wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Cost of running a tube amp. I wonder about transformer heat in my Jolida 502p...especially since I put KT120 tubes in it. There doesn't seem to be much heat at all if the vented transformer cover is any indication...I'd think that cover would get hot but the only heat seems ... | |
| How many watts per channel are enough? Your taste in music seems sane, but speaking from experience, only if you (and your friends) drink a lot, you own a disco ball and/or play a lot of beerpong, love to dance all night to Dubstep, and your listening room is in an abandoned shoe facto... | |
| Should listings include the age of the item? For the record I am not a merely a Wolf, I am a Garcia. And the good news in "flipophelia" (has that one been used yet?) is that the reasonably careful buyer can put together an amazing sounding rig relatively VERY inexpensively using review/opini... | |
| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? Risking redundancy I offer the following: My Jolida 502p is currently sporting "matched" KT120s, "Preferred" tubestore 7025s (a Chinese version in the 12AX7 family that really sound great), and tubestore sourced NOS JAN Philips 12AT7s that I just ... | |
| Should listings include the age of the item? Flippadelic! | |
| What to upgrade on $3,000 budget I think Elizabeth is mistaken as Diamondbacks are excellent, well designed cables that sound amazing (I've had a LOT of cables over many years so they've been vetted) so that's not your problem. I suggest you try a factory upgraded Jolida 502p tub... | |
| 2 REL Strata Subs and Mono amps Rel has the correct wiring for Neutrik plugs on their website I think (or in the manuals) as I found 'em for making my own REL cables...in any case, once you figure out which wire is going to the negative speaker post, I imagine you only need one ... | |
| Should listings include the age of the item? I think we should call these people "flippists" and the items they sell is "flippage." And further, this is nothing to be flippant about lest I flip out or get flipped off. Also, I think Bill is risking becoming an "unpure hobbiest" or "quasi audi... | |
| Should listings include the age of the item? Who are so-called "flippers" harming? Are "they" inflating prices or somehow hoarding rare gear? No, due to readily available market info they can't. "They" do however provide a "feel good" benefit to Serious Audiophiles who are insecure enough to... | |
| Rock? Ok, let's examine.. ACDC I saw "Them" live at an outdoor surf movie festival in Honolulu in 1965 or something. I think Van might have been a bit tipsy, but I do remember that they kicked ass. Or Them kicked ass. | |
| Power Cords - Just Say Yes The Rega power cord replacement interests me...that cord powers a motor that doesn't actually enter the audio chain except to the extent that the motor could turn the platter more accurately, THAT is measureable, and since I have a friend with a P... | |
| Best budget $300 Balanced IC Recommendation I had a similar experience with Mogami XLR balanced cables being really shrill...a first, and not the case with my single ended Mogami Neglex din cable rewire of my Akito arm...that sounds great. I replaced the balanced Mogami with XLR AQ Diamondb... | |
| Tube Cage On or Off. Does it Make any Difference? The biggest benefit of a tube cage is it can insure your tubes don't climb out and run away when you're not paying attention. I hate that. On a more accurate note, I think the dust that gets into the tube holes (I dust my cageless Jolida frequentl... | |
| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? Too late...your comment lead to hapless 502 owners all over the world blowing up their amps during xmas...likely igniting trees and festive hifis festooned with decorations (I mean...doesn't everybody festoon their hifis?) leading to holiday audio... | |
| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? I don't think you can put EL34s (or equivalent) in a 502...it's a mostly 6550/KT88 based design. |