wolf_garcia
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| Budget Audiophile Looking For Amplifier Suggestions Get a new (or used) Jolida tube amp…plenty of power (depending on which model, but everybody knows tube amps don't have to be powerful since they have "tube glow mojo") and a tube amp makes you more interesting than you might actually be. | |
| Best Tonearm Upgrades for Linn LP12 The Akito is clearly the best Linn arm ever made…this might not actually be true, but since I own one I felt I had to chime in. | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? "Advertised health benefits" are the cornerstone of holistic pseudo medicine. | |
| What is best tweeter height for the Devore O/96? Wasn't Mark Levinson lacking in the technical education most audio designers had obtained? A musician certainly, but an esthetic sense can have value when applied to technical design goals which was also seemingly exemplified by Steve Jobs…RISD in... | |
| What is best tweeter height for the Devore O/96? I think dchang1981's post was pretty damn funny. I can only assume he's talking about Clem Devore who is a retired plumber and doesn't seem to be in the speaker business at all. | |
| Power supply hum transmitted to loudspeakers I had some transformer hum from a high current SS amp I use for a spare speaker system (for my deck) and a PS Audio Humbuster III completely fixed the issue. I now plug both of my amps into it although my main tube amp is quiet anyway. I demand th... | |
| Does anybody use hi-end fuses in BAT ss amp or Einstein preamp? There is some disagreement regarding fuses being directional due to the fact that they can't be (AC…a wonderful thing). Otherwise, caution is recommended when using SR fuses as they can blow if you don't use one rated higher than what the amp desi... | |
| Has anyone had problems running kt-120s tubes in there power amp? I don’t recall anyone with ARC amps having actual issues with 120s, or at least issues that were reported here, although there was a lot of speculation and trepidation. I began a thoroughly scientific and utterly informal and perhaps meaningless s... | |
| Best sounding turntable and cartridge for $1100 I use a Sumiko Pearl…el cheapo magnifico. | |
| Vandersteen Years ago I drove a pair of Vandy 1Bs with an Acurus A250 amp and this combo provided a full range dynamic sound on everything I listened to. The "most audiophile speakers fall apart" comment is silly and in my experience utterly unfounded, as any... | |
| Best sounding turntable and cartridge for $1100 As an old person, I've always been horrified by "scratchers"…LP Abuse! Tawdry! As a musician I actually get it though, and should get a grip and calm the heck down. | |
| Need Help with Subwoofer Choice Without a "room correction EQ" system (or maybe even with one, not sure since I don’t use or seem to need EQ in my hifi rig) you might have to adjust the sub level from time to time as recorded bass levels can vary. Necessary level adjustments gen... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... And still no explanation of WHY "magic" fuses work, other than fan-boy speculation about power supply bottlenecks or fake directionality theories. I assume that if Fusers were given these things for free (like I was) instead of committing hundreds... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I'm considering contacting UL and asking them if a potentially dangerous product such as an unreliably rated fuse falls under their purview, although I may have to wait until Tuesday…I suggest SR fusers unplug their gear until I get this settled…o... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I should amend my post to note that SR Black fuses are more like 40 times the price of standard fare. Note that geoffkait’s HiFi tuning info post easily fails the logic smell test as it includes the same "directionality" nonsense along with refere... |