wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review If a reviewer likes something I own and also like, they're brilliant. I like old Herb also because he has a fun style, but he doesn't use MY ears which means there is no general "baseline." There's no "baseline" to any artistic endeavor by the way... | |
| Where was the best reproduced sound you ever heard? Certainly my own system as over decades I developed, vetted, tweaked, and generally made my gear heap conform to my personal taste, which results in an astonishingly well sorted sound in my surprisingly great sounding room. Utterly personal of cou... | |
| A listening test of two power amps What is the "real instrument" reference? Do you have an orchestra or maybe a jazz combo around? Maybe you live in an apartment above Carnegie Hall. In any case it's personal taste that drives the "reference" myth as all recorded music is an illusi... | |
| Wool Blankets as Room treatment Just let the room resonate like a room should. | |
| Cd player I bought a Schiit Urd...not inexpensive but utterly worth it. | |
| power cord for pass 250.8 Nelson Pass recommends the cord that is supplied with the amp. I've never heard him say otherwise. | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers I agree 100% when Stereophile rates products I already own as "Class A." My Schiit Freya and Pass XA-25 are in there. Both cost far less than the competition (especially the Freya) so at least in the case of these 2 items I can feel slightly super... | |
| cd skipping Laser cleaner disc. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love I tried to love my cousin Shirley but she just wasn't having it. | |
| FYI - QOBUZ SERVICES WILL BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE 30 minutes...learn French, practice calligraphy, wash the dog, wash yourself, read something, talk to somebody, meditate, skin a panda, learn another chord on your ukulele (you may want to learn 2...it's 30 minutes after all), clean your scuba gea... | |
| Dog pissed on speaker I think the 12" drivers might be somewhat inexpensive, especially if you don't buy them from Klipsch. | |
| Gallium Nitride GaN Class D Amplifiers A Pass XA-25 and a Had Firebottle HO...why should I care? | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Efficient also means the drivers don't have to work as hard to make music...It's been scientifically proven that efficient drivers are happier. Also factually true is a 500 watt or so amp into efficient speakers might be using 1% of its mojo. And ... | |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! I've been into high performance cars and audio since the 60s, and can say without hesitation that after I wash a car it goes faster. Dirt particle drag? I suppose...Also note that I never wash my audio gear...a little dusting...damp cloth to remov... | |
| Let the best be your guide I use a Schiit Loki Max to "fix" some recordings...highly recommended. |