wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| New Synergistic Master Fuse Do a live test of fuse directionality with any group of serious listeners and you will notice that no consensus regarding audible differences of fuse direction will occur. I dare anybody to try this (I did). And Dabel, since you're apparently inca... | |
| SET amplifier (for AvantGarde Duo's-original) recommendations Dennis Had designs and builds some astonishingly great sounding SET stuff...I own a 2016 built SEP (Pentode) that's amazingly well made. More recently he's done 300B amps and other stuff, but it's hit or miss when he might list new amps on Ebay...... | |
| New Synergistic Master Fuse Always buy the most expensive fuse that SR dishes up every couple of years as although they do nothing (except some previous versions I tested extensively did blow as they were rated improperly), the higher price does increase your expectation bia... | |
| Power cord length Get a power cord long enough to run back to the source of the electricity. You have to sneak it onto the poles (or get it into the ground if you have buried utilities) but it's worth it. You can save some effort by putting a small nuclear reactor ... | |
| Whittling down my choices to a final few pair... Don't buy speakers without hearing them first, especially if you value your own opinion. | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? I have an original series Freya and don't know why everybody doesn't have one of these (now Freya +). The tone with great sounding NOS tubes is amazing (my preference is NOS GEs), it has plenty of amp driving gain especially in tube mode, and its ... | |
| Boxes Flatten them and stack the foam innards to save space, and yes having original boxes is a selling point and gives the shippers another chance to smash the crap out of them. | |
| Made in USA My amps are USA as well as my preamp, speakers, a DAC, and cables. My computer, phone, and all of my clothing are from elsewhere, as are yours. | |
| Previous Ownership...does it matter to you? If the previous owner was a saltine aficionado there could be a crumb issue. | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? They got lucky it seems, and although they produced a few decent songs they are utterly overrated. Some friends opened for them years ago and said they were absolute jerks to them...bad bad bad. Otherwise, meh...I've known too many great bands tha... | |
| It was 61 years ago today... The Beatles were simply more sophisticated than most pop bands, had better singing generally, and pointier boots. Also, they could deliver live to a degree that only comes from hard club and touring work. Without monitors! (amazing they could sing... | |
| Solving the "complex music problem"? 6 feet from the front wall? Ridiculous...just put the speakers outside in a field away from trees, or put bass traps on the trees. Or...don't fear the "room sound" as most (all?) music is played in rooms...it makes things sound...dare I say...REAL... | |
| 2 subs connected to a 2 channel amp? Yes...joining the positive REL wires and plugging 'em in the back of my amp. RELs use a 100,000 ohm signal each so the amp has no idea they're connected, and the damping factor of the Pass XA-25 is 500 so that is still in play...more bass control ... | |
| Hello Guys, Get the AQ Niagra 1200. | |
| 2 subs connected to a 2 channel amp? I use 2 RELs with the cables joined in banana plugs (the positive joined, and the 2 leftover negative leads into left and right negative terminals) with the main speakers using spades. Subs of course are mono which does not matter...Works great fo... |