wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| How much difference in Sound quality can be expected from different streamers? My Node 2i runs into a Schiit Bifrost 2 which sounds much better than the Node's DAC. Much better. I also use an older Dacmagic with a bespoke Pangea power supply/filter device for my CD player and a Squeezebox Touch (background music...still soun... | |
| As promised my thoughts on my newly installed Townsend Podium isolation system. I experience similar results from my trusty 40 bucks worth of Vibrapods. Highly recommended. | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” Heresy IIIs with a well sorted tube festooned amp/preamp...no shout at all. This, however, was NOT the case with the IVs I recently owned although I'm not sure why that was. The IIIs have a completely different horn design which I seem to prefer. | |
| Powered Subwoofer connected to integrated amp's speaker outs? I think the REL's "high level" inputs have something like a 100,000 ohm load on the amp providing the signal which seems like none at all...I use 2 RELs (summing the impedance means maybe a 50,000ohm load) running from a relatively low powered (12... | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? Note that recording studios often are the worst places to listen to instruments (unless it's a large great sounding room with good acoustics...Abby Road has one) as they're designed for recording into microphones. Many charming little pro studios ... | |
| EQ / Dsp... Who’s using them? Note I also think DSP is an "audio nanny" that I for one don't trust, and I don't like what I've heard in systems using it...likely a case of Knob Turner syndrome ("riding the fader"), or Old Sound Man issues which is a profile I embrace. | |
| EQ / Dsp... Who’s using them? Get back to the Loki...I've been using all sorts of EQs, parametric, graphic, etc., for decades in pro and home systems, and the (original version) Loki is the most transparent and noise free gizmo I've every used. It's not used much, but in the l... | |
| how can low watt tube amps drive speakers with higher power requirements A low powered tube amp is unlikely to damage a tweeter if driven to distortion, it simply sounds bad. | |
| Tube Rolling Woes I also have a first gen Freya and a fave feature with this preamp (and the "+" version) is the fact than you can instantly check the "honesty" of your tubes...I often switch the thing to the passive or FET settings (adjusting for the large gain dr... | |
| New-ish to Audiogon Forums... Is it always like this? It takes little to trigger bloviating gasbags into exposing their insecurities with the unhinged self promotion of personal absolutes, but if you hang with any site that's open to the public you're always going to risk exposure to that sort of thi... | |
| Stereo RELs, two different sizes? I've been using 2 dissimilar RELs for years to great effect...older models from the "Q" line but they work like new. A 10' front firing Q150e and an 8" down firing Q108MKII...neither has a passive radiator and they work together beautifully. | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony I've had very few tubes fail over the years, and 2 were new (a Sovtek KT88 and a new Gold Lion rectifier)...the other was a JAN Phillips 12AT7 that was replaced by thetubestore. All my piles of NOS GEs, Sylvania "Chrome Domes," etc., have performe... | |
| Ideas For A Beefy Solid State Amp For Subwoofer Duties Note that many pro amps have noisy fans (talking of actual cooling fans, not athletic supporters) which is bad if you prefer not to hear that. I even use fanless pro amps in my studio as I hate the sound of fans except those who scream their love ... | |
| Klipsch Heresy iv...Your experience. My Heresy IIIs have always provided astonishingly resolved imaging and meet or exceed my personal standards for clarity and coherence. They need good gear in front of them of course, but they reveal a tremendous amount of detail in good recordings... | |
| Klipsch Heresy iv...Your experience. The ZU Omen 2 "Dirty Weekend" speakers, at least compared to the Heresy IIIs I've owned for years, had a sort of midrange "veil" or lack of what I seem to need in ultimate clarity. I even swapped in a good MOSFET amp (to compare to my trusty tubed... |