wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Saving the sound of the Stradivarius Wood can be maintained to last forever, and nobody knows why Strads sound so good, with many theories out there...why does a 1939 Martin often sound so much better than new one? It will if it's played, and nobody knows what a Strad sounded like wh... | |
| Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ? I liked the recent interview with Nelson Pass in Stereophile (I think it was Stereophile)...his constant experimentation with his gear and sharing designs with the DIY/Burning Amp crowd is cool. He built a gizmo to add in "even harmonic distortion... | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? Greta et all, although generally not writing songs that are particularly interesting to me, are already the next "big thing" in spite of curmudgeonly critics like those around here. The drummer isn't Bonham, the singer is sort of hilariously weird... | |
| Saving the sound of the Stradivarius Thats simply nonsense...Strads get dragged all over the world and fixed if need be, and are very unlikely to be abused to the degree that they’ll ever become dust or too delicate to play...like I said, the ones in use get maintenance or they would... | |
| What sonic characteristics matter the most? Coherency, and the "system" seeming to not be there when the music is playing, as otherwise when it's not playing I'd trip over things. | |
| Saving the sound of the Stradivarius What makes anybody think these Strads are gonna loose their mojo? They're already hundreds of years old and, unlike vintage Les Pauls and Stratocasters, they get repaired if need be. I noticed a beautiful old Stratocaster in an add once that was m... | |
| Are manufacturers having discussions removed from Audiogon if they turn negative? Tekton, as is often the case with criticized manufacturers, missed a great opportunity to reply to the OP with a reasonable confession that they lost an order or somehow accidentally bungled the thing. An apology! How innovative! That would have g... | |
| Do you ever do this before you listen? The ear wax removal kits are available in drug stores and elsewhere (put hydrogen peroxide based thick goo in ear, let it set for a while, and remove it with warm water injected by a rubber bulb squirting thing), and I've been using that method fo... | |
| Portland Maine Not sure what Schubert was talking about, but Portland, ME has been a resource of great music for years...I’ve seen many amazing concerts at fine venues, it’s a state where the speed limit goes up and the population goes down, except for those mov... | |
| Portland Maine Portland is in the midst of a foodie revival and there are no high end stereo shops (at least that I know of). Lots of music venues which I recommend you look up, and it's a really cool town that I visit often (my wife and I will be in Portland in... | |
| Would you put Beryllium in your ears? I have a cocobolo bodied guitar, and cocobolo dust is real bad...suffice to say the guitar sounds great and will only be a health issue if I eat it. | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? It will be interesting to see the Gretsters on SNL this weekend and it's my guess they'll tear the place up (in a somewhat derivative manner of course). | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? Partly correct, but for many years horn systems have included "phase plugs" or their equivalent to keep horns from "beaming" high frequencies. The high end horn systems I use for pro sound are designed to spread high frequencies over a large area,... | |
| CD players and integrated amos I had a friend named Integrated Amos so you have my sympathies. I use a solid state DAC into a tube preamp and tube power amp as I wasn't particularly aware of many tube DACs when I bought this one. Suffice to say you can't have too many tubes as ... | |
| Any one try the new Synergistic Research BLUE UEF Duplex receptacle? I sprung for a $19 Pangea outlet recently (my bedside Schiit Magni 3 headphone amp has what seems like a 14 lb power supply) as it was cheaper than the PS Audio ones I'd previously installed elsewhere...I'm mostly interested jn the grippy-ness of ... |