wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Vinyl? Just bought the new Richard Thompson album on vinyl…2 discs at 45rpm…great sounding stuff (Barnes&Noble!). | |
| tel t zero vs sumiko s.0 I bought a used but minty REL Q108 recently and it's amazing…they come around once in a while on the used market. I already had a Q150e so I suspected it would be good…it's good. | |
| Bass driven floorstanders? Vandy 1Cs it they're not too large…I had a pair of 1Bs years ago and the transmission loading works very well to give that 8" driver some mojo…great speaker for the subless. | |
| $1000 amp for Rega Planar 3 + Silverline Minuets A new Jolida can be found for close to that price…or get a used one. | |
| Questions on KT150 tubes 2000 hours on 120s seems to be about half or less than I got on mine and I had my ear on them looking for any sign of age near their end, and removed them as soon as I detected any tonal weakness (which was minimal but it seemed clear they had don... | |
| What is going on I keep finding stuff at fair prices simply by casual looking around until something fits…just got a great REL sub for a second system that way, and can very easily ignore things I consider overpriced…you have to know the market, but any true audio... | |
| Questions on KT150 tubes My KT150s have been in my amp long enough to erase the memory of the tubes preceding them. | |
| Questions on KT150 tubes KT150s are amazing sounding tubes, and after replacing my nearly 3 year old KT120s (they served with distinction as I work 'em fairly hard) about 12 months ago I have to say they don't make me want to ever use anything else in this amp (I have KT8... | |
| Dolby NR encoding - did it ever work I used a Nakamichi BX300 with regular maintenance (de-mag, roller cleaning) for years and the Dolby C was amazing…you could instantly verify this since it was a 3 head player. Could be that Nak just did it right somehow…the machine is retired (no ... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today My 70's Altec A7s were really sweet sounding when used as playback speakers. | |
| Tube integrated with real bass. Does it exist? Amazing how many here bit at what is a silly and pretentious question (OK…I'm biting)…but I'll state (or re-state) the obvious: the frequency range of most well designed modern tube amps provide plenty of bass if matched with speakers designed to ... | |
| Job Integrated Amp. This is extremely exciting news. | |
| Tube Amp Maintenance Tip... I guess I should check the sockets on my 1960 Fender Deluxe…they could be an issue someday. | |
| LS50 and Big Fat Dots I lifted my Silverline Preludes up about 4 inches on butcher blocks (tweeter level with my seated head…and there's nothing like seated head) and put Vibrapods under the "outriggers" on top of the blocks…made the Preludes sound even better, zero sp... | |
| KT-120 tubes vs Gold Lion KT88's I have had an ongoing extremely scientific and formal survey of this issue (upgrading an amp to handle the instantly destructive utterly dangerous death hazard of 120s or 150s needing heater juice that will instantly destroy the amp, and all life ... |