wolf_garcia
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| If you love the Ortofon 2M Black, you'll really love...... (help me upgrade) 120 bucks (recently got cheaper as I think it’s being phased out) for a Sumiko Pearl is far more shun-worthy, and so good on my Linn/Akito rig that I eventually bought a replacement stylus...an amazing sounding cartridge, but seriously so inexpens... | |
| beginner seperate system The Schiit Freya doesn't seem "colored" in my system, although every preamp has its own sound (I've owned several). In the passive mode you can see this for yourself, unless of course that's colored also...I use NOS RCAs and Sylvanias and the resu... | |
| Surprised at this Chinese powered speakers for peanuts... Note these speakers are NOT working out for me, they're working out for my daughter. However, I've been recommending them to people who ask my opinion on inexpensive stereo stuff (I get asked about this at least twice a year) or nearfield monitors... | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? I've never cared all that much for Zep albums for serious listening as, especially in the 70s, I was more into The Band, Little Feat (seemingly Zep's and every UK band's fave, and considered by many as the best live band of the 70s), Joni, Steely ... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD It is sad that a relatively archaic thing like vinyl works so well even with the digital revolution having occurred...how can all those people be enjoying well sorted analog when their iPhone is RIGHT THERE. So what if a great vinyl pressing sound... | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? Watch the Youtube video of the Van Fleetsters playing live on some radio show where the bass player plays piano...kind of amazingly well. Regardless of the opinions of non fans, they do a kick ass live show and yes, they can actually play their in... | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? When Zep came along they were perhaps trying to be as great as the Jeff Beck Group who had recently set the bar for live four piece Brit rock and roll bands (other than the Beatles of course), but Beck's band fell apart when they couldn't figure o... | |
| Back to the drawing board I use 2 REL subs...one (a Q108MKII down-firing 8") is in a fixed position behind my left main speaker nestled in a corner created by a gas fireplace...sounds great...the second sub (Q150e 10" front-firing) is next to my right main speaker and it's... | |
| Hihat Question I rarely use my Schiit Loki but it's there when I need it, and one thing it does amazingly well is provide a "cymbal" boost with its 8khz pot. On some fave LPs from the 70s there can be some reticence in the high end and the Loki instantly fixes t... | |
| Ahhh--Problem solved. Adding a REL sub-bass unit... Look at used RELs on Ebay and Audiogon...if patient you can be rewarded with some amazing bargains. | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) Klipsch Heresy IIIs somehow get midrange right with their 1.75" titanium diaphragm driven horn. I was surprised by this as I'd never previously owned a horn speaker for my hifi rig needs, but there it is. These things are relatively inexpensive fo... | |
| Higher Efficiency Speakers Klipsch Heresy IIIs...a steal at around 1500 bucks new (look around), not sure anything comes close...built like a tank, unique slanted fat little things that sound beautiful, and 99db efficiency works with anything. | |
| Surprised at this Chinese powered speakers for peanuts... I sent a pair of Edifier powered speakers to my daughter for her birthday last year although I hadn't auditioned them (R1700s I think). Hoped they'd work as they're so inexpensive (150 bucks or something). I visited her later in the year and was ... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? Unless you've actually had Monkey Plague, you really can't say much about it. | |
| beginner seperate system The Freya passive and FET modes sound very similar, the tube mode sounds great with much higher gain and provides tube rolling adventures...I've heard the newer versions have less of a gain jump for the tube setting. If I was putting together a bu... |