wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? Oy. | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Aren't fuse holders made from less exotic materials that can mitigate the benefits these fuses? The tiny bit of treated metal that comprises the alleged mojo of SR and other "fuse-exotica" runs right into less exotic wire also…this is a huge part ... | |
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? The "same as live" concept is irrelevant, except you can shoot for timbre and room feeling I suppose (I’ve mixed and recorded hundreds of live concerts from Richie Havens to the Baltimore Consort), and "black backgrounds" exist in a vacuum only. W... | |
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? r_f_…The simple answer is no, my background means nothing really, and if you've been here 2 decades it's surprising you've been unaware of how ridiculous my posts have consistently been. That is actually sobering. Has all of my ridiculousness bee... | |
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? r_f…I do welcome the humorless as, after all, they are people too. I am astonished when an obviously ridiculous comment meant to break up the tedium around here results in officious "suggestions." My experience as an audio geek goes back to the 60... | |
| ARC VS115 Power Transformer Buzzing My informal study of this has indicated that nobody has EVER had an issue with transformers being disturbed by 6550 to KT120 to KT150 swapping. Nobody. My relatively modest Jolida 502P came with 6550s, ran 120s for 3 years, and now uses 150s for o... | |
| should i go with kt150's now or wait a bit?? Dweller is perky huh? Man...Keep the 120s as backup maybe…can't hurt. My trusty 120s wore out after 3 years in the aforementioned (Jedinite…dude has great taste in amps, as does tomtab) 502P, and the 150s had just become less expensive so I got a ... | |
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? OK…what about "burn out" time? and "burn up" time…Berne Switzerland?…I need more of the tightly wrapped to comment on these things…come on now…I know you got somethin'… | |
| Latest Absolute Sound I think the business plan of ultra expensive stuff is great…Bugatti already has 100 orders for the not yet available new supercar, 200 grand for audio components with no (or few) moving parts are common, and hey…exclusivity worked for Bernie Madof... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... The entire country of Switzerland is neutral, so I suggest all serious hifi listening should be done there. | |
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? To clarify for the over-thinkers, things often sound better after a while, as well they should…but well made audio gear should work pretty great right off the proverbial bat or I’m not interested. On the other hand, I think we need an "un burn-in"... | |
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? 150 to 250 hours for break-in is patently ridiculous…turn it on and let it warm up for a few minutes and just enjoy the thing without worrying about it…if it seems to get a little better sounding over time it could simply be due to your getting u... | |
| Speakers that are very accurate sounding but don't produce an emotional connection. So, again, it was the phase coherent car speakers…not the Beatles…I give up. | |
| Silverline Speaker Opinion A well designed sub doesn’t merely add bass range, it "charges" the room with the ambience that exists in most places naturally, thus fooling the listener into thinking they’re having more fun which is very much like actually having more fun. This... | |
| Speakers that are very accurate sounding but don't produce an emotional connection. Wow…so the musicians get short shrift in this crowd…I use a tube amp and what I think is a well sorted relatively inexpensive rig and I like the way it all works, but I can listen to great musicians on almost anything functioning properly and get ... |