stanwal
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| Onkyo M-510 ZERO DISTORTION? My browser said site did not exist so I couldn't find it. It is not the same. I remember the Onkyo as a good amp in its time, early 80s? It probably would not be competive with a good modern amp, altho it might be quite listenable with right equip... | |
| Power cord into power amp I have had the same experience. It appears that power conditioning is a system to system thing. In general those of us with dedicated lines find it makes things worse. I can remember thinking my Tice Power Block helped on other components beside p... | |
| Volume control on power amp That is fine. When you open up the volume control to full it takes it as far out of the circuit as possible. When you have 2 volume controls in the circuit it is best to run one of them at full, baring some special circumstances. You can reverse t... | |
| best sub for spendor s8e and 2500 c feet room? I use REL Stadium 2 and 3 with my SP-1s and S-100s. Cross them over at 22 Hz and drive them from the speaker terminals. Sounds great. | |
| Which is better longer xlr or speaker cable Second samhar's advice. I use SilverBlue from Audio Synthesis which was reasonable when I bought mine and came with WBT plugs but bought it a long time ago. | |
| Technics SP-10 Mk3 Power Supply / Control Unit Why not try emailing Technics in Japan? See if there is any current unit that could be substituted. There is a very active used market in Japan but I don't know how to access it. Ebay isn't big in Japan. At least in audio. | |
| My LP couldn't beat my CD, until now I sold Japanese tables in the 70s including MUCH better tables than the Techinics 1200 such as the DDX 1000. They were no match for the contemporary Japanese belt drives such as the Micro Seki 51 and 91. In turn they are no match for the VPIs. Any... | |
| 2nd powered subwoofer I use a REL Stadium 2 on one channel and a Stadium 3 on the other with good results. A smaller sub from B&W might be the best choice. I would check used ones. I bought both mine used. | |
| Help with Speaker Selection I would recommend you look at some of the large dynamic speakers on Audiogon. If you want recent models there is a Focal/JM labs 918 for $1800 or a Dynaudio Contour T2.5 for $i995. This speaker listed for $4495 and the other for around $4000. Amon... | |
| I have four B&W 801's, two 603's and a B&W center A sub would be the absolute last thing you would want with a speaker like the 801. I assume that Elevick would have you run the signal from your preamp to the sub's filter and back to your main amp. This is guaranteed to degrade the quality of you... | |
| best support shelf/isolation device for a rega p9? Maple blocks do work. I have my Scoutmaster on a 4" thick one siting on large Mapleshade cones. I have just heard the Star Sound cones and they work even better. I bought my block from Michigan Maple Block . It is very large and cost me $96 + $25 ... | |
| Speaker Stands adapters for Heavy Speakers? If the stands are metal I would consider decoupling the speakers from them. I have used Blu-tak but mine sound better with a set of cones with point upward between the speakers and stands. If I did want to couple them to the stands I would use con... | |
| I have four B&W 801's, two 603's and a B&W center More power does not hurt. I was a B&W dealer in the days of the original 801 and found they liked to be pushed. In those days B&W demoed them at shows with an ML 3 which had several hundred watts [and sounded like c**p ] and a Crown [SL 2,... | |
| Do Toslink Coaxial adapters work well or ....... Optical is the worst type of connection. Stay away from it. | |
| How to check polarity? With a polarized plug you may not have the best sounding orientation. See my post today concerning "how to get rid of hum" to see how to check this. |