wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Of all your gear, what piece impresses you most? My tube amp, because it appears to be alive. Otherwise my modest (priced...bought stuff cheap or used here and there) system doesn't seem to lack anything it might need for musical enjoyment at this point, so I'll change things only out of boredom... | |
| New KT150 tubes? I'm not capable of mixing thoughts...one thought at a time for me. Does "life testing" involve carrying the tubes around with you? Restaurants, dentist visits, etc....or simply talking to the tubes about life..."You were sand and chemicals once...... | |
| Linn Basik Turntable LVX Tonearm Shure V15 V Cart I bought a near mint Basik/Akito rig a few years ago, swapped out the tonearm cable (rat bites...seriously), scored a new pair of hinges, and am using a Sumiko Pearl with a Cambridge 640p/Pangea P100 power supply preamp. I keep thinking I should b... | |
| New KT150 tubes? A great deal of time? How about listening to the amp to see how the tubes sound...that takes about 3 minutes. | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? I don't actually want to be liked, I was joking. | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? I've owned many tube amps during my 45 years as a musician, sound technician, stunningly handsome bon vivant, and amazingly interesting gasbag. There is not only an appealing tone with tube guitar amps, but a tactile quality that experienced guita... | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? It's a far more valid discussion to explore the differences between tube amp and SS amp sound relative to the odd vs. even harmonics issue. That seems to be where the real meat of this whole perceived loudness thing lies, not helped by statements ... | |
| New KT150 tubes? One bit of hype that seems silly is the claim that the pickle shape eliminates microphonics...assuming this shape doesn't allow vibration from anywhere to get to the tube...nonesense. | |
| Has anyone had trouble with speed on their tt I base my speed opinions on sound...if it sounds good (not warble intensive) it's good. | |
| Jolida JD9: I think I over-bought. Alternatives? I enjoy a Cambridge 640p with the now seemingly unavailable Pangea P100 power supply...so...uh...nevermind. I bet the new version sounds great, although again, likely too inexpensive for the true audio geek. | |
| What is going on Only made money on guitars I'd bought at a nice discount and sold years later...hifi gear generally was bought used in the first place. I keep what I like for a long time. Hence, a lack of whining. | |
| What is going on I've bought and sold stuff for years...I have come out ahead on most things and that's fun. I've also not made anything on some stuff, which is less fun but part of the world in which we live. As is whining, apparently. | |
| Tube amps demonstrated with totem element series I still don't get the "fill the larger room" issue with systems...I have a large-ish house and my modest tube amp and not so large speaker system can make the whole place shake if cranked...do people live in Zeppelin hangers? Sit 50 yards from the... | |
| How do I hook uo headphones to my system? I retract my suggestion. Hadn't thought of that...oops. | |
| How do I hook uo headphones to my system? He made it clear that there is no tape out, so he can do what I did...buy a (in my case a Chinese tubed version) headphone amp, run it from the preamp out (you have both single ended and XLR outs on that amp), and there ya go. My headphone amp cos... |