wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? Neither Krall or Nora Jones are lightweights...both are great musicians and solid live performers who are simply excellent examples of talented women who can actually play. I've never seen a bad song from either, but wasn't at the show (or any par... | |
| I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. In my listening room the floor is flat as are the walls and ceiling, although the latter does slope up fairly high in a flat way. And I can say I’m VERY judgmental about this stuff, as I’m a purist. I’ll say again that the Loki doesn’t degrade any... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming I use streaming for background music with the same DAC used for the CD player (my DAC has 2 sp/dif inputs), and CDs for serious listening. Redbook CDs have been getting some props lately from interesting people like Alon Wolf among others. A good ... | |
| Does anyone use white gloves to handle records? Gloves keep you from having to wash your hands as, really, who the hell has time for that? Also it's good to use other people wearing gloves to handle your vinyl, and it simply means shelling out a slightly larger holiday bonus for the staff, as p... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed I use Morrow cables and I might like them a little better BEFORE break-in, although I have to admit they can sound fine after break-in...Still...I simply use them for a while and then swap them out hoping they will "un" break-in so I can put them ... | |
| I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. I totally agree that if one is to own a Loki, one must deny ever using it or at least explain those rare times that you do use it, with a damn good explanation by the way, of why you would violate the unspoken rules of True Audio Geek Authenticity... | |
| I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. I think the ultimate "serious cred" system would have no volume pot either. You just move closer to it for louder, further away for softer. | |
| What are fuses used for? It’s explained by the fact that people spending 150 bucks on a fuse really NEED to hear an improvement or they feel like they’ve been duped, and also feel the need to join a support group (like the ones here) for the same reason. Most audiophiles ... | |
| Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ? But I wanna keep my Had amp...I like it...and have decided to send the 4 grand to Almarg as that seems fair. However, there was a temporary weird crackling sound from my speakers which I now realize was Kosst "underscore" Amojan crunching their nu... | |
| I need a subwoofer/sub-bass opinion from you REL subs with the wireless transmitter seem to work the same way sort of...and it's all good. REL should make a retro fitted "longbow" gizmo for people like me with older models, but do they? NO THEY DO NOT. I gotta calm down...whew... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? I'm at the age where my friends die occasionally (once per friend of course) which does end their speaker swap opportunities as I feel there's zero afterlife. Those who feel there IS an afterlife of some sort might feel speaker change is possible ... | |
| Warmer sounding Solid State "Tres Payments" makes a point I've carped (that's right...carped!) about here and there...all the amp makers claiming a "tube like sound"...tubes are more tube-like than otherwise. Example: I, along with other older guitar players, was tricked (th... | |
| Schiit offering LISST "tubes" for SAGA & FREYA pre-amps Right side...or as the Firesign Theater said, "put the balls on the other side, they work better that way." | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. I'm another who has compared garden hose sized power cables to more modest but appropriately sized "stock" cables and found that both work fine with no audible differences. I do use a relatively gigantic PS Audio AC cable for a REL sub, but that's... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I have maybe one Japanese CD (David Lindley's "Mister Dave," an otherwise unobtainable solo album that David won't discuss...record company politics maybe...that is simply brilliant), and it doesn't work AT ALL on my turntable, but plays perfectly... |