wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| How to get the impact of a live concert? Music is only composed of harmonic content so yeah...but I don't think distortion necessarily increases perceived loudness. Example: I can play electric guitar cleanly or with various types and degrees of distortion (ss stompbox FET or Mosfet, or ... | |
| How to get the impact of a live concert? Dynamics are simply the perception of loud and soft relative to each other as perceived by the listener. The ear uses the relative difference between sounds to determine "loudness" and that has zero to do with harmonics. | |
| Experienced Jolida amp owners - Advice needed Jolida makes great stuff, and you really don't need "auto bias" if you own a small screwdriver and the amp is an "ez-bias" model. Takes about 46 seconds to bias 4 tubes. | |
| is it safe to clean records with isopropanol ? You can look forward to a sixty second birthday. An entire minute. | |
| is it safe to clean records with isopropanol ? I'm not sure what chemicals are in my Spin Clean fluid, but I can say it makes a terrible margarita. | |
| Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks type music, any others? Dan Hicks is all basically clever swing stuff...I saw him again live earlier this year and he really is an underrated singer, and always killer in any combo...seen him with from 2 dudes to an entire largish band. A great Pandora station is John Jo... | |
| NOS KT 88s or GE 6550s I've been told that the transformer would get into trouble sooner than later if the KT120s were incompatible somehow...but my informal research results remain: Happy KT120 users in the thousands, reported transformer deaths 0. It will be a sad day... | |
| NOS KT 88s or GE 6550s KT120s continue to rack up the cred...I stuck a set of them in a newer Jolida 502p that wasn't designed for them (I did check with Jolida and they insisted the extra heater burden was non issue) and stood back in case the amp was gonna explode...i... | |
| Primaluna Dialog Two Integrated Amp vs Cayin A-88T Check out a Jolida...often more watts for your money, and they sound great. | |
| How to connect a Squeezebox Touch to a NAS device I'll call 'em...I hope they still support the "Touch." | |
| Vandersteen 2ce Sig II Having used a pair of 1Bs for years (sold after refurbishing...too popular with the cats) I can say they KICK ASS. Used 'em with various amps and they were (and certainly are) amazing for the money. The "small baffle" idea for both the tweeter and... | |
| DAC /pre Advise NEEDED urgently Again, I have to wonder when the Pangea P100 will have a cable compatible with the "plus." Again. | |
| DAC /pre Advise NEEDED urgently What part of "sounds amazing" would you say is disparaging? The previous version DACmagic could (and mine was) be bought for under 300 bucks, and combined with the ($100) upgraded power supply is a GREAT sounding DAC in my system. I've personally ... | |
| DAC /pre Advise NEEDED urgently The DACmagic "Plus", according to reviews, sounds great and works, although no remote is available. I have the old DACmagic ("That Old DACmagic has me in its spell"...) and it sounds amazing although the inexpensive cost loses it some points. I us... | |
| 12BZ7/12AX7 vs. 5751 Not getting the "whole tube rolling deal" is like "not getting the whole appreciating differences between things deal." Also, I'm a believer in 7025s as a 12AX7 swap, although results may vary. Is an accurate and full range tube tone a "SS" sound?... |