wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Pictures at an Exhibition There are no great orchestras without great conductors. Same with train lines and electrical connections. | |
| Yes, another audiophile at a crossroads story and request for advice Do the tube maintenance and consider a Loki Max EQ as it can pull some life out of older recordings...or any recordings you think need it. Like you I'm a jazz freak, and the Max can bring cymbals up in a mix, balance bass and mids, restore hair gr... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? I'd try a pair of Volti Razzes it the return policy wasn't so final. NO returns for any reason. | |
| Loki Max analog improvement I’ve used 2 Lokis for headphones or main rig (main system phones now, and video system) for a while and added the Max to the main system a couple of weeks ago. Amazingly cool, put between the preamp and power amp, no harm to the signal, no noise, ... | |
| How to use headphones with separates A killer rig driven by your preamp (what I use anyway) is the Schiit Magni 3 (Now the "+") for $109 combined (or not) with their Loki Mini +...get the nice small "Pyst" cables (made by Straight Wire) from Schiit to hook 'em up and that should blow... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation My faves: KImber 8PR (current version)...bargain cable yielding 9 or 10 AWG, which is a lot of AWGs, and it sounds great. | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? OMA are cool but pricey for what they are...I use Heresy IIIs as their mids are better than the IVs based on my extremely elevated superior taste and ultra sensitive listening skills. Or my gummy kicked in...something... | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? Differences between well designed DACs are tough to quantify. I use 2...an older Dacmagic (for older streamer and a CD player) and a current model Bifrost 2/64 for a newer streamer. Both sound amazingly good with an edge to the Bifrost, which will... | |
| Tube sound is not about warmth. It's about correct presentation. Tubes are simply more interesting maybe. They glow...if a transistor amp glows start looking for traces of smoke and try to remember where the fire extinguisher is. Tube guitar amps still rule that roost, but hey...my Pass XA-25 is in a constant b... | |
| Loki Max analog improvement Yeah man...ditto amundo as the Max is dead quiet...I have various Schiit items and all of them work perfectly...including 2 regular Lokis which helped me decide to try a Max. Look at the "CH" dimensions and compare them to the spaces on the Max..... | |
| Two questions to make you mad. There's a basic lack of understanding here about guitar amps, and I'm too lazy to address it. However, I generally plug my TWINSCAN NXE:3600D into a wall socket and let it rip...it still doesn't sound very good but...meh...I understand psycho acou... | |
| Loki Max analog improvement Posting a pic is too technical for me as an old person. But the damn knobs are so inexpensive (you can get a pile of nice ones for less than a couple of burritos) that there's almost no risk...take a chance...live on the edge. And get the right si... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? I suggest having pile of instantly accessible money. | |
| Another dilemma about a right choice for best possible speaker option. I use a pair of Klipsch Heresy IIIs (titanium mids...better than the plastic driver IVs) and they’re not fatiguing at all...I think people use crappy sounding things in front of these and then blame ’em for what basically is revealing the poor tre... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong Altec A7s...had a pair for years. Amazing sounding. |