stanwal
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| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor The reason you might do them by ear AFTER you had them aligned by protractor is that sometimes the stylus does not sit perfectly on the candilever. | |
| Speakers more fussy about cables than amp? Since an amp has no sound without a speaker nor a speaker without an amp how do you tell which is being fussy? Leaving aside cables with strange chacteristics which make amps unstable, which are rare these days, I think you have to talk about the ... | |
| B&W 801D or 802Ds "That two woofer thing in per channel does not work so well" is one of those sweeping statments that is almost always wrong. My Gamut L5s have two, my friends Sasha have two, my Mini Utopias had two etc. Sure, two can sound bad; one can sound bad.... | |
| Two Turntables and Hum Problems - Help Please Let me understand, you are running 30' of ICs BEFORE the signal gets to the phono stage? Remember the cartridge generates a VERY low level signal compared to a CD player, tuner, etc. If I had to place my tables that far away I would buy a cheap ph... | |
| B&W 801D or 802Ds I would think your room size would be a major factor; I sold earlier generations of 801s and they like a large room. | |
| The ignorance of SACD & DVD-A marketing idiots.... So Sony should have tried to force everyone to switch to SACD whether they wanted to or not? That is so dumb I am supprised they didn't try it. After all it is what they did to LP. If you are waiting for a spark of intellegence from the music indu... | |
| Using speaker cable as jumpers First, I would clean the ones you have now. The jumpers will make a big difference and using what you are using for main cables is a safe choice. Silver is also a good choice for jumpers, much more affordable for them than for main cables. I just ... | |
| Quality Record Pressings "Tea for the Tillerman" From the things I have heard half speed mastering creates more problems than it solves. | |
| Leave the turntable running? I have my table placed so that I can run around it at 33 RPM so the record remaind stationary relative to me; this makes changing much easier. Seriously, this sounds totally unnecessary to me and this is the first time I have ever heard of the idea. | |
| Audio Note M8 phono The M9 has three; it is the new M8 wih built in phono [MM]. It got a very favorable review in HIFICRITIC last year. The three are selector, volume and mono/stereo. | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor I believe that they are for those with younger eyes who wish to spend more time on alignment than most of us do. I have not used then myself as the arms I usually use, VPI and Graham, come with gauges that do a very good job. Would Mint etc do bet... | |
| How old is too old? "Life is that which ever must surpass itself", F.N. PS I'm older than you are and still buying gear. | |
| what speakers to buy?? Any you like that your amp will drive. | |
| Gamut Speakers....Anyone? Hello? A lot of money! | |
| Gamut Speakers....Anyone? Hello? A pair of L7s just became avalable on here, if I didn't have the 5s I would be looking at them even if they are probably too large for my room. A good deal for someone. |