wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? To hear a great system, I get off of my computer chair and walk 15 feet to my left. It sounds great. | |
| Subwoofer Decision Some of the flying bits were well done, but I guess you missed a few points…the empty rattling seat has everything to do with Imax subs as it was an Imax theater hewing to Imax design parameters. The sudden eruption of seat rattling bass tones is ... | |
| Subwoofer Decision I saw "Dunkirk" at an Imax theater when it first came out and the empty seat next to me rattled (amusingly) with the strangely staged bass under the seats…I've always thought Imax visuals are amazing, and Imax sound shamefully bad. | |
| headphones for tube system I use inexpensive Grados (SR80e) that replaced my unfixable old SR60s…the 80s took a while to break in (too much treble initially) but after a week or so they became astonishingly good, and when I've considered replacing them with other more expen... | |
| Romex and breaker switches I heard that a Synergistic Research employee fell into the Quantum Tunneling processor and wound up in Bangalore in 1932. Or at least he thinks it's 1932... | |
| Subwoofer Decision The "slow' vs "fast" issue regarding subs is especially strange and inaccurate. Bass note "hangover" is generally the room continuing to resonate from low tones (unless damped by rugs, extreme cobweb infestation, bad furniture, or your fat cousin ... | |
| Subwoofer Decision It seems like a lot of fuss over what is pretty simple if your room is relatively controllable (if you don't live in an empty shipping container or a large desert tent)…I use 2 older REL subs (Q150e and Q108II) and no DSP, and they are extremely e... | |
| Is there a "best" quality 5 pin DIN connector for phono cable applications? I replaced the original din cable on my Linn/Akito as it seemed it needed better shielding and there were actual rat bites on it (!) as the table had been stored by the previous owner. The replacement was Jelco branded Mogami cable with an nicely ... | |
| What's your investment threshold? I think you can't mention the used cable scene enough…I doubt I would have bought a solid silver Audioquest sp/dif cable for my DAC at full price, but found one (years ago now) for cheap on Ebay. Same with a lot of other cables I own bought at 50%... | |
| Audioquest Rocket 44 speaker cable. Any good?? I was in my local high end "Audio Salon" last year and I mentioned to the sales dude that I was using modded (meaning I separated out the internal wires) AQ Type 8 as a biwire cable. The sales dude says' "Hey, why not ask Bill Low who's standing b... | |
| acoustical stuffing / sound dampening subwoofer cabinet REL BRITANNIA B1 subwoofer I have 2 REL subs from the same era (Q150e and Q108II) and both are unstuffed, sound fabulous, and never overheat or get particularly hot at all. | |
| First Tube Amp I second the Jolida suggestion…I recently sold mine as I prefer my little single ended Dennis Had amp (restricting me to efficient speakers, but I can live with that), but that Jolida 502P was a great amp. When I bought it around 6 years ago it co... | |
| speakers with balls Any dynamic music including modern jazz and classical along with death metal and hippity hop actually demands decent speakers that won't explode if you turn 'em up. It's simply a matter of the degree of level you plan to tolerate…I recently instal... | |
| SS Integrated Amplifier that would sound good with the PSB Synchrony One B A good friend owns a Vincent SV236 and after ignoring my suggestion of new production Gold Lion 12AX7s (hey man…), he apparently researched among Vincent owners and found that the new EH 12AX7s were the ones to get. After using the original tubes ... | |
| Thinking out of the box here. It might make some defensive Just imagine the effort to eliminate vibration from wire…a silly endeavor that some enjoy and/or profit from, and seems obviated by the items like crossovers, connectors, and wire inside your speakers. A vibration nightmare...The trauma occurring ... |