stanwal
Responses from stanwal
| transparent cable sound signature I have the Reference digital cable and some Music Link MM2 ICs. Very detailed and transparent, not warm. If your equipment is too bright already they won't help; will reveal any deficiencies in your system. Conversely, will make your sound better ... | |
| Denon DL-160 v. DL-110 cartridge; any difference? According to a very complete HIFI Choice test of years ago the 110 is slightly better. I have used both and agree with this. In any case there is little difference. | |
| Do Blue Dots applied to LP labels improve sound? Weights, clamps, and rings make a difference in the sound; some like them, some don't. TTWeights, Bren, VPI and many, many others make good ones. Harmonix makes a $3000 record weight; I am not making this up. I am a dealer for them but have never ... | |
| Good tube preamp for McCormack DNA 500??? Since both are CJ products I would go with one of theirs. There is a Classic SE in 10/10 condition listed for $1500. Also the new ET-3 is $2500 I think; it has a remote if that is important. | |
| Decent Power Conditioner in the $ 300-$400s? Audio nut pieces is a fairly accurate, if not particularly charitable , description of most of us on here. | |
| Decent Power Conditioner in the $ 300-$400s? I also have an APC H15 I bought for my wife's TV. The Quintet improves the sound of my system even though I have dedicated lines and high quality AC receptacles. Martin Colloms found in a HIFICRITIC review that although the Duet and Quintet were s... | |
| Decent Power Conditioner in the $ 300-$400s? PS Audio Quintet is good; it is a filter and gives protection against surges. Most of the cheaper ones I know of make the sound worse, these don't. I just bought a second one on here. New they are $400 from Audio Advisor; AA has a return policy if... | |
| It,s Impossible Yes , MACINTOSH, MEDIOCRE SOUND FOREVER! | |
| It,s Impossible I have had Spendor for about 40 years now; I currently have S 100s [2 pairs] Sp -1s [2 pair], Sp 1/2Es, SP -2s. They work with a wide variety of electronics, the S 100s work well with Meridian 605s, better with a Musical Fidelity NuVista and best ... | |
| ASR basic excl. vs Pass Labs XP15, or vs XP25 I have the ASR Basis Exclusive, which is great and has two separate phono stages. I am not sure whether you are referring to this one or the ASR Basic one, which is much smaller and cheaper. I haven't heard the Pass. The ASR is very expensive, as ... | |
| Alternative tweeter If you are going to use another tweeter you will have to modify the crossover, which is not easy, unless the characteristics of the new tweeter are the same as the old one. | |
| Two Amplifiers Connected in Parallel? You are going to get a variety of answers on this; what you are describing is horizontal bi amping. I have always liked vertical bi amping where each amp drives both sections of each speaker but others like it your way. Besides the extra power it ... | |
| Grilles or No Grilles Kal, it is not a blanket statement to say that you had never heard a speaker that didn't sound better with the grills off, that is a statement about what you have heard. A blanket statement would be "all speakers sound better with the grills off".... | |
| Biwire vs Single/jumper: Cardas Golden Ref It wasn't bad but when I went back to my Cardas jumpers [ $80 each pair] it was a definite improvement; but the Romex was better than the ones you usually get with most speakers. Another attempt to go cheap fails. The Spendor S 100s have provision... | |
| Grilles or No Grilles The foam grills like the ones JBL used years ago were suppose to be the most transparent; you could probably make some [or have them made] if the appearence appealed to you. Many speakers now are designed to look good nude, with the front finished... |