wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| To Tube or not to Tube...... I stuck some substantial sorbothane feet I've had for years under the amp as it's about 50 lbs...and Vibrapods under the preamp and CD player. I also have little stick-on sorbothane feet under my DAC and phono preamp, and even under my Squeezebox ... | |
| Thinking I need a Sub... There is an interesting characteristic noticed by many sub owners (substers? subheads? sub-humans?) where the sub seems to "charge" the room...the low frequency "ambience" supplied by a sub gets the room warmed up in a sense, and even with music n... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... Nostubeman has 5 tube amps in his listening room and consequently doesn't own a sweater. I too have noticed the palpable image created by my rig of musicians "in the room," which I often prefer to having real musicians in my room as they tend to d... | |
| New KT150 tubes? Although I barely care what ARC says about most things, I'm tempted to ask them about the 150s simply because I was asked not to. | |
| Speaker imaging I think it's more of a nostril directivity issue more than nose volume. You need to keep the sound out of there...one idea is to knit micro sweaters to wrap around the nose hairs. That's just one idea, albeit a great one. | |
| Rega RP6 VTA issue I'm absolutely certain that a properly set up RP6 sounds great...but I like to tinker a little and adjust things myself, and shims seem like a weird remedy for VTA if I had the desire for a cart that needed that. I've read why the designer does wh... | |
| Bi-wire: is it worth it? I think it's clearly a "speaker specific" thing. I have Silverline Preludes that, according to a general note in Silverline's sort of "catch all" speaker placement and use guide, should be bi-wired. When I bought these I called Silverline to see i... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... Something about tubes...the even order harmonics, something. When I talked to Jolida Jerred in MD about the 502 prior to ordering one, he pointed out that the newer version with mods was a more "modern" sound inspire by home theater (!). Huh? In a... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... I have Vibrapods (or their equivalent) under everything...under my main speakers, amp, DAC, me, etc. You can find relatively inexpensive sorbothane stick-on feet if you look around. The ones under my Jolida are some heavier duty sorbothane things ... | |
| Vinyl essentials for novices The "Spin Clean" works amazingly, and is pretty cheap as far as these things go. I use one and love the results. | |
| Rega RP6 VTA issue Part of the issue was exacerbated when my local Rega dealer said I could keep my current Sumiko cart and he'd adjust the table so the lid wouldn't bump the cart when closed. Really? Somehow my desire for an RP6 is dimming quickly as in that price ... | |
| Speaker imaging Another issue is the nose...it's rarely mentioned that some sound goes up your nose while listening and there has been very little research about where that sound ends up. Trapped in the sinus cavities? Does the lower midrange battle with the nose... | |
| Speaker imaging There are reasons why things sound different without lights or glasses, etc., and they're real. Your conscious brain reacts to things automatically all the time and if you remove a stimulous like lighting or ambient noise you will hear differently... | |
| Primaluna-TungSol KT120s in triode mode So that's 6? Wait...I think I double counted... | |
| Bias for Jolida 502 P Amplifier The issue is deciding which prison doll house company to use? |