wolf_garcia
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| REL Subwoofer Rattling If you think all China made stuff is "junk sourced" please toss your iPhone out the window. The quality control in manufacturing is all that matters regardless of whether it's made in China or Cleveland. | |
| Sub Integration I’ve run a test CD to see where my main speakers "actually" roll off in the bass realm, as opposed to confusing "in room" compared to "anechoic" ratings, or actually misleading published specs. You can use a test tone to reveal room bass issues wi... | |
| Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one The Rogers EHF 200 (or the 100) is a great sounding integrated amp with loads of dynamic slam although sort of pricey…I've heard 'em, know people who have 'em, and if "tube like" is a thing you want out of an amp, get a tube amp. Lifetime warranty... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? I had an early-ish Egnator for a while and it was really interesting in that you could pan between the 6v6s and EL84s…cool. I don't necessarily collect guitar amps but have owned, borrowed, and played through a lot of different tube amps over deca... | |
| Triode or Ultra-linear? Why? I get that and I am amazed how many amps Mesa has made over the years, from Prune Music modded Princeton Reverbs, to every possible tube amp style and so many current models I can’t keep track (I had a Mesa Boogie combo amp in the early 80s that h... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Also it’s another fact (!) that tubes are more fun…you can swap ’em out, hold them and look at them, collect them, watch and listen to them die (macabre, but part of the tube deal), bewilder friends. People ranging from my age group to my kid’s fr... | |
| Schiit Reference Sytem review: Freya into Yggdrasil, into Vidar Schiit (I spell this wrong often) has hinted (in their site info) that the Loki Mini might be joined by another EQ…Loki Maxi maybe? I bet balanced could be in the offing if that happens. Kalili…my review, such as it is, is here on Audiogon somepla... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? I've found that the "expense" of tube power amps based on tube replacement cost is assuaged by the fact (a fact to me anyway…which is as "facty" as I need) that often the tube amp is cheaper to buy relative to the sound quality of SS amps. Case in... | |
| Schiit Reference Sytem review: Freya into Yggdrasil, into Vidar I like the Loki…wrote a little review…it’s way cool (the Loki, not necessarily my review). | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? I've said this before and I'm sure I'm not the first: If it sounds good, it's good. Period. | |
| Best looking reel to reel Otari and Revox were my faves, now I wouldn't mind having one of the United Audio rebuilt Teacs as they supposedly sound great with outboard power supplies and all that, but still…reel to reel seems too fussy these days, and expensive. | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? Phased array powered concert speakers can sound better than ever if they're good ones…they vary, as does the ability of professional sound mixers (like me). Bad live sound is inexcusable but common. I think any good system can be "explosive and dy... | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel Hey now…that's a 4 year thread jump! Is that even legal? | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? My experience is with both home audio and guitar amps over about 106 years (musician years are different due to the effects of smokey bars and frequent string changing). I currently am using a very clean and detailed balanced SS preamp paired with... | |
| Shiit Loki I keep it off most of the time since I don’t need "room EQ," and it’s so cheap I might get another one for my headphone amp…although...there are rumors there could be another "non mini" EQ one coming along (rumor directly from the Schiit Loki FAQ ... |