stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Upgrading from Rega Apollo to Rega Saturn CD?? I agree with Foster, get the Rega DAC. I had one and it was very good; only sold it to buy a more expensive NOS dac. It would considerably outperform the Saturn from my experience and British reviews I have read. | |
| Pass X250.5 Bananas Yes, we have no bananas! No bananas today! | |
| Gamut L5 - best solid state and best tube amp comb I use a CJ 350; the L5s are a reasonably difficult load. The CJ gets quite hot after a long listening session but has no trouble driving them as loud as I want. The CJ gets barely warm driving my Spendor S100s to the same volume. My Meridian 605s ... | |
| best vintage or new speaker for MC240 and C-11 Altec Lansing is also a posibility. There is a pair of Tannoy GRFs on ebay now with an opening bid of $4500. Assuming them to be in the shape they appear to be in this is quite a good deal in MHO. GRF stands for Guy R. Fountain, who was head of Ta... | |
| best vintage or new speaker for MC240 and C-11 Look for a system that is fairly efficient and that does not require a high damping factor. Tannoy, Klipsch, or Spendor would all be good in different ways. A classic Bozak system can sometimes be found, more likely on ebay or Craigs list than her... | |
| W4S or Rega Dac - Opinions Wanted I had the Rega dac and was very happy with it; I liked the NOS design so well I sold it and ordered a Metrum Octave which is NOS and also uses no filters. Still waiting on it to arrive. | |
| Hissing sound coming from tweeters I was going to say that johnk really was listening to the sound of silence at 106db sound level until I realized it was the efficiency rating of the speakers and not the sound level. | |
| Tube amp beginner I haven't trusted AMC since they came out with the Gremlin. [Old F**t's joke] | |
| Basis bearing lube - Debut and Ovation My response was based on a conversation with Basis [not with AJ but with someone in the office]. It applied to my 2001 and I extrapolated to the Ovation. I use to have one[Ovation] myself but didn't get around to checking on lubeing it as I was qu... | |
| With Naim amp - Naim or Teddy Pardo PSU ? I was looking at this myself when I had a bid in on a Superline. The British websites have a lot on this; probably much more than you will find over here. | |
| Basis bearing lube - Debut and Ovation They told me to do it every few years but didn't specify an oil type.The Isokinetic web site in England has some for the Linn tables and I think that would work. I have both an LP12 and a 2001 and am going to use the Linn oil on the Basis myself.B... | |
| Tube amp beginner I would look at the rebuilt classic amps on the Mapleshade site if you are looking for an integrated amp; may run a little more but would be worth it. In new amps Chinese would be about the only choice and I have heard conflicting things about the... | |
| Apodizing... Your impressions? That was the filter, minimum phase apodizing, that was my choice among the 5 on my Rega dac. I read in Absolute Sound that they also liked it best on the PS Audio dac. My new dac uses no filters and according to reviews gets along quite well witho... | |
| Best DAC under 2k US ? There is a Metrum Octave on here new for just under $1000. It is a NOS dac that has gotten exceptional reviews.I am currently waiting on one from the factory myself. I had a Rega NOS dac and really liked it; the Metrum is suppose to be better, alt... | |
| Do I need a phono pre amp? NO! If you use another phono pre use it into a line level input; otherwise you will overload your pre and possibly damage it. The 103 is a moving coil cartridge which requires more amplification than a moving magnet cartridge. See if your pre has ... |