wolf_garcia
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| Added a Schiit Freya+ to a Sansui 8080 Sansui amps are not in the same league as modern well designed stuff...I didn't like them much even back in the day, and saying they're "tuned for analog" begs the question, "as opposed to what?" before there was anything else. Tuned to limited ra... | |
| Whole Lotta Led My little Honolulu blues band opened for them in 1969 (second half of their first tour). Talked to Page about his Les Paul just before they went on (he showed me a recent fingerboard ding) they had so much amazing energy then, somewhat less later ... | |
| Front Row Seat Power Cord? Pass actually does recommend the supplied power cable...it's in the XA25 paperwork. | |
| Front Row Seat Power Cord? Nelson Pass recommends the cord they supply with their amps. | |
| Will one cable upgrade make a noticeable difference? When you replace the cable you must endure 400 hours of break-in time after which you then must remember what the other cable sounded like. Easy peasy. | |
| Quincy Jones has passed away I'll never forgive him for ignoring Michael Jackson's pedophilia. Period. | |
| If you haven't yet discovered Rosie Flores..... I’ve mixed and recorded hundreds of live shows (and a local TV interview show connected to monthly concert series) and when I got into the "coffee house" scene, not having been previously connected to it (except as a musician or attendee), it was ... | |
| Reasonably priced preamplifier Try a Schiit Freya +, very highly regarded with more flexibility than the pricey stuff and has absolutely superb sound. Rated "class A" for a reason...it deserves it. | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? The XA-25 is an astonishing sounding amp ("veiled and rolled off highs with wooly bass" are absolutely NOT part of the XA-25 sound in my experience) and I’ve enjoyed mine tremendously for a few years now. It’s a keeper, as is my Had Firebottle HO ... | |
| Echoey walls and dust mites Dust mites can also be tiny mobile sound absorbers. | |
| Interconnect Break In? What if you prefer the sound of non broken-in cables? Do you have to replace all the cables every week or so? I have a few Morrow cables that supposedly take 400 hours or so to break-in, and generally forget about that and completely miss the magi... | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones I should mention that the large ear pads I bought (2 pairs for both my Grados) 3rd party as otherwise they're silly expensive. | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones I use Grados on my large Norwegian head with the large pads that sort of surround your ears instead of being on them. Problem solved for me anyway. | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? I think Magicos are great outdoor speakers because they don't warp or rust. | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma Note the review of the Loki Max from the Absolute Sound...fairly comprehensive and accurate relative to my experience with it. If it wasn't I'd have happily sent it back. I don't have the thing activated in my system until I need it, then I genera... |