stanwal
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| Two Mono Attenuators VS One Stereo Attenuator I have two custom preamps, one with Stereo and the other dual mono with each attenuator on its own side. Theoretically the mono is better , turning the two controls is sometimes a pain. Even though the dual mono has better output jacks( I supplied... | |
| Power Cables for Musical Fidelity Nuvista 21 DAC I am using the cheaper Siltech cord. A big improvement over stock but haven't tried those mentioned. Definitely better than older XLO that I have. | |
| Need cable advice I bought the anti cables but don't care for them. If you need your treble tamed they would be good. I compared them to one meter lengths of Siltech Ribbon and Van den Hul Revelation Hybrid using long interconnects from my preamp and the result led... | |
| Long IC Cable Run Tweak1 is wrong. That long cables are bad and long wires are good is the position of Pierre at Mapleshade and some others. That long interconnects are better than long speaker wires is maintained by Martin Colloms and others. I have tried both and... | |
| Need cartridge advice for turntable The Denon 304 is a very good cartridge and is around $400, I use it myself. If someone else made it it would cost $800 or $1000. Denon has kept it's prices down, the 103 costs less than it did years ago. I just bought a Denon 110 as a demo cartrid... | |
| How to soundproof my turntable? I take it that this other room is complete with padded walls? | |
| Wilson better than Thiels? Sbank and the others are right. UNLESS YOU HEAR A BIG IMPROVEMENT never change. There are very few systems that cannot be improved 10% to 50% by careful tuning. Most people change their systems before they have gotten the most out of them. Spend t... | |
| How to soundproof my turntable? Usually, having a lid on a turntable degrades the sound. But the usual lid is not constructed the way you are doing it. I think you are attacking from the wrong direction, you say nothing about what the base of the table is sitting on or even what... | |
| some 70's and 80's receivers seem to be popular The Nakamichi 730 was very good as was the Audio Pro 150.I had both. The Tandbergs would be the ones I would look for as they were more plentiful. Pioneer 1280 and 1980 ( I think there were the numbers) were very powerful and had a good amp sectio... | |
| which cartridge is good for Well Tempered ref TT I also used the VDH 10 and liked it. But in a recent test in HiFi Critic it was the lowest rated cartridge, a result which surprised Martin Colloms, who had tested and recommended it years ago. It scored 35 as opposed to a 20 year old Shure V15 th... | |
| Parasound JC 1 or Musical Fidelity KW 550? These are two of the best amps available. Either should be great. I have the Nuvista integrated and it is the best amp I have had. I use to have 801s and would have loved to hear it driving them. But all Curl's designs are exceptional. I don't thi... | |
| Speaker terminals on AR-4X? As long as you connect them both the same all you have to worry about is absolute phase, which varies by recording and equipment anyway. | |
| Vienna Acoustics sounded terrible at Magnolia The last time I bought speakers on audition was Fisher XP10s in the middle 60s. Several years a friend of mine is DC and I went down to Meyer Emco (sp?) To hear early generation of the B&W 801. I was selling them at the time and had mine set u... | |
| Omni directional speakers The Shahinian Compass received a very good review in the May /June issue of HiFiCritic, a mag. that takes no ads. They said " From the outset it became abundantly clear that this is a very special loudspeaker". the main reviewer `really liked it. ... | |
| Dali Helicon 300 + Rel Stadium 3 or Euphonia MS 4? I haven't used the Studio or Stentor but I would not hesitate to use them with smaller speakers. I almost bought an older Stentor instead of my Stadium 2 but bought the Stadium because it is lighter and I am in my late 60s. But my Stadium 3 is as ... |