wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Adcom 515 verse Monster 3600 or 2600 power conditi I've thought of re-wiring the main cable of the 515 with a Pangea or Shunyata or something, but am too lazy. I'm used to the snarky comments from Joecasey and others as finding people with great sounding rigs using 515s here and there does fly in ... | |
| Adcom 515 verse Monster 3600 or 2600 power conditi Other's claim better results with expensive AC stuff (some of these results seem directly related to EJS or Expense Justification Syndrome), but I've used an Adcom 515 since new and it works perfectly and the system sounds great with the thing...I... | |
| ARC VSi60 vs PrimaLuna Integrated Amps Nothing gets by Abrew19.... | |
| ARC VSi60 vs PrimaLuna Integrated Amps I have a " factory upgraded" Jolida power amp that is extremely quiet and utterly reliable over the last 3 plus years...less cash than Deal's Primaluna deals, although I have dealt with Deal and got a fair deal of some tubes I'm dealing with. | |
| Driver/Input tubes I bought a Class A single ended boutique guitar amp and the manufacturer (Burriss) swears by new Mullard 12AX7s, and they seem to work fine. | |
| Amps that switch on when receiving an audio signal I already have the ridiculous hassle of having to hit the "warm up" tube power amp switch after the power conditioner start sequence. That's at least 10 seconds a day that I'll never get back... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... Robot hands are still hands...that comment was unfair to robots everywhere. Morgans...I'll change my car reference to Morgans. And part of my discourse is based on my having listened to a ref75 (previously mentioned) with the disclaimer of it not ... | |
| Amps that switch on when receiving an audio signal My REL is important dammit...and it has that feature working perfectly for years, although if it wasn't I'd be unhappy...because it's so important... | |
| Great Organists in Rock I remember when Lee Michaels showed up on the scene...loud as hell 2 piece Hammond B3 duo with drummer Frosty. Great fun. | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... I'm not sure ARC customers feel "value" is a component of their hifi purchasing decisions, but a REF75 better FEEL like it's worth it or they could wind up thinking, "that Conrad Johnson SE...hmm...." | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... Again, there is no point around here not worth missing, or analogy worth ignoring. New ARC amps are not the same as collectable guitars...that's a collecting market and as a professional guitar player for decades I understand it. Ferraris are hand... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... I'll reiterate for the record...a price is "stupidly high" if the item's performance or parts value or manufacturing cost isn't close to 5 or 10 times more "actually" valuable than something well made but less expensive. Plenty of wiggle room here... | |
| BI WIRE EXPERIENCE DARK SIDE I think that clearly the way to go is to use a specific cable for the positive speaker post and, after testing several dozen cables in this case, a different brand and type for the negative wire. Repeat this for biwiring and you should wind up wit... | |
| Preamp tubes... Psvane or Genelex? Not sure if this applies but it's an excuse to talk about tubes so here ya' go: After trying various 12AX7s I'm now using the current Russian (there are now "authorized" Chinese versions available and they are cheaper but I have no idea if they're... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... Incidentally, the (to me anyway) stupid high prices of some gear is not so you can "get one whenever you want," (a patently lame reason, but sort of funny) but simply to supply company owners/shareholders with as much profit as possible which is s... |