stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| Time to Own Up Much more on gear but then I have a mature music collection so I don't need to buy so much and not too crazy about todays pop music anyway. | |
| Conrad-johnson TC5 or Cary SLP 05 ? I was looking at the CT5 myself recently; I would go with that but the Cary is good also. Can't really tell which you would like. | |
| Amp to drive my AR-90s Are you looking for a basic amp or integrated? As for power as much as you can get , especially if you like to listen at higher volume. | |
| unique tonearm Brooklyn Bridge I have one and I'll sell you either it or the bridge itself at a good price! LOL Seriously, need more info; there was a British arm in the old days which claimed to be based on Isombard Kingdom Brunel's original tube bridge design, Zeta, Rega??? T... | |
| Lyra Dorian vs unipivot tonearm You should really ask the manufacture or the importerof the Lyra if there is a reason not to use unipivot arms. I use a 2.2 with MC but not Lyra. | |
| Is it good for a Krell to SIT for 3-5yrs At this price range I would look at something like a McCormick 500, there is one on here now for $3495. Much newer and .IN MY OPINION, would sound better. | |
| What defines a high compliance cartridge vs low In fact there HAS been a considerable reduction in compliance since 1980; you can see this by looking at Shure cartridges using the old HiFi Choice tests, the most exhaustive ones ever done. The Shure V-15 3 was measured in 1977 as having a compli... | |
| Supex 901 MKIV.... ?? I have HIFI Choice no. 43 from 1985 which tested the 901 MK 4 and found it had a compliance of 14; they used a tracking weight of 2 grams. It was the earlier 901S which had a compliance of 12 which tracked at between 2 and 2.5. Their test used 2.2... | |
| Is it good for a Krell to SIT for 3-5yrs It is not good for any amp and Krells cost a lot to recap. A technician friend was given a Krell by someone who didn't want to spend the money; so far he hasn't either. But each case is different, I was largely inactive in audio for 12 years and s... | |
| Do people buy MAC gear for the blue meters I can't think of another reason to buy it! LOL | |
| Supex 901 MKIV.... ?? I use to sell them, I think I used 2.2 to 2.5. In any case that should be about right. They were good cartridges and if I knew they were going to stop making them I would have stockpiled quite a few. Price on something like this depends on the con... | |
| Cremona m vs sophia 2 I do not have Sophia's but reviews of the Sophia 2 and 3 in HIFICRITIC suggest that the AR 110 did an exceptional job. These reviews cannot be obtained except by buying the relevant magazine but it might be worth it as they are very detailed. For ... | |
| Maple platform under turntable, How thick? As I said, there are many out there. If your floor vibrates then you want to isolate your table from it; if not coupling is fine. The only general rule I have discovered in audio is that there are no general rules and that what works best is deter... | |
| dedicated power line Not hospital grade, get better ones; it makes a major difference. I don't know exactly what you mean by 20 amp outlets, the current is carried in the wire and while a 20 amp breaker is different than a 15 the receptacles I use are labeled neither ... | |
| Cremona m vs sophia 2 If transparency was the goal I would have second thoughts about the 501, see the Dagogo review. It fits my take to the Mac SS amps I have heard. Their opinion is that Mac gives up sonic quality for reliability and cool running by using autoformers... |