wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Have digital players improved I've recently been listening to a John Scofield recording called "A Moment's Peace" using an upsampling DAC (CD ripped to computer using a lossless format). It sounds amazing...stunning. Also recently been listening to an LP of Bill Evans' "Waltz ... | |
| XLR cable for basic beginner Having had a bad experience with Mogami balanced cables, I will say I replaced the cable to my Linn Akito with a sweet Japanese Jelco using Neglex wire that sounds great. See? Ya never know...also...arguing with anybody dropping an elitist "snark ... | |
| Getting started w/ tube equipment I second the "embrace Chinese designs" suggestion...I've seen (and currently use) some extremely well made stuff from our Chinese brothers. | |
| Mosfet mist? Who you calling "woof?" I've also worked on wafers...I spent the holidays working hard on drinking beer while eating only seeded wafer crackers. | |
| speaker wiring Bi-wiring my Silverline Preludes resulted in my learning what Alan Yun meant (in a phone conversation) by "less coherant". Bi-wiring is clearly speaker/amp/personal taste specific as Yun, in the case of the Preludes anyway, was right, and high qua... | |
| Mosfet mist? Exactly 37. | |
| Armoire between speakers I suppose the listeners can be bunched together as long as they're close friends who bathe frequently. | |
| Armoire between speakers A true dedicated room has only one meaningful seat...that is the sad truth about our hobby...*sigh*...that said, I don't care as long as I'm in the seat. | |
| New REL T7 / T9 vs. older REL Storm III? I have a 10 year old REL Q150E that I think sounds better than a friend's newer REL, although his might have an 8" woofer so there's that. Bought mine last year VERY cheaply and all it needed was new cloth and a speaker bolt tightening. I think mo... | |
| McIntosh MX 134 connect to Internet radio site? Squeezebox Touch...an amazing little thing. I use a silver coax into my DAC. | |
| Armoire between speakers I think some of these posters are part of a wider anti-furniture movement that will stop at nothing to strip us bare of armoirs and possibly hutches and cupboards! | |
| XLR cable for basic beginner AQ Diamonbacks replaced the Mogami cables...got the Diamonbacks used for about $60 a pair, and they're amazing. | |
| proac tablette - signatures / rainmakers, et al The latest Norah Jones album kicks ass, but I understand. I should have mentioned that the Silverlines were raved about and are a relative bargain compared to Harbeths and Proacs (a third or so of the price). | |
| help identifying bass solutions with system That is funny...low bass! Means exactly 2 opposite things! | |
| Are Cables Better Than High Grade Speaker Wire? I became aware of speaker cable differences when I bought better speakers (Vandersteen 1Bs in maybe 1991 or so)...before that I simply bought larger gauge for longer runs, such as for pro PA needs. Back then I found that some AQ sounded better tha... |