stanwal
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| good cable for internal speaker wiring Direct is best but as I said not practical for me. The connectors are made by Au-ve-co [Auto-Vehicle Parts Co.] and are marked 8774 [2962447 in parenthesis]. Unplated GM 56 Series Terminals. They are brass and are much better than standard ones. M... | |
| MacCormack DNA225 vs Quad 909 I use to be a Quad dealer way before the days of the 909. If your speakers have an impedance curve that goes low I would go with the MacCormack as Quads did not especially like low impedance loads. I would lean toward the Mac myself but it would d... | |
| good cable for internal speaker wiring There is a lot on which gauge to use on the forums; I just found that I liked smaller better. I had to use slip on because the crossover was already set up for it and it would have been very difficult to change. I found a snap on connector which m... | |
| How much power is needed for Martin Logan Ascents? I would check the minimum impedance; the Spires go very low, these may also. With many speakers it is not the rated power so much as how they handle low impedance loads. | |
| speaker cable upgrade Get the GR if you are happy with your speakers; it will be a worthwhile upgrade. I use it with Spendor and Gamut; I also have PS high end cables and they are good but Cardas is better. | |
| How important is the tonearm? What's wrong with taps for a dead arm? Sorry, the devil made me do it. | |
| good cable for internal speaker wiring I rewired my Spendor S 100s with Cardas on bass and mid and Homegrown silver on top and it worked very well. Heavy on bass. medium on mid and thin on top; say 11.14 and 22 gauge. I would not use magnet wire on tweeter but a smaller gauge myself; n... | |
| Time to Own Up Much more on gear but then I have a mature music collection so I don't need to buy so much and not too crazy about todays pop music anyway. | |
| Conrad-johnson TC5 or Cary SLP 05 ? I was looking at the CT5 myself recently; I would go with that but the Cary is good also. Can't really tell which you would like. | |
| Amp to drive my AR-90s Are you looking for a basic amp or integrated? As for power as much as you can get , especially if you like to listen at higher volume. | |
| unique tonearm Brooklyn Bridge I have one and I'll sell you either it or the bridge itself at a good price! LOL Seriously, need more info; there was a British arm in the old days which claimed to be based on Isombard Kingdom Brunel's original tube bridge design, Zeta, Rega??? T... | |
| Lyra Dorian vs unipivot tonearm You should really ask the manufacture or the importerof the Lyra if there is a reason not to use unipivot arms. I use a 2.2 with MC but not Lyra. | |
| Is it good for a Krell to SIT for 3-5yrs At this price range I would look at something like a McCormick 500, there is one on here now for $3495. Much newer and .IN MY OPINION, would sound better. | |
| What defines a high compliance cartridge vs low In fact there HAS been a considerable reduction in compliance since 1980; you can see this by looking at Shure cartridges using the old HiFi Choice tests, the most exhaustive ones ever done. The Shure V-15 3 was measured in 1977 as having a compli... | |
| Supex 901 MKIV.... ?? I have HIFI Choice no. 43 from 1985 which tested the 901 MK 4 and found it had a compliance of 14; they used a tracking weight of 2 grams. It was the earlier 901S which had a compliance of 12 which tracked at between 2 and 2.5. Their test used 2.2... |