wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Member Make Zero Sense Tarzan, Tonto, or Caveman? | |
| How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music? Acoustic guitars also change over time and some are better than others, in fact much better even among the same models of the same brands. A late 30s Martin D-18? Astonishing or unplayable depending on the guitar's life over time...Richard Hoover ... | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard "YMCA" played at certain political rallies kind of gets the philosophical mojo goin'. | |
| How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music? Just a note...Nobody can tell the difference as Gibsons and Martins can sound very similar or dissimilar depending on the tone woods, age, model, manufacturing techniques, etc. I've owned and played both brands extensively for decades so I know wh... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? McIntosh and Rolex do have one thing in common...they make A LOT of items. Rolex makes around 800,000 watches per year (!) and sells 'em all, and McIntosh seems to be everywhere from Best Buy to your dentist's den. I collect automatic watches and ... | |
| This discussion has been removed....again! Maybe the moderators are fed up with bloviating "Magic" fuse promotors clearly in bed with certain manufacturers. After all, $200 fuses appeal to very few among us including gear manufacturers so they need the discussion forum hyperbole to unload ... | |
| Tubes Viva is generally priced somewhat lower than many other tube suppliers, ships fast, and has lots of NOS tubes available. | |
| This discussion has been removed....again! From Forbes: "Saying water vapor is a more important greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide is like saying the amplifier in a sound system is more important than the volume dial for producing the sound. It's true, in a literal sense, but very misleadi... | |
| Tubes I've bought lots of NOS ebay tubes from reputable dealers with return policies. The new stuff I get from Viva or other reputable dealers. Not a big deal. | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I don't think the preamp is the heart of the system, but I'd go with pancreas for sure. | |
| If there’s an audiophile exit ramp, this ain’t it… Exactly what I meant...grow a pair of furniture drawers. | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? As a musician and late in life beatnik I pretty much listen only to jazz and classical. When discussing jazz, people (music fascists?) often tend to gloss over the modern guys who I think are as interesting as the classic jazz dudes with the added... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? I mixed sound for Patricia Barber a couple of years ago...acoustic piano needs no tube amps (!), just 2 high quality condensers. She asked us to remove the top of the Steinway grand completely which was a pain, and she wanted her own monitor mixin... | |
| cassettes CAN sound better than vinyl. My NAK BX300 sounded astonishingly good with clean and adjusted heads...it's now been mothballed and could use a tweak/cleanup and belts I imagine...also, no space in my gear heap rack...CD player, streaming devices, preamp, amp, power conditioner... | |
| I’m in trouble Black Ice (Jolida) tube integrated...power, low price, well built, sounds great. |