tom_nice
Responses from tom_nice
| Advise on innerconnects I used Stealth CWC (cross-wrapped copper) for some time, then found a Stealth silver ribbon suited my electrostatic speakers better. The CWC was warmer, and yielded a velvet background of silence. Ask stnemo@starpower.net, he's the designer. Discl... | |
| Solid Silver Banana Plugs? I'd contact Serguei Timachev, Stealth cable designer, and ask him. (Disclosure: I know him. But bias isn't an issue here, is it?) He's at www.interlinkhouse.com, or email at stnemo@starpower.net. He'll give you good information at least, and conce... | |
| Attenuator puzzles Here are two sites for more information on attenuators: (1) www.21stcenturyservices.com/audio, click on "Photo Album" and go to bottom, for shunt type, and (2) www.goldpt.com, for all three types. I've run into some commercial products that are pr... | |
| Quad 989 vs Martin Logan CLS IIz? If you can find Quad ESL 63's with latish serial numbers, Nick Gowan of True Sound, Campbell, CA does a fabulous upgrade that involves replacing 62' of internal wire, among all the more obvious things. Without knowing the famous Crosby mods, I sho... | |
| Attenuator puzzles Carl, I hope I can answer your question, but I may be ignorant of some of your terminology. I could have said "path to ground" instead of "return path". And by "signal path" I meant the "hot" side, which gets connected to an RCA center pin, for ex... | |
| Ground Wire Sorry, I didn't read carefully enough. I was installing a third wire ground for my stereo system dedicated line, not regrounding a main panel. Still, similar considerations may apply. | |
| Ground Wire In response to Avguygeorge's suggestion, I first used 12 gauge unstranded and didn't notice much change, then went to 10 gauge unstranded and got a BIG change. I think most would advise no smaller than 10 gauge, though of course I could be wrong a... | |
| Power cords for Aleph amps This may not be relevant to Aleph 2's, but I got a major improvement with Aleph 3's (used as monoblocks now) when I changed to Stealth HAC power cords. I use a Cinepro Line Balancer, whose designer, like Nelson Pass with your Aleph 2's, says power... | |
| Best cables for electrostats? I have Quad ESL 63's and have used Audio Magic Spellcaster, Stealth Premier and Stealth Ultimate Ribbon, in that order. The sound got better as I moved through these three models. Disclosure: I know the Stealth designer, so may have a bias. Others... | |
| Power Chords and Line Conditioning Oops, I see that Jadem6 DOES disagree. I've only done it one way myself, but having both good power cords on hand (Stealth HAC) and an excellent power conditioner (Cinepro 20 Line Balancer) as well, I suppose I could experiment. But I won't, since... | |
| Power Chords and Line Conditioning I think most would agree that a decent power conditioner does more to improve sound (especially in areas of dirty AC) than any power cord by itself. For example, reduction in noise floor is major with a Power Wedge, and huge with a Cinepro Line Ba... | |
| Best Lamm interconnects? I suggest you ask Lamm for their recomendation(s). In general, I wonder why more people who post questions like yours don't do this. (Maybe they do, and post the question as well.) Not that the manufacturer's recommendation is to be taken as gospe... | |
| Tube Preamp Recommendations You should probably consider a used Anthem Pre-1L, if you can find one. I had an Anthem Pre 1 (with phono), and it came fairly close to matching a CAT SL-1 III, but for a lot less money, needless to say. It got a very good Stereophile review, whic... | |
| Preamp HELP!!! for Pass Aleph 3 I'm selling a CAT SL-1 III with Phono for a firm $2600, but you don't mention LP's as a source, and if you're not playing them, and especially if you have only one source, I should mention that I've used a DIY passive preamp very successfully with... | |
| Power cord recommendation needed Are you using any AC conditioning? I'd certainly do that first, especially with components the quality of yours. I'd then order, with its 30-day money-back guarantee, as many Stealth HAC cords as you need. Disclosure: I know the Stealth designer, ... |