stanwal
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| Music Fidelity Trivista 21/Electrocompaniet ECD-1 I recently purchased a Trivista 21 and use it with a Meridian 200 transport. It is very good , makes CDs closer to LPs. I had been using a Audio Synthesis Dax , which is also very good. I must disagree with the perception of it as thin, on my syst... | |
| mapleshade I know Pierre and he is a fanatic about sound and has excellent ears. I don't always agree with him but all his theories have reasons behind them. I buy all my stuff at list so I have no interest. I think his speaker stands are exceptional and ver... | |
| Best way to clean records I use to sell both Nitty Gritty and VPI and was happy with both. A clean LP is much better. If you have a sizeable collection , or intend to have one , it is worth the investment. Stan | |
| odd binding posts won't fit spade or banana do i Actually the bare wire will sound better so that is no worry. There used to be pin adaptors available. The Mitchell posts are very good and don't take up much space. I would call people like Audio Advisor or The Needle Doctor and ask what they hav... | |
| old JBL studio monitors It depends, the 150a's are good, I use to have a pair. The 212s had a very uneven frequency response.. Research the particular model that you are considering carefully. Stan | |
| So I heard some B&W Signature 805s today... I have not purchased anything based on a showroom audition since sometime in the 60s. I can remember listening with a friend at Meyer-Emco in DC to some 801s driven by some very expensive electronics, we broke out laughing when we got outside. I w... | |
| Does it make sense to introduce/buy CD-only player It looks like CDs will be here for quite a while. I would be really surprised if one of the other formats took off in the near future. I just bought a Musical Fidelity TriVista decoder even tho LPs are my first choice. But only you can decide your... | |
| Taming a Bright Phono Section I also used the Apt years ago and didn't find it bright. I used Supex 900 and 901 cartridges then. It is possible that it is simply more accurate than the Creek and your system is brighter than you like. You might try the Audio Technica OC 9 if yo... | |
| Better stands for Spendor SP100? I am using the Mapleshade Quadrapier stands for my S100s. They are maple and have large cones to couple them to the floor, I much prefer them to the original stands, which were , in fact, made by Sound Anchor. Mapleshade also has some low stands w... | |
| Should I Modify my Matrix 804 wiring? Silver was used by B&W themselves in some limited editions of some of their speakers. Wiring is a weak point of almost all speaker systems. I don't think substituting new wiring would degrade resale in the same way as changing the crossover, e... | |
| Krell KSA 200B and Musical fidelity F22???? When I was a Krell dealer in the 80s I often used a hybrid preamp with KMA 100 and KSA 100 and others of that era. Given a properly designed and operating preamp it is hard to see any trouble. Krell's reluctance to recommend tube units apparently ... | |
| Good automatic TT's The Technics straight line tracking tables, I think they were the SL line, were surprisingly good. The SL 15 was the top end but the SL 10 would probably be the best used. They used P mount and there use to be some good cartridges available for th... | |
| subwoofers: the bigger the better? A good part of it is how loud you want to play, my Nelson Reed 1204s will supposedly do 120 dB at 1 meter but my ears won't. Each has 4 12s and will play cannon shots my older Hsu's won't but the latter work fine on music and are more practical. I... | |
| WBT binding post for Krell KAV300il upgrade? If they are too big you might consider the Mitchell posts, which I had factory mounted on a Krell 50 many moons ago. | |
| Does good DAC improve sonics of low end transport Everyone is right, it will sound much better. The Musical Fidelity upsampling DAC is showing up for about $750. See discussion in Jan. Sterophile and previous test. When I had a cheaper transport I used to use a weighted disc which improved the so... |