wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| It was 20 years ago today. . What was your system? Vandersteen 1Bs, Acurus A250, Adcom preamp, Rotel CD. | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? Sumiko Pearls are available online of course and I bet some places have a return policy, but I'm not sure about that. At $125 it isn't too risky a purchase, and based on what sound you seem to be seeking it may be a great fit. You never know... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? Is Walter Becker's (Steely Dan bass, guitar, writer) latest solo CD rock? Because I think it's sonically astounding, and perhaps a reference of sorts. Modern pop music producers might insist on high gain compressed sound because they think that's ... | |
| Do you indulge when listening to your rig? "Bean Freaks Hijack Audio Thread." Details at 11. | |
| Do you indulge when listening to your rig? Well...I'm not ACTUALLY good but my rig makes me THINK I am, and that's good enough for me! | |
| Do you indulge when listening to your rig? My most meaningful and intense hifi "drug" is the warm blanket of self satisfaction that envelops me when I listen to my rig and bask in the knowledge that I assembled it all by myself and since it is SO good, I must also be good. This by itself f... | |
| Bob Carver LLC has been purchased by Emotiva This is what I love about the forums...based on the cost of Carver tube stuff, I'm even more happy with my el cheapo Jolida amp that keeps on truckin' with zero issues and fabulous sound all day long. Was that snarky? Sorry...In any case, what the... | |
| Cable design I own 2 high performance German cars and if you look under the hood you can't see a damn thing. I also have paid relatively very little for my pile of cables as I find it much more fun to find clean used stuff. Besides, orphan cables need a nice h... | |
| Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution? The key point in that last post is "best picture." Who decides what is the best picture? YOU DO...and tastes differ. Julian Hirsch pretty much always said the same things so he was sort of boring compared to modern "objectivist" reviewers who aren... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? Note that live drums go through plenty of processing at concerts including compression, digital reverbs, input pads, etc. The reason live drum sounds don't go through your hifi is the fact that uncompressed drums would blow up most any home system... | |
| Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution? NVP...your third point makes absolutely no sense at all. Is this discussion really about imagining differences? You can easily test an amp for output balance, and you can test if speakers are matched, and an amp alone has tonal characteristics for... | |
| Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution? If an amp plays in the forrest does it have a sound? | |
| Need Interconnect Advice Used AQ King Cobras are great and can be found el cheapo if you search around. I also like AQ Diamondback balanced cables...again can be found cheap used...opinions vary on these but I think the construction of these cables and overall quality (an... | |
| Cable design Ditto on balanced cable if your system supports it. Some cable theory makes sense (to me anyway), and solid core pure copper is one of them, although I do have a silver solid core S/pdif cable (AQ Vdm 5). The best speaker cable I've owned is a set... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? I have an Akito with a Sumiko Pearl (my local high end hifi store dude highly recommended this thing). The Pearl is astounding, but perhaps too inexpensive for some. Clean, accurate, tracks amazingly...cheap...too cheap... |