excellent. I use it with my 600s. | |
| Alternatives to Musical Fidelity M3 Nuvista I improved the sound of mine by getting a better power cord and umbilical cables from Sweetcome in Hong Kong. But I never found it bright. I am using Van den Hul The First interconnects and Cardas Golden Reference speaker cable. I have used others... | |
| What would a mat do for my Garrard 301 turntable Hit your bare platter. If it rings then a mat would probably help. The Garrard was designed before it was understood that the very low level vibrations from playback could have an effect on the sound. You should get better record isolation with th... | |
| Phono preamp suggestions The Pro-ject Tube Box SE II got an excellent review from HIFICRITIC, placing ahead of ones costing several times its price. I use the Dynavector 75, which is in the same price range and is extremely good. | |
| Who bought ARC? The price is misleading; since it was a tube amp company they are obviously being paid in 1965 dollars. | |
| Audio Research or Conrad Johnson Tube Pre-Amp??? There is a rating on the HIFICRITIC web site, they have tested most of their preamps and keep the ratings current. Audio Research LS 7 28Audio Research SP10 11Audio Research LS5 II 21Au Audio Research LS 15 25Audio Research LS 9 24Audio Research L... | |
| Best sounding Beethoven symphony LPs Bruno Walter for the 6th, my favorite recording period. Karajan is better on the odd ones , 3,5, 7 and 9 are very good. If you are going to get one set the Karajan should be easy to find and has good sound as well. | |
| Dynaco sca-35 and celestion vintage 30s? A 4" tweeter? Dispersion much? I would keep the outside and put some more modern speakers inside. A pair of Epos you can pick up for a couple of hundred would be a drastic improvement. you can put them on some isolation material as having stereo s... | |
| Best speakers for tube amp looking for suggestions Spendor 1/2e or the SP- 1, not a whole lot of difference, I have both. | |
| Does impedance matter? Shadorne, while it is true that powered speakers have many advantages, they do not sell for one simple reason, most audiophiles want the capability of altering the sound of their system. This may be good or bad, but it is the simple truth. I was a... |