stanwal
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| Pre Amp with top class phono stage? Which integrated amp has as good a preamp section as a stand alone pre? Same answer; specialist units are always the best; built in ones can be very good. This is no surprise, my phono stage cost 50% more than my line stage and is considerably big... | |
| How do Dunlavys compared to new stuff? Before I changed I would change the internal wiring for something like Cardas and get new binding posts. Spikes or spiked stands might also be a good idea. You would be amazed how much more can be gotten out of equipment, especially speakers, with... | |
| quad 2805 vs magnepan 1.7 Quad, no contest; just my opinion. | |
| Conrad Johnson CT-5 or LS-16 version 2 Martin Colloms tested the LS 16 and gave it a rating of 49 on his scale vs 90 for the CT-5. The CT-5 has several improvements over the older units according to reviews I have read. I use the CJ 350 but not their pre amp. | |
| MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge Nandric, your future is as a stand up comic, not in audio. Well, at least you make me laugh. | |
| Musical Fidelity KW Mono's or Chord SPM 1400E's If it ain't broke don't fix it. | |
| Maple Shade Recordings? The problem is that big artists get the "Commercial" treatment as far as sound is concerned. I know Pierre and I am sure he would love to do famous artists but where is the money up front coming from? Stockfisch is another label to look at: Chris ... | |
| MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge Check with Soundsmith about repairing your cartridge. The MM/MC debate is endless; the last time I looked a current thread on it was past 3500 posts. I like MC but MM is also good. I have an insane amount of money in audio equipment but have never... | |
| Why Would a Turntable Need More than 1 Arm ? Birdliver: a mono cartridge will give better results than summing the 2 channels of a stereo one but the switch is worth using if you have one. The mono is doing the job it was intended to do while the stereo cartridge will have movement in a plan... | |
| B&W 802 Diamond Stands I really like the look of these; I have very similar ones that came with my GamuT L5s. I was going to buy some for some Avalon speakers I was buying last summer but the seller finally decided to keep them.http://www.oregondv.com/ | |
| Mid-Fi Integrated Amps? Another vote for used, I have bought all the ones I have gotten in the last 15 years on here or ebay and have had good luck. | |
| Why Would a Turntable Need More than 1 Arm ? Ask Raul, he has more arms than a giant squid. Seriously, some like the convenience of having more then one cartridge always available; big mono collection, just like to have different presentations of the music, whatever. My two phono stages can ... | |
| Jolida 302 b disaster Having switches in power amps fail is not uncommon, it is hard to see how it is related to the mods but since I don't know what they did who can say for sure. Finding competent repair men is a task worth of one of the labors of Hercules,BUT the go... | |
| Transparent Bi-Cable Don't blame the miserable sound of the Mac on the B&Ws, any speaker with an average impedance of 6 ohms and a minimum of 4 is easy by definition. Sound quality is something quite different from ease of drive. Change the amp, not the cables; ju... | |
| Anybody know how to put together a Graham tonearm Call Graham if you get stuck, I have a 1.5 that has been upgraded to a 2.2. The instructions aren't too clear, did you get a copy of them? You won't hurt the cartridge by using the wrong amount as long as you have the minimum in the arm. I would n... |