wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Has anybody tried using single solid core cables? My entire system is solid core AQ stuff, and it works as advertised. Some things in cable theory make sense, and others not so much (to my addled brain anyway), and spiraled solid core done well does make sense as a noise reduction idea. Anti cabl... | |
| The Death of Tubes? They can have my tubes when they pry them from my painfully burnt fingers. | |
| subwoofer for music? "Fill in the bottom octave" indeed. It's all about level..if you have a large room and like to listen loud, get more capable woofage. I listen to all sorts of stuff, including bass heavy recordings (Example: Peter Washington's bass on Bill Charlap... | |
| subwoofer for music? My trusty old REL Q150e is built like a tank and cost over a grand when new (13 years ago), although I bought it a couple of years ago so cheaply it's embarassing...but I can say mine was "cheaply bought." It covers lower bass amazingly well in my... | |
| Best Speaker for classical music Big speaker systems usually have a couple of drivers and one tweeter, almost without exception (Magnapans and other planars are an exception...but still)...exactly like smaller systems, so the only qualitative difference is relative to listening s... | |
| Best Speaker for classical music I listen to 100 piece orchestras frequently, always have, and have a well rounded background decades long in myth-free audio as a professional musician/recording engineer and hifi fan. I stick by what I say...for example, my current somewhat modes... | |
| Best Speaker for classical music My system does struggle with Death Folk and Mumblecore. | |
| Use Your Own Ears This entire discussion is an affront to the audio elite who selflessly share their hallowed science backed opinions while buttoning their shirts up to their scrawny, unshaved necks when feverishly blogging away to the great unwashed about cryoed w... | |
| Best Speaker for classical music The distinction between types of music relative to speaker design is silly. A well recorded jazz piano trio has every bit as complex and demanding a tonal pallette as symphonic music, and is only constrained or affected by level and room acoustics... | |
| question about jolida amps I can't speak to older Jolida stuff, but my nearly 2 year old 502p with the factory upgrade bits is very well designed, beautifully built, and sounds fabulous...at about half the retail cost of anything in its performance range. Current Jolida stu... | |
| Preamp with Tone Control Recommendations .... Get a D'Agostino Momentum preamp for only $32,000. Sure, it's a little pricey but hey, you get tone controls. | |
| Good speakers to be placed close to rear wall Most speakers with front ports are going to work better against a wall, although if they're designed with more emphasis on bass frequencies they're still gonna boom. | |
| Speaker for nearfield listening? Speakers with coaxial drivers like ones from KEF and Tannoy work well for nearfield listening (I use an older pair of KEF Q10s in my recording studio and they blow away most so-called "pro" monitors) as the driver blending is done before the sound... | |
| which amp to get? Try tubes. If I was buying an integrated amp I'd get a used Jolida or Prima Luna as they make a lot of variations of them, many with RC, and tubes are more fun. | |
| Which REL sub, R528 or B2 Timing and response as well as "speed" are utterly useless when used in a conversation about subs in any context other than discussing the design of a sound system for 100,000 listeners spread over acres at a festival. Bo's relentless nonesense in... |