stanwal
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| What are the alternatives for Kimber and Cardas? I use Van den Hul The First Ultimate; I am also a dealer for them. They are very highly regarded over seas as an alternative to Cardas, but at a considerably lower price. They often come up here for under $250 a meter pair, the retail is about $40... | |
| Next Upgrade for VPI Scoutmaster TT I am a VPI and Dynavector dealer and have used a standard Scoutmaster and the 75 2 phono stage. The first thing I would do is to change the standard feet for Star Sound solid brass ones [1/4 20 thread]. This tightens up the bass and improves trans... | |
| Cable Options from Breaker to Receptacle I have PS Audio, they look stranded to me. According to their web site they use "multiple gauge and shaped conductors". I take this to mean stranded as opposed to a single solid. I have had no interest in Audio Quest since the days I was a dealer ... | |
| Lyra Helikon mono TOO MUCH for VPI Scout? This is the kind of question only you can answer; I am a VPI dealer and have used the Scout myself. Will it work in the Scout? Yes. Will it sound as good as it would in the Scoutmaster or equivalent from another manufacture? No. If it were me I wo... | |
| best cartridge under $500 I am a moving coil user but with the SME I would use MM, they are a better fit for the characteristics of the arm; they are the type of cartridge it was designed to use.There are many choices, I like the contemporary Ortofon "color" line up but NO... | |
| Cable Options from Breaker to Receptacle If stranded is deficient in some manner then the makers of the more expensive brands of cable are doing a good job of disguising it. Although I have no intention of paying $18 or more a foot there are many on the market that are in this range or a... | |
| Under $1,000 Cartridge for Aries 2 Extended I had that table with the SMF and SDS and found the Denon 304 very good, better than the 103 which I was also using. Denon has an even better cartridge in the 8 to 9 hundred $ range I haven't tried. | |
| What's the difference between a Citation I and IV Its a LONG time ago but my memory tells me that the 4&5 were lower cost versions of the 1&2. If you are going to rebuild the 4 with modern parts it should sound better than the original 1 in any case. Why not ask McShane what he thinks if ... | |
| Revox cassette decks They had a very good reputation but check into the parts availability before you get one. They were on the same level at the top of the cassette hierarchy as the NAK. | |
| Cable Options from Breaker to Receptacle Just because more use solid than stranded doesn't make it better. Look at the forums and see the opinion of those who have compared the sound qualities of each. My tech friend, who has over 30 years experience, also told me to get stranded. I saw ... | |
| Should I be using the grounding terminal? No, sometimes you use it. Grounding is a very idiosyncratic thing but if you have no hum leave it as it is. One of my tables is grounded and the other isn't. | |
| Cable Options from Breaker to Receptacle I am looking at the same thing, there are some good threads on Audio Asylum on this. Unfortunately the product I decided to get, Diamond Handiwire, has been discontinued. My tech friend had just rewired his shop and recommended a Carol cable 8 gau... | |
| conrad-johnson system questions 60 watts from a tube amp is enough for most speakers. | |
| Ditching anti-skate? I am currently using a Basis 2001 with Graham 2.2 and a VPI Classic with 10.5 arm and don't use anti skating on either. It is impossible to get the right amount across the whole record and I find it sounds fine without it. | |
| What is Half track and quarter track? A half track used the entire width of the tape to play or record; a quarter track used half the width of the tape and so would play or record in both directions. So half track used twice the tape quarter track did. All prerecorded tapes I ever had... |