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NEW products from Music Hall
Music Hall is known and respected for solid, good sounding products that are serious value. Here are two new ones. Music Hall mini plus Hey, I hear ya, it’s hard to excited about another “new” cheap phono preamp, but this … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Cables, Cables, Phono cartridges, Turntables, Turntables, Uncategorized
Tagged Music Hall, music hall mini plus
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Me versus stores
When you walk into an audio store demo room you can see all their speakers lined up. With me it’s completely different. When you walk in you see only one pair of speakers in my demo/living room. Here’s a problem — I find that even people who visit … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, acoustic treatments, Amplifier, Analysis Plus, Audio racks and stands, bel canto design, Bookshelf Speakers, Cables, center channel speaker, Components, DAC, Equalizer, Gallo speakers, GoldenEar Technology, Headphones, Hybrid amplifier, Hybrid integrated amplifier, Integrated amplifier, Music Hall 11.1, Network receiver, Phono cartridges, Power cables, Preamplifier, Record cleaning machine, Room acoustics, Speakers, Standmount speakers, Subwoofers, Tower speakers, Turntable Mat, Turntables, Turntables, USB converter, Vacuum tubes, Vincent Audio, WireWorld cables
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I try a Music Hall MMF 7.3
Because of the good Stereophile review I’ve set up a Music Hall MMF-7.3 turntable at home. It comes with an Ortofon 2M Bronze, which I listened to and then put on my Quintet Bronze ( one of the new … Continue reading
Posted in Cables, Phono cartridges, Turntable Mat, Turntables
Tagged Aztek, MMF-7.3, Music Hall, Ortofon 2M, Ortofon Quintet Bronze, St. Louis, St. Louis stereo
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I’m a break-in believer
I am a believer in break-in of audio components. I realize that some disagree, and I am open-minded enough to accept their right to be wrong. Once I hooked up a system with a long run of cheap speaker wire and … Continue reading
Posted in Amplifier, bel canto design, Bookshelf Speakers, Cables, CD Receiver, center channel speaker, Components, DAC, Equalizer, Gallo speakers, GoldenEar Technology, Hybrid amplifier, Hybrid integrated amplifier, Marantz CD network receiver, Music Hall 11.1, Network receiver, Network receiver, Phono cartridges, Power cables, Preamplifier, Speakers, Standmount speakers, Subwoofers, Tower speakers, Turntables, WireWorld cables
Tagged break-in
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New from Ortofon, Lehmann, and Music Hall
Ortofon cartridges and Lehmann Audio phono preamps – Excellence made in Europe I won’t attempt to list and describe the full lineup of Ortofon cartridges, as I just counted 37 models on my list. I have had much success … Continue reading
Posted in bel canto design, Phono cartridges, Turntables
Tagged Bel Canto Design, carbon fiber arm, Goldring Eroica LX, Lehmann Audio, Lehmann Black Cube SE MkII, MMF 9.1, MMF-2.3, MMF-5.2, MMF-5.3, MMF-7.3, mmf-9.3, Music Hall Audio, Musical Design, Ortofon, Ortofon 2M, Ortofon Quintet, Ortofon Quintet Bronze, Pass Labs, Vincent Audio
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New Music Hall turntables coming in December
Music Hall doesn’t change models often, so when they do it’s a big deal, with improvements all around. Really, it looks like the only thing to stay the sameare the bases.All now have RCA jacks on the back,more speed accurate … Continue reading
Posted in Turntables
Tagged carbon fiber tonearm, Ikura, MMF- 2.3se, MMF-11.1, MMF-11.3, MMF-2.3, MMF-5.3, MMF-5.3se, MMF-7.3, mmf-9.3, Music Hall Audio
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Reviews, reviewers, snark.
Summary of the Stereophile – July 2015 issue Michael Fremer reviewed “The best tonearm in the World” 5 pages. He loved it. $28,000. (Should I say more? I think that if you can seriously consider a $28,000 tonearm can afford … Continue reading
Posted in Amplifier, bel canto design, center channel speaker, Components, DAC, GoldenEar Technology, Integrated amplifier, Speakers, Turntables, Turntables
Tagged Art Dudley, Bel Canto Black, Herb Reichart, Kalman Rubinson, Leland Leard, Music Hall Audio, Robert Deutsch, Robert Kozel, St. Louis, St. Louis audio, SuperCenter XXL
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Vinyl – the original High Definition format
In several recent conversations with fellow audiophiles it has come up that we have a common desire to relive the glory of great past audio experiences. As I thought back to what these experiences had in common it occurred to … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, bel canto design, DAC, Music Hall 11.1, Phono cartridges, Record cleaning machine, Turntables, USB converter
Tagged Bel Canto Design, DAC, Grado Labs, Music Hall 11.1, Music Hall Audio, Ortofon, Record Doctor 2
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Music Hall Audio
Roy Hall is the driving force of Music Hall Audio, and he is a rare individual – blunt, honest to a fault, a discerning listener, and a canny businessman. They say voters choose a candidate with whom they would feel … Continue reading
Posted in Turntable Mat, Turntables
Tagged MMF 2.2, MMF 9.1, Music Hall, Pro-ject, Rega, Roy Hall
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Welcome to my blog
I am Wylie Williams, owner of The Speaker and Stereo Store in St. Louis Missouri, which is kind of a misnomer because now it operates from my home. For 23 years it was a storefront but when I closed the storefront, intending to retire, people kept calling me and … Continue reading