wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Dealers hijacking the discussions I second the distaste one can have about the ridiculous misuse of these forums to promote stuff…there are blatant examples of this with exaggerated and preposterous multi paragraphed promotional screeds claiming to simply be "sharing" the promoter... | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature II: Is it worth the price of $2700? Why are so many for sale? My only beef with Vandys like the 2 (I had a pair of 1Bs years ago…they sounded great), is you can't take the cover off and look at things…well you "can," but maybe you shouldn't. | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range Indeed, Klipsch Jubilees...You’ll never go back, and your wife will never go back either…to your house. Note that speakers at this level (price) aren’t music specific, and neither are any other speakers for that matter…anybody who thinks speakers ... | |
| Coherent Speakers from Canada If you can't tell what the products actually are in the former, there ain't gonna be much latter. | |
| Old or new gear Although Jolida is made in China (along with Primaluna, Hegel, your phone, your computer, your shirt, etc), it's finished and tested in MD USA by smart guys. Very well made and there is nothing that comes close to these things in relative value th... | |
| Coherent Speakers from Canada Checked the Coherant site again, and they continue to be amazingly lame. Ironically not "coherant" at all, with one product shown on the front page, and another smaller monitor displayed and described…note to Frank (or whomever is responsible), pl... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... If you're into them, tubes can be rewarding on an esthetic level (it's rare that anybody says their transistors are beautiful to look at), harmonic level, tube collecting bragging rights for the insecure (therapy?), and others will perceive you as... | |
| Tube integrated People I know who own Rogers amps seem to love them…maybe the lifetime warranty appealed to them also, but they’re the real deal in terms of well designed hand made stuff. I’m happy with my el cheapo Dennis Had amp and Schiit Freya preamp…both cle... | |
| Schiit offering LISST "tubes" for SAGA & FREYA pre-amps Although I like sound of the new Tung Sols in the Freya, I got curious and stuck a pair of NOS Sylvania "Chrome Dome" 6SN7GTBs in the "input" (right pair) sockets and man…they sort of lift it up to another sonic level altogether. A relatively inex... | |
| Subwoofer: Watts or Brand Name? The 2 RELs I've used for years work beautifully and add zero noise to my systems (they've survived changes to everything else in the rig), and with them the soundstage is utterly enhanced and a sense of realism is added to the entire thing. If thi... | |
| Looking for speaker suggestions You can still buy a pair of new Heresy IIIs for around 1500 bucks with a return policy (I did this a few months ago…a Ebay seller in Nevada someplace…free shipping) and I would challenge anybody to find something close to this level of efficiency ... | |
| Adcom GFA 535 II I love a 13 year thread gap. I've owned a few 535s, both original and version II and they're bulletproof little monsters that sound amazing. I have a 5300 (85 watts per side or something) that I chose to keep over a 535II since I simply like the 5... | |
| Nad M3 non repairable Maybe they're too big to care, but the business lost by bad publicity, especially when on a site like this that has worldwide readership, seems irreplaceable. Here's a little tale…I bought a ProCo "Rat" guitar distortion box in around 1980, 10 yea... | |
| Tube integrated Jolida MD (not sure if the "other" Jolida they had issues with are still around, and don't care much if they are) is always a good place to investigate tube things, as they price things fairly without much hype (not much advertisement if any). I n... | |
| Subwoofer: Watts or Brand Name? Get used RELs from here or Ebay…there are generally nicely maintained inexpensive RELs around that are extremely well made and sound great. Mine were bought at different times but cost around 200 bucks each...a Q150e and a Q108II. |