stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Fast/Slow fuse? In my experience as long as the rating is the same they are interchangeable, but I do not claim to be a fuse expert. | |
| What is the 'BAT sound'? Very , very high pitched. | |
| Home Depot speaker cable, which one to buy I have seen about everything recommended, from bell wire to Romex. The sound of any cable varies from system to system, good cable with low resistance etc. less than cheap cable. I am as frugal as the next one but I think it is a false economy to ... | |
| dual volume controls? Yes, it is. I have had several and do not care for them. | |
| Cartridge upgrade for VPI Scout I have been using the Denon 304 or the AT 33 EV. They are excellent cartridges and are in the $400- 600 price range. Before I bought anything I would play around with the VTA settings, your present cartridge is a good one. In general raising the t... | |
| Why not horns? No Brainer is the exact term for anyone who cannot hear the obvious colorations of horns! LOL. Hay, we all have different tastes and preferences; what a dull world it would be if we didn't. | |
| How to identify a Graham tonearm I got one recently, 1.5 upgraded to 2.2 at factory and Basis 2001. This is a very good combination. I am using an AT 33 EV but I would think a very wide range of cartridges would work. I talked to A.J. recently and he told me he had a personal pre... | |
| Ortofon A90 with Graham Phantom I was trying to be factious with the grinding off, if your tabs offend you, cast them away etc. I myself would not obsess about all three touching at the same time but then I don't spend hours aligning cartridges. I have been setting up tables sin... | |
| How to manufacture a cable ? If it is a cable DESIGN you are talking about I would try to find commercially available wire to use. It is fairly easy to make cables in your basement if the ingredients can be obtained off the shelf. I recently purchased a very good arm cable ma... | |
| finding a solid state amp to replace a tube amp I would look first at CJ SS amps, as they are products of the same design team. I use a CJ 350 myself and it is a great amp, although not cheap. But as noted above , tubes and SS have their own sound. If it is to be a back up why not try a differe... | |
| Ortofon A90 with Graham Phantom If I were experiencing this problem I would be tempted to place a small amount of Blutak between the top of the cartridge and the tonearm. This should both ensure a good bond and to a slight degree lessen the effect of arm resonances on the cartri... | |
| Preamp for Quad 303 with Ls3/5a or Rega Elicit? I doubt if anyone else has used this particular combination and even if they had they would not be hearing it with your ears. There is really no way to predict in advance ,with any degree of certainty, what any particular group of components will ... | |
| What Step-up transformers are best value? I just received my June Stereophile today and see that Art Dudley comments on the Bob's Devices SUT and says that it is very close to one costing 10X as much. He says"For the LP enthusiast who has yet to experience the superiority of a MC pickup c... | |
| directional cables? I don't want to argue the theory, I was just reporting the results of various experimenters. In the article "an Idiots Guide to Cables" in the Nov/Dec 2008 edition of HIFICRITIC Chris Bell describes a series of experiments he performed with variou... | |
| directional cables? All cables are "directional" meaning that due to variations in the plug quality, soldering and/crimping etc. they will probably sound different when reversed. Usually this difference in inaudible or minute in scale. As I suggested even ones design... |