wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| What is an acceptable level of transformer hum on a Krell S300i? I use a PS Audio Humbuster III and it really works...no new ones (discontinued) but used or NOS show up here and there. | |
| Liquid Amps My subs are older class A/B RELs, and they don't seem to distort in any way I notice, even though they're driven by a 12WPC single ended tube amp signal...efficient main speakers help as nothing has to work too hard, and everything is clear as a b... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? I like the solid core concept for reasons I can’t remember, so for years speaker and ICs have all beed solid...now it’s AQ speaker wire (for many years Type 8 and recently Rocket biwire), and inexpensive Morrow ICs replacing all but the sp/dif dig... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? When I do live sound stuff it’s all balanced...signal to the amps, subs, inputs from EQ and compressors, every microphone of course...all of it. The only unbalanced thing is, of course, my normal mental state, and whatever I’m using for background... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Ask anybody riding in a cable gondola over a gorge. Skiers and snowboarders...my motorcycle throttle and clutch...I could go on... | |
| Why is Oppo stopping products. I need a turntable for my car...tube preferably...I now hear CDs are going to have a revival like vinyl, and be the "next big thing." | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? Indeed...you can buy a new pair of powered Mackie SRM450s for 500 bucks each (I've used both the original version powered and unpowered for live stuff for years), and the 1000 watt internal amps can cleanly destroy your hearing and get you evicted... | |
| Tekton custom grills I had considered Tektons for my SE amp...liked the efficiency but had no place to hear them, and "buy and return" doesn't do it for me. Bought a pair of new "open box" Capitol Edition (75th anniversary of Capitol Records...meh...) Klipsch Heresy I... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions Go beyond your budget and buy D’Agostino’s preamp and mono amps...I can assure you that you will listen to your rig a lot more because you simply will not be able to afford to do anything else. | |
| Tube Basics 101: What is a rectifier tube for? What she actually said was: "The rectifier tube is not the direct cause of the quality of the sound in the power supply. The whole design of the power supply is what affects the sound quality. i personally would say as long as the rectifier tube i... | |
| Liquid Amps The new 25WPC Pass amp does interest my otherwise tube-centric self, but not enough to replace my amazing (to me anyway) Dennis Had single ended tube amp. I still find it interesting that many great SS amps claim a "tube like" sound, which simply ... | |
| Amplification for Magico S1 (mk i) I wonder about the concept of "over-tubing" since modern tube hifi amps seem to have more sparkle and low level detail retrieval than SS amps amps generally can muster, although people of course do enjoy SS tone anyway. The claims that SS provides... | |
| Schiit Vidar.... Anyone heard one yet? OK...Now I'm seeing "Fanboys" of the concept that it's perhaps tawdry to label people as "Fanboys." That results in anti-"Fanboy" "Fanboys," and there is no way out. Also, the label seems sexist as women are rarely called "Fangirls" unless the act... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic OK Fleschler...I'm not going to "report you" for the personal attacks and name calling (sound familiar?) as I still think that's a cowardly move utilized by the insecure among us, but will simply once again point out that sleazy sales infomercials... | |
| Amplifier for Altec Valencia speakers I have to wonder what Atmasphere does with all the transformers he doesn't use. Donations to the transformerless among us? Yard sculpture? Paper weights? |