stanwal
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| Linn LP 12 I like buying used but Linn has made so many changes to its table over the years that you should make sure that the table you buy has the features you want. | |
| Can I hook up sub directly to amp? REL and some other subs can be connected to the amp. An alternative is to use Y connectors from the CD player, which I assume has a volume control, to both the sub and the amp. This can work quite well, the critical factor will be the quality of t... | |
| Supex 900 question In HIFI Choice issue 28 from 1982 the Supex 900e Super required 2.6 grams to track the Supertrack cut from the Shure test record. They recommended an arm mass of 12-20 grams. I would track at 2 grams at least for ordinary listening and add mass to... | |
| Monitors on Short Stands I had always thought that putting stand mounts on the floor was a bad idea. However, I know Pierre and he does some very good things so this fall I bought some ultra bedrocks on Audiogon. I was wrong, its not a bad idea, its a REALLY BAD idea, abo... | |
| PS Audio GCPH vs Graham Slee ERA Gold V The Slee Revelation + Elevator EXP was tested in HIFICRITIC issue 3 and the GCPH in issue 11, the Slee was considerably better , rated 26 on their scale vs 15 for the PS. I don't know the Slee line well enough to know the relationship of these mod... | |
| Supex 900 question What are you tracking the Supex at and what arm are you using? What is its mass? I use to be a Supex dealer in the 70s and 80s. | |
| 2 Channel Sub Woofer, 1 or 2 Sub-woofers? I like two also but if you have a chance at a single one used take it and wait for another. I have used one REL and it worked quite well. Also one REL Studio would do an excellent job if you wanted to put that much money into one. | |
| Looking for info on headphones I was the first person to bring Stax into the US to the best of my knowledge, I showed them to the person who became the original importer. This was in the late 60s and I have used them ever since. If I were to listen to headphones exclusively or ... | |
| Is Solid State Preamp and Tube Amp A Good Combo? A hybrid is a design that uses both technologies in the same unit. For example an amp that uses tubes in the front end and transistors in the output stage. While most do it as konky says there is no general reason why you cannot use these together... | |
| VPI Periphery Ring With Clearaudio Performance I do not know of any reason why it wouldn't work. I have ordered a table with the ring but it has not yet arrived, there is nothing in my dealer info either way. But it is just a circular ring of metal, albeit a carefully machined one. If the plat... | |
| Krell KSA100 Mk. II I use to sell these, they were exceptional for the time and will still sound good in the right system. Much more reliable then the mono 100s, which were prone to blow up. I had a pair as personal amps and they went twice in a year and a half. | |
| Vinyl NOOB questions Speaking as someone who is firmly convinced of the superiority of vinyl and who has over 3000 LPs and recently returned to being an audio dealer just so he could sell vinyl playback equipment I would say to anyone beginning down the analogue path ... | |
| New DAC Not a Dramatic Improvement? There is a school of thought expressed by some, most notably the reviewers at HIFICRITIC, that there has been an actual regression in sound quality from that of 15 years ago. They think that most modern CD decoders and players have opted for parts... | |
| Tonearm for rega Planar 3 And it was you that implied that if I did not agree with you that my equipment must be at fault. When you jump into the middle of a discussion on how to help an individual in a particular situation with sweeping assertions that all accepted ideas ... | |
| Musical Power cable I had a replacement 20 amp cord for my Musical Fidelity NuVista M3 made by Sweetcome in Hong Kong. It was a big improvement and I had them make replacements for the other cables connecting the separate power supply to the amp. They are on EBAY, I ... |