stringreen
Responses from stringreen
| Harman Kardon Citation Amp 12 and B & W Nautilus 803 Speakers I had a Citation amp.....very nice.... I'm sure it will be fine | |
| Does a turntable make a DRAMATIC difference? no it won't make a big difference.....it "might" make a difference you might like or not, but nothing approaching a big difference. | |
| Original Sonus faber cremona auditor again? Richard Vandersteen is another Arnie Nudell | |
| First record cleaner I have a NittyGritty and hardly use it. All you need is a good record brush | |
| Shakti Stone Get a big rock from your garden and put it on top of any component ..... | |
| purchasing used Ayre V-5xe? good purchase? I have an Ayre V1xe....a little more fuller/muscle sound. The Ayre people are excellent and service all their stuff to brand new specs. Be sure to use your new Ayre with balanced connections ...makes a difference. I have all differentially bal... | |
| I think I just smoked my Amp Check for fuses....that happened to me with my Ayre....sent it back to Ayre (expensive)....just replaced a fuse and sent it back. | |
| Single vs Bi-wire Speaker Cable I have Vandersteens as well.......separate cables for each leg.....2 wires for the highs, 2 wires for the lows.... | |
| Direct Drive My turntable is rim drive.....so what.....its the resultant sound that is the result. | |
| Amp Internal Wire I spoke to Richard Vandersteen about this .....he says he uses wires, binding posts, et al after evaluating its performance at its place in the component. He doesn't care about thick or thin cable, etc. Look at the Vandersteen binding post...i... | |
| Best Type of Interconnect for Turntable? I use Ayre electronics which are fully balanced so I got xlr connections for the turntable outputs as well. | |
| RCA IC instead of Coax? It seems you're experimenting with connection RCA's....using different solder will also alter the sound | |
| Speaker Placement and Toe-In When I experiment with toe in.....the soundstage is flat when they point directly at my listening position....as I move them out, the depth increases until I hear a hole in the middle....I went too far. (Vandersteen speakers) | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search Im sure Richard Vandersteen would be glad to speak with you as well. Give him a call....if he's not on the road he'll pick up | |
| Bowers and Wilkins, 801 D4 When my first wife died, I needed a present so I got B&W 802 (I think). They might have been wonderful when I auditioned them, but they got very "annoying" in less than a month with my components......got Vandersteens and have remained. |