wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier Get "class a" rated Schiit Freya + and save some bucks over most anything else comparable (nothing else comes close really). The most versatile great sounding preamp out there. | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Shoe Gaze, Death Folk, Opera (that's a shame but oh well), most Hippity Hop, most pop although occasionally something squeaks through somewhere. Although in my many decades as a musician I've never been a jazz player, that's pretty much 90% of my ... | |
| Gain level on a REL sub I have a few RELs (2 in my main hifi rig) and even using various amps and speakers there's never been a gain issue. I use the recommended "high level" (from speaker outs) system and it works great. Since I've never tried the line level inputs on t... | |
| Disagreements and Conflicts between Audiophiles have we lost our brotherhood and maturity? I get along fine with people who compliment me and agree with everything I say. | |
| Is this a new trend? Note that nearly every bookshelf speaker review says to use them on stands at least a couple of feet from the wall. | |
| How many times can u visit a hifi store before it annoys the store if u plan on a purchase The approach that’s worked for me is to be courteous and professional to everyone, period. What’s really gonna wear on you is trying to sum up every potential client...I’ve been in the investment biz, owned my own mortgage banking company, and bee... | |
| Who has kids that are in a band or have been? Making a recording is meaningless unless somehow your music is good enough to entertain people in a live setting, and your band better be ready to deliver live. The only way to beat the odds is to work your buns off on a hot live show. Then you ha... | |
| Needing DAC Advice I'm also a long time (I'm old) pro musician/sound engineer/ne'er do well and I've always been surprised that people prefer the lower gain Freya preamp settings (that admittedly do sound excellent). I have the original version Freya (bought new) a... | |
| I’m considering upgrading my speakers internal wiring My speakers sound so good I get stuck in front of them for hours, cutting into my time translating Greek philosophy back into Greek, and working to help the extremely wealthy with their personal issues. I'm going to replace their (the speakers, no... | |
| 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... |