stanwal
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| Krell KSA100 doesn't stop upon shut down? I was a Krell dealer in the early days and had KSA 100s. If it does not heat up much I would have the bias setting checked as class A amps will run hotter at idle than when playing music; the early Krells ran quite warm; one of my KMA 100s blew up... | |
| Help for Tonearm-Phono cartridge compatibility I was not clear, I intended to say MMs with the 3009s as they are lower mass and less ridged. | |
| Help for Tonearm-Phono cartridge compatibility I have had a SME IV, use to sell the Zeta, have several 3009s now and had a Transcriptors Fluid Arm 40 years ago. The MMs would be better in the Transcripters and SMEs and the MCs in the Zeta and SME. Since the mass of the Zeta is 16 gm and the SM... | |
| DL 103 If you have a phono stage then look at the Bob's Devices SUT, I have one as well as a 103. See the review in 10 AUDIO on line as well as recent one in Stereophile. | |
| Transparent cables MM and MM2 I have mine in a mixed system, Transparent Reference [MM1] for digital, Music Link [MM2] between pre and amp and Van den Hul First Ultimate for other ICs with Cardas GRs for speaker. No master plan, just got the best I could afford at each upgrade... | |
| American Folk/Bluegrass music to die for I would get the 3 "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" CDs. First is a 3 CD set [ be sure to get the remastered one, the original was unlistenable compared to the LPs] the second a single CD and the third a 2 CD set. Everyone from Mother Maybelle to John... | |
| Does surge suppressor negate upgraded power chords Yes, that was the trouble with my Brick Wall, which otherwise worked fine; it had a captive cord. I switched to the PS Audio Quintet, which is supplied with a PC but can use any standard cord. PS points out the the better the cord used the higher ... | |
| power cable recommendation needed I forgot to add that I also use Spendor and Cardas speaker wire. | |
| power cable recommendation needed It would probably be overkill but for the amp the previous generation of PS Audio PCs are available from Hong Kong for under $200 new, The Statement and Primer SC are both very good, I have 2 of each. I have bought some here and some overseas and ... | |
| LUXMAN T-117 My tech did the work and came up with the idea; I don't know if the same value will work on yours. Sorry no more help. | |
| heavy weight I have seen considerably more weight used on this table. The more mass that is rotating the more even the rotation. With idler drive the problem would be the transmission of vibration via the drive wheel and more mass will damp this to some degree... | |
| Pre-amp newbie question I never said "separates are always better" but "the best stages are separates" , which is quite different. | |
| Transparent cables MM and MM2 I had that choice and I chose cheaper MM2 ICs for my system. The MM2 is supposedly a considerable advance over the MM1 but I never had the chance to directly compare the MM2 Music Link I purchased with a MM1 higher up the chain. However I can say ... | |
| REL Strata III spikes If you do this use brass bolts. | |
| LUXMAN T-117 My Quad 44 had a battery which I had replaced with a cap; easier to replace and no chance of battery leakage. |