wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? Read about the Munich show and it makes one feel better about serious audio...also I do think whining does "ruin" things a bit, as does "snake oil" tweak hyperbole. | |
| Rosenut? That's where the name "rosewood" came from...what? You thought it was the thorns? | |
| Recommendation for detailed/analytical bookshelf speaker? Heresy IIIs...keep the shelves for books (remember those?), although amazingly, Klipsch says you can take off the little Heresy slanted riser things for bookshelf mounting clearly for the slightly insane among us. Otherwise, the little Wilsons are... | |
| Rosenut? Guitar players "have a clue." I've owned a lot of solid rosewood (backs and sides) guitars, both Indian and the now protected Brazilian, and also have a newer guitar made of rosewood-ish looking (redder) cocobolo which is both fun to say and poiso... | |
| Which Preamp Tube is most consequential: Input or Gain Input. I’ve owned an "original" Freya for a while and can absolutely say that different tubes present a markedly different sound, with the input tubes (on the right) having the main impact on tone. After rolling between the original Russian 68HCs ... | |
| Rectifier tubes? I've been using Shuguang 274Bs for years in my Dennis Had single ended amp...wore out one, replaced it with a "thetubestore" Preferred Series version...great tube for this amp. | |
| What dealer/distributor has influenced you most? I live near a couple of relatively well regarded "audio salons" that have proven time and again that although sometimes friendly (sometimes !), they're utterly useless for anybody who isn't already just handing over large cash with no questions as... | |
| Meyer Sound Steely Dan's Becker and Fagan were into Meyer speakers and mentioned them here and there. | |
| Do I go from a Primaluna HP Integrated to Schiit Freya+ and a pair of Aegir Amps? The comments about Schiit products are silly...they enjoy a fine reputation in the audio world and don't "degrade" over time to any degree differing from other brands, if at all. All of the Schiit components I own work perfectly and have been exam... | |
| Name 3 classic mini-monitors worth keeping- Why? My KEF Q10s are great sounding little things...old, they're old. | |
| Its my first tube! (Preamp) The Freya is a lot of fun and unlike any other preamp out there at any price...3 operating choices of tube, passive, and FET, fully balanced, makes you a better person... | |
| Do I go from a Primaluna HP Integrated to Schiit Freya+ and a pair of Aegir Amps? Schiit Freya preamps are fun (!) and recently improved (I have the original version and it's great sounding) so that's likely a real good idea, and you need only one Aegir to get cookin' (I use a 12wpc single ended tube amp with Heresy IIIs...kill... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? With Forte IIIs you can use anything from low wattage to whatever...If I didn't already own have a Dennis Had "Inspire Firebottle" single ended amp I'd seriously consider the Coincident Dynamo (nearly did when considering the Had amp, but was char... | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge The Sumiko Pearl works for me (Linn Basik/Akito)...I like these enough that I've replaced the stylus once for 50 bucks or something, but for whatever they sell for now ($120 maybe?) as I assume they're discontinuing these things, they're a bargain... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? A felt mat. |