wolf_garcia
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| using a jumper cable - connect which set of post? I say hedge your bet by plugging your speaker wire into one up and one down post...and reverse them every other day. The distinction between biwire cables and jumpers is clear as it regards 2 wiring scenarios, but my main speakers (Silverline Prel... | |
| Here’s my $1750…just tell me what to buy.. Clearly you're NOT a doctor as they refuse to trust anybody's opinions...so I can only assume you're putting people in danger in some obscure 3rd world country. Otherwise, do as "Mr. Hosehead" suggested. | |
| If you had to choose: tube amp or tube pre-amp? If you worry about the financial cost of re-tubing an amp (although perhaps only equaling the annual cost of leaving your SS gear ON ALL THE TIME), you need to factor in the MENTAL cost also...thousands of suggestions and opinions about re-issues ... | |
| Tube Amps from China It's going to be hard to find a NEW tube amp in that price range with enough juice for 86db speakers. I do love my Jolida 502p but my speakers are higher efficiency than Maggies. Jolida's 100 watt hybrid is around $800 (new) so that maybe could wo... | |
| Newbie Question: Why is turntable volume so low? I have a Cambridge 640p phono preamp (sounds great) and I assume, even with a decent output MM cartridge, that the gain from turntables is just inherently lower than standard line level in most cases, as illustrated by my previous setup of a pream... | |
| Chris Thile congrats I'm a fan and he's clearly a genius and deserving of all the accolades that have landed on his head, but what the hell does he need a grant for? I can only assume he's the highest paid mandolin player in history, so why not give the grant to some ... | |
| online seller www.hiendking.com I wired thousands of dollars to his cousin in Nigeria...still waiting to hear back. | |
| If you had to choose: tube amp or tube pre-amp? I want the cleanest possible unstressed Class A happy little signal to come from my SS preamp and get massaged by the tubes in my amp before it hits my ears. Then I can blame the amp if it's too greasy. Besides, in a tube amp you often get large (... | |
| How to get the impact of a live concert? Wait...I don't have a sine wave generator, or a VU meter other than an SPL meter. Now I'm REALLY testy. | |
| Solid State for Rock and Tubes for Jazz, Yes or No No Eric Johnson for 15 years...not easy. | |
| Experienced Jolida amp owners - Advice needed Jolida uses whatever works...they're not "point to point" hand wired esoterica which makes them more affordable. Since they offer a very wide range of products I assume they work with a wide range of speakers (my amp has 4 and 8 ohm transformer ta... | |
| Solid State for Rock and Tubes for Jazz, Yes or No I find my system has difficulty with Algerian Death Polka. | |
| How to get the impact of a live concert? Please outline the effective "simple test", as I am clearly both simple and testy. | |
| Speaker cables or interconnects?? I'm also an AQ fan...for many years. I currently have an all solid core wire festival in my system and love the Type 8 speaker wire I bought to replace some Type 4 (no reason...just compulsive wire curiosity). To the uninitiated, all of it from th... | |
| Solid State for Rock and Tubes for Jazz, Yes or No Implying a hifi system task distinction between reproduced jazz and whatever people call rock is really weird to me. There is every bit as much dynamic juice in jazz as rock, although rock is often more compressed and "mono-dynamic." "Flea watt" a... |