wolf_garcia
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| Donald Fagen-Sunken Condos Steely Dan et al have had a much higher than average (for pop music anyway) level of musical complexity and range of style since day one, and in that context there is a very large stash of musical ideas to plunder. I assume they don't care what th... | |
| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? If it's like the 502p you turn the little bias screws down (a lot) before installing tubes, disconnect any signal to the amp, put the tubes in and turn the amp on and wait 10 minutes or so...then turn the bias up on each tube just until the LED li... | |
| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? Based on an entertaining conversation with a really cool and tube savvy woman at thetubestore, I ordered a pair of matched section JAN Philips 12at7s...they may or may not be the best option but she was so much fun to talk to (maybe I need to get ... | |
| Donald Fagen-Sunken Condos I may have said this before, but I can't remember and am too lazy to go back and read this thread...The use of carefully arranged vocal harmony always gets these guys bonus points from me. "Circus Money" is also brilliant, although maybe it requir... | |
| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? I have to wonder what difference better 12at7s would make as I have been told that particular tube purpose (driver/phase inverter) is somehow less important. I welcome any opinions about that, as long as they aren't meant to intentionally upset me. | |
| Donald Fagen-Sunken Condos Even on a bad day the newer Fagan/Becker stuff is currently much more interesting than 99% of the crap out there, and that's all I can ask of them. Actually, I can ask of them to make more of it, as I'm sure they're hanging on my every word. I lis... | |
| $165k - $200k speaker performance for $40k ? My Silverline Preludes cost $400, my REL Q150e was $200...both bought used of course. The sound is splended. I mean really...splended...who knew? | |
| Thiel Acquired by Private Equity Firm I hope Thiel can make some speakers in China so I can afford them. | |
| Mc Intosh vs other brands I think the "golden age" is now since well designed new stuff sounds a LOT better than most older designs, and is generally much less expensive now relative to quality...and I do remember the 70's gear well. | |
| 4 ohms vs. 8 ohms If the powered sub works like a REL by allowing a power amp output connection (rare I think), the impedence is something like 100,000 ohms so it presents almost no load to the amp. Otherwise it's a preamp output signal to the sub so the power amp ... | |
| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? I stuck KT120s in my Jolida 502p after being assured (By the Jolida MD people) they would work. They do. Amazingly. The stock 6550s were fine, as are the Sovtek KT88s I tried, but the 120s just sound better in every way I can hear. Then, it was su... | |
| Brass footers for speakers Also, I use sorbothane in my shoes...I think it makes me sound better. | |
| David Wilson must be a little annoyed... Everybody forgets the main reason to buy Magicos...they don't warp or get eaten by wood boring insects. I'm buying a pair to leave outside by the pool. All the pools for that matter. Even the Grotto. "Jeeves...bring the Bentley around...we're off ... | |
| KT120 on Copland CTA-405 integrated amp I was going to order some GL KT88s for my Jolida and decided "meh"...the KT120s are doing such a great job I'm leaving them in there for now (note: Yhey hold their bias settings amazingly...I don't need to check that really but I do anyway out of ... | |
| Who is Harry Nillson I loved Nillson...some of his records have parts I have to skip over, but I recently bought a new copy of "Nillson sings Newman" and it's all great. "The Point" is great theater and music...saw it in the 70s. |