wolf_garcia

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New Pangea Audio AC-14 XL Power Cord
Pangea likely bundles the older "trade in" cables and ships them to third world countries to foster sub par hifi...shameful. 
Silverline Sonatina IV
I called Silverline a couple of years ago about my Preludes (thought I needed a replacement woofer but it was simply disconnected)...Alan Yun answered the phone himself (!) and could not have been nicer, spoke with me at length about the Preludes ... 
New KT150 tubes?
There seems to be some confusion regarding 120s or 150s, and I like it. 
primaluna gear, avalon eidolon speakers, cardas
Spoken with the zest of the classically insecure. "The best sound possible" is not an absolute, it is simply an opinion. Subs driven to upper mids and squashed by digital EQ is rarely optimal, realistic, or recommended, and since this is the appro... 
primaluna gear, avalon eidolon speakers, cardas
When exposed to audio opinion bullying from a psuedo technical gasbag like Bo, who bases his seemingly inexorable conclusions on "16 years of selling things," it's important to not lose sight of the actual realities of great hifi sound...i.e. well... 
Chinese integrated for around $1k
Jolida (from the MD people) makes piles of these in various tube/power configurations and recent versions seem very well done. I suggest a gently used one for el-cheapo. My amp (502P) sounds great and has worked flawlessly in daily use for over 2 ... 
New KT150 tubes?
I'm confused...Only ARC has matched sets? Have other matched sets proved unreliable? I don't understand what that means since you say they haven't approved them for use, but then I'm easily confused. Many Ebay sellers know what they're doing and a... 
New KT150 tubes?
I'm a bass player who doesn't fish. 
New KT150 tubes?
Ebay had that price from somebody a few times...seems actually fair. 
New KT150 tubes?
BASE NOTES...man..."Base fishing anyone?" I may get a quad of 150s (300 bucks is the magic number here) and plop them in my Jolida and just stand back with a fire extinguisher and wait...either it blows up and destroys my entire neighborhood or th... 
Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers?
Distortion or ear fatigue (or damage) is NOT the result of room reflections or room interaction, unless you are listening to high level sound with your face against the ceiling or, more likely, the wall or floor, or you live in an old phone booth ... 
Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers?
You are the only one who hears this distortion. 
Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers?
Ascribing listener fatigue to high level sound is like saying poking yourself in the eye causes eye pain. Really...bright speakers, bright recordings, harsh recordings...blah blah...clearly these things are gonna get you buggin'. I bought my Silve... 
Magic Cables and Tubes
Audio gear has a "break-in" period of sorts...warm up, tubes settling in...etc...but wooden intruments change all the time due to humidity, how often they're played, how hard they're played, who sneezed on them and why...Also, comparing new violin... 
Magic Cables and Tubes
Violins, like most wood instruments, need to be played a while to really see what's what in terms of personal preference as they are sort of "organic." A "first blush" test, although interesting, is nearly meaningless. Musicians good enough to pla...