wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Replasment for Mullard Long Plates? I ordered the matched "Preferred 7025" tubes from Thetubestore and will be forced to try them completely on my own...flying blind...nobody to provide pre-purchase comments...abandoned...but I'm gonna stick my Tung Sol 12AX7s in my guitar amp so th... | |
| Speaker cables of cooper, or silver :Pros/Cons To clarify: "Cooper" cables are made from solid lengths of rusty barrel hoops, look bad, mess up your floor, and sound terrible. | |
| Digital coaxial audio cable suggestions. I used a pair of the least expensive AQ cables (VDMXr or something) and although they seemed to sound fine, I upgraded to a VDM3 (1 meter) from the CD player to the DAC, and a VDM5 silver cable (.5 meter) from a Squeezebox Touch to the DAC. All wo... | |
| when connecting power AMPS All amps have distinct tonal characteristics as do all preamps. They change the sound when changed, so the answer is: both. Another thing you have check is what happens to the power amp of the integrated when you don't connect it to anything?...ma... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? Whart...no need...at my age it will take me days to recover from such a wordy post. | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? People over 50 were likely involved in much of the design of the speakers, amps, wire, and front end components you hear, the mastering of the music you buy, the conducting and performing of much of the classical, jazz, or whatever stuff you might... | |
| Replasment for Mullard Long Plates? Mechans...are you saying there's something wrong with exploding tubes? You're supposed to only be concerned with the sound of the tubes and not conflagration issues, and always wear safety glasses. My post specifically asks for opinions about the ... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? My system is a "panache free zone" and sounds great, including my Chinese tube amp. My beef with the hifi scene is the utter lack of any interest in engaging the general public. Stage a concert? HA! Put out publicity anywhere but in the magazines ... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? It's fun to see what somebody comes up with when the design budget constraints don't exist...Buggati my sneakers away! But merely interesting and actually irrelevant to most people. Luckily you can put together a system that satisfies musically fo... | |
| Replasment for Mullard Long Plates? Mulveling...you make a compelling case, and maybe I will get some Great Mullards just so I can say to strangers, "I now have Great Mullards"...totally worth it if only for that, although I assume most people would think I'm talking about a dog bre... | |
| Nakamichi PA-7 KEEPER?? I had a Forte' 55 that sounded amazing, but I was always concerned about the age thing (built in maybe 1997)...it wasn't expensive and I sold it for nearly twice what I bought it for, but that sort of worry can be bothersome. Upgrades can be costl... | |
| Replasment for Mullard Long Plates? I'm boycotting and protesting the AA Tube Asylum for archaic formatting! Also, I prefer this brain trust anyway.I had a conversation about 12ax7s with a dude at "thetubestore" and he thinks the Lions are a nice but more classic sounding tube (i.e.... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? Phaelon...yeah...the different tube sets I've tried all sound great and do have their own little characteristics, but the KT120 has such ease to it I think it does do a more transformitive improvement. I've recently spoken to someone at "thetubest... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? I suppose I should be more succinct in my description of tube swapping benefits...I meant it changes the SOUND. I think replacing the 6550s in my amp with KT120s made it snappier...although I'm not sure, but I am sure I'm not interested in it soun... | |
| Replasment for Mullard Long Plates? Ryriken...an unabashed attempt at a sale instead of opining on Gold Lions is simply tawdry. How much are they anyway? |