stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Integrated vs pre/power It is a case by case matter, there is no electrical reason why the integrated can not sound as good . The more powerful the amp the more likely it is to come either as a seperate amp or in 2 or more boxes The ASR Emmitter 2 is an intgrated but com... | |
| Are you recording your vinyl? I had the same experence with the Masterlink; not really impressed by the quality of the recordings. | |
| is "audiophilia" another form of conspicuous consu Of course not; now excuse me, my lackey has just finished peeling me another grape. | |
| Active monitors, 3k used, great nearfield sound ATC has a great reputation in active speakers if you like their sound. The 10s cost $5K new but there are a couple of pairs on here now for much less. | |
| 116v from the wall socket? Mine seems to run high, 127 to 123. The PPP reduces it to 120. | |
| Subwoofer Height and Number of Drivers Since bass is far less directional than higher frequencies the heigth is not as critical. My RELs have one downward facing woofer, my Hsu have one upward facing woofer [ very high in the 12" ones] and the Nelson-Reed have 4 12" a side, 2 facing fo... | |
| Table enhancements on a budget- I like the Linn mat, also $25 from the Linn shop on ebay. Replacement feet usually sound better but I haven't used these. I also have a Denon 110; in my experence and also in British reviews it is slightly better than the 160 and considerably chea... | |
| Any copyright lawyers lurking? Don't ask, don't tell would be my policy. | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor The reason you might do them by ear AFTER you had them aligned by protractor is that sometimes the stylus does not sit perfectly on the candilever. | |
| Speakers more fussy about cables than amp? Since an amp has no sound without a speaker nor a speaker without an amp how do you tell which is being fussy? Leaving aside cables with strange chacteristics which make amps unstable, which are rare these days, I think you have to talk about the ... | |
| B&W 801D or 802Ds "That two woofer thing in per channel does not work so well" is one of those sweeping statments that is almost always wrong. My Gamut L5s have two, my friends Sasha have two, my Mini Utopias had two etc. Sure, two can sound bad; one can sound bad.... | |
| Two Turntables and Hum Problems - Help Please Let me understand, you are running 30' of ICs BEFORE the signal gets to the phono stage? Remember the cartridge generates a VERY low level signal compared to a CD player, tuner, etc. If I had to place my tables that far away I would buy a cheap ph... | |
| B&W 801D or 802Ds I would think your room size would be a major factor; I sold earlier generations of 801s and they like a large room. | |
| The ignorance of SACD & DVD-A marketing idiots.... So Sony should have tried to force everyone to switch to SACD whether they wanted to or not? That is so dumb I am supprised they didn't try it. After all it is what they did to LP. If you are waiting for a spark of intellegence from the music indu... | |
| Using speaker cable as jumpers First, I would clean the ones you have now. The jumpers will make a big difference and using what you are using for main cables is a safe choice. Silver is also a good choice for jumpers, much more affordable for them than for main cables. I just ... |