wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Bias for Jolida 502 P Amplifier The "break in" period of my Jolida was hard to quantify since it was so subtle and sounded great right out of the box. I noticed more from tube rolling, my most recent being the amazing Psvane 12AX7T-II input tubes...highly recommended. I look at ... | |
| Thinking I need a Sub... Merkel Press. | |
| Primaluna-TungSol KT120s in triode mode I've been keeping track of negative reviews of the KT120 tube, and it's now up to 4. Maybe 5. I'm not doing a good job at this, but so far my totals are: Positive KT120 opinions: 15,628. Negative: 4. Or maybe 5. | |
| Bias for Jolida 502 P Amplifier Seriously great amp. I keep mine biased at 500mv just because it seems the amp was built around that point...with KT120s (which I've been using daily for almost 2 years and they refuse to burn out) you can supposedly bias higher, but it sounds fin... | |
| Primaluna ProLogue Five VS. Classe CA-150 Tube amps are more fun. There, I said it again. | |
| Thinking I need a Sub... A single sub needs to be positioned properly to disappear...if you place it too far off in a corner or someplace you might notice it being out of the ballfield, so to speak. My setup has the sub directly behind the left speaker and since it's set ... | |
| Thinking I need a Sub... Low Bass doesn't care about its distribution in your room as it goes where it wants, so a single sub can work very well in all but the largest rooms. Just move it around until it sounds right at your Sweet Spot. REL's idea of leaving your mains al... | |
| Tung sol 6550 tube smell?? I experienced the same thing when I first switched power tubes in my Jolida a while back...new KT120s. Freaked me out but it stopped, so I can only assume the tubes have some external coating or an adhesive on the tube base or something, as it hap... | |
| Tweeter type and brightness Somehow I don't think magnet type has anything to do with frequency reproduction, and I agree that it can be painful to stick cables in your ears. | |
| "Slam"--what is it, is it really accurate? Performance dynamics are the door to "slam." (inadvertent pun alert) System capabilities aside, if performers are capable or even aware of dynamic contrast they can use it as a tool to get more mojo and emotional impact from the music. I don't lik... | |
| Tweeter type and brightness I have a pair of Silverline Preludes that some reviewers noted as having a sweet and well balanced high frequency tone without inherent treble harshness. I bought a pair based on reviews and the sound of a pair a friend had just bought (lucky for ... | |
| Has anybody tried using single solid core cables? I use Diamondback XLRs for balanced runs from my DAC and from the preamp to amp, RCA King Cobras from my phono pre to the preamp (Mogami Neglex from my turntable to the phono pre), a VDM5 silver sp/dif from my streamer and a VDM3 from my CD player... | |
| Tweeter type and brightness Metal tweeters aren't always bright although logically it would seem they would be. There are many factors in design and implementation that make drivers, metal or soft dome or whatever, sound the way they do. | |
| Has anybody tried using single solid core cables? Type 8...bought used. Haven't tried the DBS stuff but I assume it works well. | |
| Best cheap speaker cables............again Get used cables...and I can highly recommend AQ Type 8 speaker cable...simply a great design, and my 10' pair are clear as a bell. |