wolf_garcia
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| No preamp in system My exotic and expensive Schiit preamp (cost nearly a thousand dollars!) has a "passive" setting so you can instantly hear it not doing much. I know it's expensive but totally worth it... | |
| Background vibration and your system. I agree that the entire vibration issue goes out the window with the use of powered speakers, many of which sound great. I prefer passive speakers so I can choose the amplification I want to hear (I bounce between a single ended tube amp and a Pas... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question I needed a longer pair of cables and stumbled upon the latest version of Kimber 8PRs. Varied thickness multi strand solid core, great connectors, etc. Brilliant cable sounding great. Underpriced and looks cool. | |
| Gain level on a REL sub Bass is both an instrument and a fish. | |
| Gain level on a REL sub BASS not base. | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier Get "class a" rated Schiit Freya + and save some bucks over most anything else comparable (nothing else comes close really). The most versatile great sounding preamp out there. | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Shoe Gaze, Death Folk, Opera (that's a shame but oh well), most Hippity Hop, most pop although occasionally something squeaks through somewhere. Although in my many decades as a musician I've never been a jazz player, that's pretty much 90% of my ... | |
| Gain level on a REL sub I have a few RELs (2 in my main hifi rig) and even using various amps and speakers there's never been a gain issue. I use the recommended "high level" (from speaker outs) system and it works great. Since I've never tried the line level inputs on t... | |
| Is this a new trend? Note that nearly every bookshelf speaker review says to use them on stands at least a couple of feet from the wall. | |
| How many times can u visit a hifi store before it annoys the store if u plan on a purchase The approach that’s worked for me is to be courteous and professional to everyone, period. What’s really gonna wear on you is trying to sum up every potential client...I’ve been in the investment biz, owned my own mortgage banking company, and bee... | |
| Who has kids that are in a band or have been? Making a recording is meaningless unless somehow your music is good enough to entertain people in a live setting, and your band better be ready to deliver live. The only way to beat the odds is to work your buns off on a hot live show. Then you ha... | |
| Needing DAC Advice I'm also a long time (I'm old) pro musician/sound engineer/ne'er do well and I've always been surprised that people prefer the lower gain Freya preamp settings (that admittedly do sound excellent). I have the original version Freya (bought new) a... | |
| I’m considering upgrading my speakers internal wiring My speakers sound so good I get stuck in front of them for hours, cutting into my time translating Greek philosophy back into Greek, and working to help the extremely wealthy with their personal issues. I'm going to replace their (the speakers, no... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? In 1967 a friend I was visiting in Santa Barbara knew I was a Tim Buckley fan so he gets us tix for a concert. Tim opened the show (who knew?) followed by Jimi Hendrix and Moby Grape. I've never fully recovered. | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! "It is said far too often that the louder speaker will sound better." Huh? I've never heard that, or at least don't remember hearing that...maybe it wasn't said loud enough. I have horn speakers that can go very loud without strain (hifi and pro ... |