stanwal
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| shipping heavy amps - Canada to US? UPS is out of the question. They wanted $146 to ship a passive preamp to England that USPS shipped for $28. I dealt with this problem recently myself as I was negotiating the purchase of a Musical Fidelity M3 from a seller in BC. Canada Post was t... | |
| Which Integrated got you off the merry go round? Musical Fidelity NuVista M3. Still have my separates but am happy with this. | |
| Help please choosing AMP wattage for a newbe Speakers are usually damaged by using an amp that is too low in power rather than too high. When an amp is overdriven it will go into clipping and pass DC current through to the speakers , heating them up and eventually burning them out. The power... | |
| preamp upgrade help; If you know any good modifiers you might have them go through your preamp and replace current parts with higher quality ones. Even expensive components seldom use best quality parts. Putting in better parts (caps, resistors etc) can make a differe... | |
| VPI tone arm set up If you look on Vinyl Engine there is an exhaustive study of VPI arm geometry. It exhausted me and I'm a VPI dealer. But it is worth a look. The design of many of the moving coils is not greatly changed from the days when tone arms were typically o... | |
| There is a Bi-amp function in my A/V Receiver. Don't forget to remove the jumper if you try this. Otherwise Dweller is entirely correct. All it will cost is another set of speaker wire and there is a good possibility of better sound | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference? Intuitively you would think it would. I am in no position to judge as I have been using Meridian 200 and 600 transports for years. Every time I change my decoder the transports sound better so I can't really say if they are a limitation or not. So... | |
| Need help with integrated amp selection There are several used Musical Fidelity integrated amps in your price range. They have a reputation for tubelike sound. Check Stereophile archives for reviews. Sim is good too. | |
| One sub, a two channel system ,one HT reciever ?? Bob , without getting personal I would like to ask if you have ever heard ANY of the equipment I have described. I am describing experience, you are mouthing platitudes The Spendor , for example , was designed by the BBC and used around the world ... | |
| Using a Pre-Out to Bi-amp It's not often that you see a post that is totally wrong but Elevick has achieved that distinction. The time difference will be totally insignificant and completely inaudible. If you look through equipment reviews and forums you will see that the ... | |
| One sub, a two channel system ,one HT reciever ?? I am currently running Spendor SP-1/2s with a REL stadium 11 sub. I am using the speaker level inputs to the sub rather than the line level which would allow me to roll off the bass. Why. First, this is what REL recommends. Second , I have never h... | |
| Using a Pre-Out to Bi-amp The input sensitive is the amount of current required for the amp to reach full output. For example one amp might require one volt , another two volts. This is the governing factor in the choice of amps in this case I would think. Input sensitivit... | |
| Using a Pre-Out to Bi-amp We are both saying the same thing. If you do this you will have to make sure that the sensitivity (or gain , same thing) of the amp you are buying is the same OR HIGHER than that of your integrated amp. Why? Because the output of your integrated f... | |
| One sub, a two channel system ,one HT reciever ?? The idea behind not running the signal through a crossover is that it represents an additional degradation of the signal before it has been amplified, a degradation here can never be recovered. The crossover inside speakers represent a division of... | |
| Using a Pre-Out to Bi-amp This will work if the input sensitivity of the amps in the same. Otherwise you will need something to balance them. |