wolf_garcia
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| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? In 1967 a friend I was visiting in Santa Barbara knew I was a Tim Buckley fan so he gets us tix for a concert. Tim opened the show (who knew?) followed by Jimi Hendrix and Moby Grape. I've never fully recovered. | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! "It is said far too often that the louder speaker will sound better." Huh? I've never heard that, or at least don't remember hearing that...maybe it wasn't said loud enough. I have horn speakers that can go very loud without strain (hifi and pro ... | |
| I often notice that people who have open reel decks and/or tube equipment are nicest This is ridiculous as, clearly, I'm a tube freak and I'm not nice at all. | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? A Schiit Freya + new is a bargain. I have the original version with NOS GE tubes and the current version is rated "class A" for a reason. A great preamp with more features and flexibility than anything out there. | |
| HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON A SYSTEM? IF YOU GET THE SOUND DOES IT MATTER? You should have bought 2. Note I needed some slightly longer cables which led me to the Kimbers, and a 3.5 meter pair was around 500 bucks. A steal. | |
| SPEAKERS THAT SOUND ALIVE & DYNAMIC AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS Klipsch Heresy IIIs with the titanium drivers with an actual compression throat (the IVs just stick the poly driver at the base of the horn flare and it sort of sucked...terrible frequency blats in the upper mids drove them to another owner). I al... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Fremer recommended a new-ish release of Waltz For Debbie and man...it sounds so much better than any other version I've heard...no wobbly piano, you can actually hear the drums and cymbals, etc. Highly recommended. | |
| Directional wires/cables I respect the directionality of my cables whether it does anything or not. Just makes me feel better. I did buy some amazing Kimber 8PR (Their "bottom" line, improved from previous model, sound astonishingly good and a serious bargain) speaker cab... | |
| HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON A SYSTEM? IF YOU GET THE SOUND DOES IT MATTER? I disagree...you should spend as much as possible, or when in this forum you should at least exaggerate the cost so people respect you. I'm currently hiring groups of musicians to come over and play for me at least 8 hour a day, or using my 600 l... | |
| I find myself "tuning out" anymore.....is the magic fading? I think whining destroys art.. | |
| At the top of the line is it really all that different? I own a few items with unimpeachable sonic credibility. An original version Schiit Freya who's slightly more recent version got a Class A rating in Stereophile and costs about a grand (NOS GE tubes are my favorites in that thing). I bought it beca... | |
| Pass INT-25, split decision and maybe option? For less than the cost of the 25 integrated just add a Schiit Freya + to the XA-25...you'll get more of everything (inputs, outputs, tubes, no tubes, etc.). I use an original Freya with mine (XA-25) and the resulting sound is killer. Gain a-plenty. | |
| Woodstock 1969, or 1967? The "youth explosion" was already happening well before Monterey which most people experienced when the movie came out a year later. The Band were so strong in all the important areas and had played so many places as The Hawks that their live chop... | |
| My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought I listen to streaming, CDs (got a new CD transport in the last year or so), and vinyl, and all of the formats, utilizing my well sorted system, sound astonishingly good. They don't compete with each other and seem to get along. I have lots of grea... | |
| How many subs? My main speakers take a nose dive at around 58hz as designed (test CD used to verify this, Heresy III with titanium mid and tweets, better sounding than IVs with poly mid and no horn throat...I tried 'em, IIIs sounded much better). I have 2 older ... |