wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| So sub or not to sub I stick little rubber feet under the lower corners of wall art, otherwise the furniture seems to control things somewhat. Bass frequencies are longer sound waves that are harder to wrangle, but I do know that tube traps of some sort can work if ne... | |
| Monitor speaker recommendations I have a pair of now ancient KEF Q10s I use for extra speakers and studio near field monitors and they sound really good...plus, the port is on the front so shelf positioning isn't as big a deal. I assume new ones are better, but I've always been ... | |
| When to power off a tube amp? I had a NOS JAN Philips 12AT7 flame out in my Jolida last year...harmed nothing, replaced both 12AT7s under warranty (thank you thetubestore) with nice matched CV4024 Blackburn Mullards, and have been living happily ever after. I don't leave the a... | |
| tube buffers I'm in the school of "clean signal into lightly greasy tube power amp", and even with a modest DAC it sounds sweet and doesn't lack in detail. So clearly the answer is to be like me...old and crotchety. | |
| So sub or not to sub I have to say that since systems are taste AND room dependant there is nothing that works for everybody, except maybe keeping level under control...I'm sure many digital system squashers sound great to the swquashees (squashoids?), but I'm into "l... | |
| Good value for money speaker cables around $200 I bought a pair of used AQ Type 8s that are a well designed grouping of 8 spiraled solid core conductors made of AQs highest quality copper, and they sound amazing. I've scored a lot of great cables here and there for a fraction of what they, or a... | |
| So sub or not to sub I don't suffer baloney well after decades as a professional in the music business, and that includes nonesense such as woofer "speed" in reproduction of low frequencies, many (not all) theoretical or supposed scientific explanations of why somethi... | |
| Right angle IEC power cable Audioquest has well made right angle IEC adapters in both directions...they work well, and aren't expensive. | |
| So sub or not to sub You have to move the sub around to get it right...walls and corners can be your friend in what you hear at your listening spot, and a single sub works in MY room because I'm lucky. Dr. Earl Geddes claims (more or less) that one's taste (or opinion... | |
| The reviews of the Harbeth Monitor 30 or 30.1? Absolute Sound and 6 Moons both reviewed the 30.1 this year. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/harbeth5/1.htmlhttp://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/harbeth-monitor-301-loudspeaker/ | |
| So sub or not to sub Get a used REL if you are cost sensitive (or even if you're not) as they leave your main speakers unmolested yet enhanced, not unlike my cousin Shirley. You don't need the greasy digital fingers of "bass management" wrapped around the throat of yo... | |
| New KT150 tubes? Cheapest 150s I've seen are $300 for a quad. | |
| New KT150 tubes? I can't imagine my amp sounding better than it does with 120s, and unless an amp is designed around the 150s to be more powerful I don't see spending the bucks on 150s...thus 120s become a serious bargain. | |
| New KT150 tubes? Icon Audio is already featuring 'em. They sort of beat everybody to the punch with those. | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... Don't leave any amp on if you're not using it (except maybe when you leave the room for under four minutes), especially a tube amp that wastes considerable juice when idle...break it in by listening to it or you won't have any idea that it broke in. |