stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Speaker listening position higher than tweeter Try tilting them up slightly first. How high are the stands you have now? I use 15" ones with my Spendors. | |
| Recommend using some fastener to speaker stand Blutak or similar will work fine. I have the same speakers and Blutak forms a very strong bond but does not damage the speakers finish. My own woofer is a mini Dax which is too short to bump into almost anything. | |
| Is One Subwoofer Really Not Appropriate For 2-Chnl There is a good set of set up instructions on the Sumico site. It is for RELs but works with other subs. I got the soundtrack from SNEAKERS that they recommend and it works well. I think I got it on Amazon. | |
| Is One Subwoofer Really Not Appropriate For 2-Chnl One can work fine even if two are better; I used one first, then 2. | |
| Is 75 ohm coax the same as S/PDIF? It means Sony/Phillips digital interface. It is not always necessary to use 75 ohm; I have used many dedicated digital cables up to ones costing $1500 but right now I am using a standard IC between my transport and DAC. | |
| Best tube amp monos or stereo for Gamut L5 They go down to 2.8 ohms around 300 hz and are a more difficult load than my Apogee Duetta Sigs. My Meridian 605s never had any trouble with them but the L5s cause them to overheat and shut down. I am using a CJ 350 on my pair of L5s, SS but my tu... | |
| Direct Tv music channels ans use in audio system I use the analogue output from my Direct into a 2 channel HT system and find the sound to be quite good if variable. Shows like the Mentalist or HBO are excellent while some others are mediocre at best. Kung Fu Panda was much better sonically than... | |
| Music Room and Floods My sump pump failed during a period of heavy rain and I got just enough water in mine to ruin the carpet etc. Luckily my insurance covered it as it was due to the pump failure and not flooding per se. I had a back up sump pump installed which work... | |
| Special Sub-Woofer IC's I would be a little suspicious of "subwoofer" cables; are they suppose to filter out the higher frequencies? Or are they just made with more attention to their bass performance? I use subs but have never used anything but standard ones; it sounds ... | |
| Fieldcoil drivers The new HIFICRITIC has a review of the Feastrex NfSex, a 5" full range driver. Quite expensive with the frequency limitations you would expect but with considerable charm. Designed and built by a Japanese audiophile named Haruhiko "Hal" Teramoto. | |
| Passive preamp with integrated or headphone amp? When you have 2 volume controls and leave one open the other takes over the function of attenuating the amp. The tubes do not know that there is a second volume control that is not being used so it puts no stress on them whatsoever. When the secon... | |
| Passive preamp with integrated or headphone amp? If you turn up your headphone amp volume as far as it goes it is essentially out of the circuit. I have done this with my tube pre and my passive Passion Ultimate which has remote volume and better control of gain. I had no problems. | |
| difference between an active and a passive preamp? The passive has no active circuitry and therefore no gain. | |
| PS Audio Power Plant Premier Power Cables All systems are different; I would think the AC-12 would be good enough to demonstrate a difference if you were going to get one. I have a Shunyata and swiching between different 20 amp PCs was like changing amps so it all dependes on the rest of ... | |
| comparison of battery powered phono preamps I have the ASR Basis Exclusive which is battery powered. It is the best one I have had and sounds better on battery power than it does on AC. Has two seperate phono stages so you can use two TTs at once. |