wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? In many rooms there is absolutely no need for any "room treatment" as the room may have furniture, shelves, carpets or rugs, and OMG (!) a "room" sound! To say any system other than yours isn't up to par because of possible "early reflections" or ... | |
| Toilet Paper to Vacuum Tubes No military gear has run on tubes for decades. | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? Yoyo...It's not engineers but the producers who have the last call on the sound of a recording, so the 2-4k range issue isn't a thing for engineers as it's the producers and mastering technicians who would notice anything like that during final mi... | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? "Musicians and recording engineers tend to listen to music deconstructively"...no, they don't...some might but still...Generalizations like this are just silly...Did you read my previous post? Also, many musicians can retain hearing after years of... | |
| Is there any one piece of vintage gear you most wished you owned? A '64 Fender Vibroverb. | |
| Help with choosing sub-woofers please Use yer earballs for setup...a test CD (I use one of the Stereophile CDs) helps but really that's all the technocrap needed unless, well...you can't hear. Also, listening to music is always a good idea. I have 3 RELs bought used over the years and... | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? Most serious musicians don't make enough money for a hobby like audio and they have to spend bucks on their instruments and the like. I've done decades as a "working musician" (along with some other far more lucrative things which have funded my g... | |
| Please Recommend Highly Efficient Floor Standing Non-Horn Speaker Suggestions Get a modern pair of Klipsch Heresy speakers and simply leave the grills on. | |
| Feel free to talk me off the ledge I prefer Heresy IIIs...sold off a pair of new IVs last year after plenty of listening. Also sent back a pair of ZU Omens so ya never know until the speakers are in your system in your room. | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? It was a coincidence that my fave little Dennis Had Firebottle tube amp has one 6SN7GTB input tube (only 4 tubes total in that amp including a rectifier and two power tubes), and after using it with a SS preamp for a while I tried a Schiitt Freya ... | |
| For all you Bose 901 Haters! The hifi speakers were designed to be near the wall with the "flat" side containing one (?) driver pointing into the room and the other little drivers pointing at the wall...right? Mondo el reflecto. The pro P.A. version just has the 8 drivers poi... | |
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? I listen to jazz and classical mostly but otherwise have been part of the music biz for over five decades as a musician (not jazz, I'm not that smart) and (more recent decades) a live sound mixer. The music biz has never been a good idea for a car... | |
| Those who seek to deny access to information Exactly how does anyone on this site "deny access to information" to another poster? | |
| Question about Class A I happily am bound to efficient horns by my relatively inexpensive Dennis Had Firebottle SEP amp (12 to maybe 17 wpc)...bought it a few years ago when it was 3 or 4 months old for about 1200 bucks. Best hifi amp I've ever heard over many decades..... | |
| About users with hidden agendas My agenda is simple. To take over the world and reward everyone who worships me. Is that too much? |