wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. You really can't pose any argument or meaningful discussion with subjective opinion regarding magic fuses or any other technically questionable tweak…if somebody "feels" their hifi has an improved soundstage, instrument tonal quality, or any other... | |
| Whats a good freq to measure baseline SPL when calibrating a sub? I've found that to get a REL sub right is to simply find out what your main speakers are doing…i.e. where their lows actually go (speaker specs aren't always accurate) before running out of gas, and I use a Stereophile test cd for that. I adjust m... | |
| Advice on Phono Cartridge Yeah…it seems to be too large for the Akito's wires to make the bend around to the tonearm clips…or something... | |
| Advice on Phono Cartridge I was tempted to try one of the "2M" carts but it was pointed out to me by another Akito owner that they won't fit on my arm. Weird but true. | |
| Help with high level subwoofer connection Good banana plugs work very well and lots of discerning ears like ’em, so fear not the banana! I have 2 RELs on an amp with my main speakers using bananas for the mains, spades for one sub and the second sub uses bare wires securely stuck in the b... | |
| interconnect choice Buy used cables if you're not impatient…my all "solid core" balanced and unbalanced (like myself) wire pile is all high endish AQ stuff bought for a LOT less than new and all of it sounds great…silver digital, Type 8 speaker wire, etc. | |
| Advice on Phono Cartridge I have no idea why this works, but a couple of years ago my local high end shop recommended a Sumiko Pearl after a new AT440 sounded screechy on my Akito arm…the Pearl sounds amazingly good still…and it's inexpensive. | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. I can rest my case…maybe. | |
| Performer-in-Room Quality with Speakers? Having had a vocalist in my lap I can vouch for the efficacy of that as a reasonable goal. | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. There is no explanation needed when the "audio magic" light is lit, as geoffkait (and other supposed golden eared magicians) firmly believes the skeptics put up with "bad sound" as they dare to not consume the Kool Aid hard sold to the easily dupe... | |
| Jolida Reliability BUYERS BEWARE...I’ve had a 502P for over four years and it’s been nothing but trouble…sapping me of time by compelling me to spend hours listening to it instead of doing something to help those less fortunate than myself (and some more fortunate t... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. I would bet that if you snuck into a "fuse-centric" audiophile's listening room and reversed all the fuses exactly nobody would know…the fun part starts when years later you tell 'em about it. | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? It's always better to read and accept the opinions of experts regarding the sound of your gear rather than listening to the gear yourself and deciding what you like. What you like could be in fact not what many of the experts like, and thusly not... | |
| Why are record cleaners so expensive? My Spin Clean also beeps when a record is done, and I have no idea where the beep is coming from…weird... | |
| Where do you guys buy tubes? For factory matched new power tubes like KT120s and KT150s I've used reputable (100% ratings with thousands of transactions) Ebay dealers with great success (Upscale lists stuff on Ebay also), and have bought matched signal tubes from "thetubestor... |