wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Revel F208 Review by Earl Are they good for listening to Shoe Gaze? My system works really well with Early Music, Norwegian Death Metal, and Mumblecore, but Shoe Gaze seems somewhat tentative maybe I need to sit closer. | |
| Headphone Adaptor for Power Amplifier? That seems like an extreme method to power headphones since you have to somehow absorb all that current a few years ago I bought one of those little Chinese tube headphone amps (called a "Bravo") for something like 40 bucks including shipping and ... | |
| Tubes, old and new I no longer use a 6L6 type guitar amp so 5881s wouldn't work 6V6 and EL84s for lower wattage amps these days. | |
| Tubes, old and new I bought a pair of gold pin Mullard 6201s simply because I liked the 4024s so much not a noticeable tone difference but I like gold pins for anti-corrosion purposes. The 4024s are safe in the backup role. My current fave guitar amps (after owning ... | |
| Tubes, old and new In my hifi I use NOS Mullard 12at7s (6201 gold pins) because they flame up on start and sound great (the flame up is important not sure why), new Gold Lion 12Ax7s because they are built beautifully and sound great, and KT150s because they sound gr... | |
| Tubes, old and new I don't question his reputation as a designer as I like his stuff I simply think he's utterly wrong about modern tubes, many of which are superb. | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear I also have a pearl cartridge, and I don't like Maron enough to listen to his podcast although I liked him on Air America. I do like that Mac glowing gigantic turntable though very cool... | |
| Tubes, old and new Assumed I'll go with "assumed." | |
| Tubes, old and new Tubes are best understood and appreciated by listening to them in a system, not listening to them talked about by experts. As soon as anybody spews a blanket statement regarding new tubes being somehow universally inferior, they lose credibility i... | |
| Bad news for audiophiles? If you THINK something is better, it's actually better perception is personal and 100% accurate although utterly and generally inaccurate by nature. My hifi rig, although not the most expensive or universally well regarded per se, was very success... | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear Marc Maron's character on his eponymous TV show has a full setup of Mac stuff. | |
| Best Vinyl Bach - Solo Cello Suites recording? As an atheist and someone who is devoutly anti religion, I can also appreciate music by superstitious 18th century musicians it's easy. | |
| Best Vinyl Bach - Solo Cello Suites recording? Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites Vol. 2. A greasy rendition indeed. | |
| Best Vinyl Bach - Solo Cello Suites recording? I use a Yo Yo LP as a phono cartridge tester, and when I simply want to hear that greasy killer tone of his as a Large Reference. Kills me, and I usually wind up playing guitar too loud through a small tube amp immediately after. | |
| Advice about what to do with not-needed tubes? Note that there are very few vegetarian ham radio operators. |