wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| New REL R-528 Subwoofer break in period.... The RELs can transform the sound of a system...it did with mine also as it just opens it all up amazingly. | |
| Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire? After all...isn't a solid wire nothing but a large strand? So now I refer to my wire as having four strands, albeit large ones. | |
| New REL R-528 Subwoofer break in period.... Indeed, but the nature of a good sub makes it less obvious. | |
| New REL R-528 Subwoofer break in period.... If there's one component that is less likely to be noticeably "break-in sensitive" it would be a sub. I have a REL and I think if it's working properly and set up right, Stringreen's comment is absolutely correct...any subtle changes in the amp re... | |
| Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire? After using various solid and stranded cables over several decades of audio madness, I recently found a synergistic match to my current pile of electron manipulation gear in a recent iteration of relatively inexpensive Audioquest solid core speake... | |
| Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire? I'm a veteran professional musician...whenever I hear a cable description using the term "rhythmically accurate" I cringe. If a cable is not rhythmic, it's because the dog is chewing on it or somebody with no sense of musical timing is yanking it ... | |
| Is phase control switch a deal breaker for you? Who is Ralph...and should I care? | |
| Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire? So now it's "Expanded Core?" Most of my cables, according to the mfgr description, are "soft core". "Hard core" cables are tawdry. Note that silver plated carrots can be used as "veggie core" and plated animal parts strung together are "meat core"... | |
| Is true-biamping now cheaper and easer? Also, biamping home stereo speakers is an insult to all those brilliant speaker designers who slave away at making great crossovers. | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Regasrding XLRs: I've used balanced cables in pro audio for decades...I've found that better xlr cables really do sound better (surprise), and recently bought a pair of Mogami/Neutrik "Gold" ICs to connect my Kavent balanced preamp to my Forte' Mo... | |
| Is true-biamping now cheaper and easer? I had a 400 watt biamp made by Kustom (300 watts for bass, 100 watts for treble) to power a pair of Altec A7's for my band in the 70's (huge improvement on the Peavey powered mixer it replaced). So what exactly is new? Also, it sounded great for i... | |
| Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire? A ribbon is "flattened core". | |
| Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire? Except for some flexible stuff for in-wall or something, I think Audioquest is all solid core. | |
| Is phase control switch a deal breaker for you? My Dacmagic has a polarity switch...don't use it much but I can tell the difference when I switch it. It's polarizing. | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? I have a well designed preamp with remote that sounds great...someday I'll replace it with a VERY expensive preamp and at that time I also plan to pay somebody to sit next to it turning it up and down for me at my whim, thus creating a "win win". |