wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Don't sell your tube amps I dragged JBL festooned Twins around (anvil case included, insanely heavy) for most of the 70s, and use small all tube amps exclusively now, including a brilliant little 5/15 watt Reverend Goblin I recently loaned to John Pizzarelli for a live sho... | |
| Don't sell your tube amps As a long time pro guitarist I can say for certain that class D will not be replacing tube guitar amps for those who care about tone. I've tried various modeling amps and others including those with tube front ends, and the necessary distortion ch... | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? I can afford whatever I want...and what I want is what I have, and none of it is "self indulgent" expensive because I prefer things that sound good to me, and don't care what reviewers or pretty much anyone else thinks about it unless I agree with... | |
| Mobile Fidelity Settlement Update I think compensation for exposure to endless articles with apologies, whining, nonsense, blathering, and otherwise lame baloney is due to us all. I mean everybody...8 billion people... | |
| Don't sell your tube amps Obviously there are many solid state amps that do a great job as Atmasphere pointed out, and many (including my Pass XA-25) are "tube like" in their design and some are Class A room heaters. One thing often left out of these conversations is the f... | |
| Don't sell your tube amps Today I swapped out my "tube like" Pass XA-25 for my Dennis Had SEP (pentode) amp and man...it's just nice to hear the subtle differences. I'll keep these amps forever. | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. Years ago I schlepped my "original series" Schiit Freya to a gathering of some audio geek friends to compare it to other stuff including a couple of ARC preamps...I still use the Freya as my main preamp. Does Schiit know something ARC doesn't? You... | |
| Does streaming music equate to high concert ticket prices I don’t like big crowds and really don’t care to pay for big, expensive concerts. I’ve seen Vijay Iyer recently in a small venue for 15 bucks or so and he’s one of the greatest (jazz) musicians on the planet. Like seeing Mozart...I’ve mixed hundre... | |
| Storage boxes. Can I discard high end shipping boxes, and still sell in the future? Flatten the boxes cleanly and if there's custom foam bits just stick 'em in a labeled bag and store it all at your cousin Shirley's house. | |
| What does Nominal Impedance mean? Nominal impedance means blah blah blah blah, meh...that said, Almarg was one of the reasons I bought a Pass XA-25. A cool guy who's missed around here. | |
| Prospectives on Chi-Fi Child labor and genocide aside, yeah, they can make some great stuff... | |
| Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone? I stuck a set of 4 NOS matched GE 6SN7GTB tubes in my original version Schiit Freya preamp (note that it’s the model that keeps the tubes on when you switch to one of the two "passive modes" which I only do to hear if the tubes are working properl... | |
| If it sounds 'great', everything is ok? It's not "OK" to assume you're system sounds great...you need to fuss incessantly over tiny details, spend a small or large fortune on hyperbole festooned gear, fill your listening space with sound absorbing ugly stuffings, and take as fact the me... | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? Play it really loud and go outside to listen to it...as Neil Young yelled, "more barn." | |
| Turntable weight affects speed I have a clamp from, Mitchell (I think) that's made for Regas and it's a spindle grabber...on a Linn...works great and will keep the record on there in a strong windstorm. Seriously, you don't want your vinyl to blow off the table although I suppo... |