wolf_garcia
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| WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD? Although speaker sound is of course a personal preference, I'll never forget the sound of a pair of WATTs (no puppies had been added yet) that were nearly randomly placed in a designer show house in NYC decades ago. I was astonished at how lifelik... | |
| The Absolute Sound vs Pleasing Sound I get overpaid to do live sound production/mixing and actually have some shows sort of booked for September (we'll see about that, but I mention it because I don't want anybody worrying about me), so I'm to blame for some reinforced concert sound.... | |
| Tube preamp with remote suggestion to go with Berning ZH-270 Schiit Freya +...nothing competes with these at around 900 bucks as they're a true high end bargain. | |
| Tube amplifier upgrade suggestions welcome. Check out Black Ice tube amps (Jolida) as they're underrated gems...I used a Jolida 502P power amp for years and it was a very powerful and clean tube bargain...and you can call the Jolida/Black Ice guys with questions...either an integrated or po... | |
| Klipsch Heritage Range I love the sound of classical (and every other genre I let into my ears) through my well sorted system with Heresy IIIs (and 2 subs)...just great speakers. | |
| Do you let the turntable spin when putting down record and attach the clamp. What about chain drive tables? Personally the rattling bugs me. Also, I have an ancient but simple Linn Basik/Akito and turn it off when changing records, especially since I use a Mitchell "Rega" clamp. It runs perfectly and should continue doing ... | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Yeah...you're content with your system until you realize your fuses are in backwards. | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? My current pile of hifi gear is certainly the best I've had, and it also sounds better to me than anything anybody else has simply because the system has been tuned to my earballs. However, it might not be the best I'll EVER have as ya just never ... | |
| Pentode Power Tubes - Ultralinear vs Triode My Dennis Had Firebottle HO (it's a HO...says right there...) is a single ended pentode amp at about 12 to 17 watts (HO is "High Output") depending on tubes. Although Atmasphere's frequent comments regarding SET (Or SEP in my case) distortion make... | |
| Klipsch Heresy iv...Your experience. I already had the IIIs, and was simply so curious about the IVs after the positive reviews that I just had to grab a pair. I noted someplace else that the IVs are far more sophisticated in their assembly, and compared to my IIIs, the finish is muc... | |
| Schiit order issue - anyone receiving shipments? Schiit's issues with communication or issues fulfilling orders is hardly an indicator of "financial issues." It's likely the opposite as due to brilliant design and the very high regard they've garnered as a high end company with fair pricing...ou... | |
| For those that use an external DAC with node 2i As mentioned previously, I also use a Bifrost...the improvement over the Node 2i internal DAC is substantial and immediately obvious in my system. The Node DAC sounds tinny and weirdly low-fi by comparison. | |
| For those that use an external DAC with node 2i I run a Node 2i into a Schiit Bifrost...sounds great. | |
| The guru on fuses: Fuses remain a great way for hyperbole based companies to make big bucks (what do you think it costs Synergistic to make a fuse?...50 cents maybe?) so they'll always be around, but simply the nature and purpose of a fuse keeps it from improving th... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? Somebody broke into my house and replaced everything with exact replicas (Steven Wright joke). |