stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Amp for Quad ESL 57 I was a Quad dealer for years and sold a pair of 57s to a friend who has had them 32 years. I just visited him and he is using a rebuilt Heathkit amp by Foster Blair which sounded as good as anything I have heard. Classic tube gear rebuilt by Fost... | |
| what cd player to buy I have not owned either of the units but have had other products by both companies. They both should be good and give years of service. Try to hear both on equipment like yours or ideally try to take one home. Universal players are likely to be go... | |
| Best Monitor Speaker? Spendor SP-1. One is listed for $825. Current version is $4500 and they are not that different (I have both). One of the best speakers ever made, I have Apogee Duetta sig, and Spendor S-100 in boxes right and feel no need to set them up. | |
| Do newer releases of CD's sound any better? Everyone is right , it's a disk by disk matter. They CAN make them better if they wish. The remastered disks of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and Glen Gould's recording of Bach variations are much better than the original pressings. Harmonia Mundi... | |
| what are the thoughts of stand alone super tweeter I am having trouble with the concept of " having no music they reproduce" . Surly they must be reproducing the overtones of music in the audible range. Otherwise we left with the notion the simply stimulating our hearing beyond the audible range i... | |
| what are the thoughts of stand alone super tweeter I am well aware that the Ionic driver was not a super tweeter as such. My point was that it went out as far as a typical super tweeter, did not require a crossover to a tweeter as it went low enough to mate directly with a cone woofer/midrange but... | |
| New Plasma: 1080p or 750? I did a lot of research before I recently purchased a 50" Plasma and the consensus of reviewers was that you couldn't tell the difference on TV programing. I decided to go with the Pioneer 50" 720 but could not get a decent price from Best Buy [ i... | |
| what are the thoughts of stand alone super tweeter I have been using speakers that extend well above the audible range since the early seventies and am convinced that it is a definite benefit. BUT I think you are letting yourself in for a lot of trouble. Unless you are going to get a good electron... | |
| My 2 cents about Gallo 3.1 I recently bought an M3 Nuvista and am using that with a pair of Spendor SP-1/2E and REL stadium 11. I have moved and my equipment was stored for a long time so all comparisons are risky but this combination sounds better than any I have used prev... | |
| Classe DR-5 I also was a dealer for them in the early 90s , had one and liked it. At a good price there would be no reason not to get one. The obsession with the very latest thing means that very good used equipment is out there at favorable prices. I was not... | |
| Matrix 805's grille badges They will sound better without the grilles. I left mine off when I was single. | |
| looking for a DAC that will add some bottom end REL subwoofer. | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment I use to be a dealer for them years ago, was not taken with them in those days, liked Siltech and Van den Hul and Kimber better. Mapleshade is very good at a reasonable price if you can deal with the fragile construction. | |
| Best amp under $6k, in your opinion? There are too many choices to list. It depends on how they sound to you. When you are spending this much money try to listen to as many as you can and narrow down your choices. | |
| Cartridge for Grace 704 arm & Kenwood KD 500 TT Denon 103, available for $170 on Ebay last time I looked. |