wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| I admire Miles Davis, i admire Stravinsky; but i loved Chet Baker and Scriabin...You? To me nothing is sacred, but the Greats are called that for a reason as somehow they've stood the test of time, not to say some recent faves won't. My tastes are too varied to even mention here but jazz and classical (mostly jazz) still make up th... | |
| “Marks on the underside” Some minor scratches are no biggie, but serious scratches indicate the previous owner had some gear handling issues which can't be good. | |
| Living with unsolvable hum - Any audio detectives out there? I’ve fretted over hum a time or two...one was when my 2 subs weren’t grounded the same (how that happened is still a mystery, clearly operator error), and recently when moving some things around I mistakenly swapped power supplies between a Schiit... | |
| McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound Fuses will never effect the sound of any component unless they blow, as that's their job. Period. | |
| Ceramic fuses I had a couple of SR fuses immediately blow when doing a test a few years ago, and I have never had a decent Littelfuse self destruct or do anything but its job. Expensive fuses don’t and simply can’t make any difference by providing sonic improve... | |
| Inexpensive MM Cartridge Sumiko Pearl for around 125 bucks...astonishingly good. | |
| Ceramic fuses The vast majority of audiophiles don't use pricey fuses, nor do manufacturers of audio gear...if $150 fuses (or any fuses beyond stock items like those from Littelfuse) made any difference they would be in everything...they're not. | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music "Music Style Specific" speakers should be avoided, or at least the idea of such should be ignored as ANY good speaker will reproduce whatever you put into it regardless of music genre. Great for classical will be great for Death Metal, Jazz, or Mu... | |
| Recommendation for a replacement speaker cable AQ Type 8 has served me well for years...very high quality copper solid core and relatively inexpensive. | |
| McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound That's the question I often ask when this nonsense pops up...if magic fuses provided even a fraction of the benefits claimed by bloviating posters offering hyperbole laden claims these things would garner universal acceptance and be used by every ... | |
| New Synergistic Research Record Mat Michael Fremer did a review of SR's PHT (Transducer? Not by definition.) and said was great...and seems to have never mentioned it again in a turntable review or any other review or list of components he uses, or in his tour of his system. | |
| McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound For marketing purposes, it's a great idea to produce a product that claims efficacy and back it up with hyperbole with a qualifier like "if you can't hear a difference you or your system is/are inadequate somehow." The fact that ridiculously expen... | |
| DAC finalist please help I recently bought a Schiit Bifrost...a future proof upgradeable great sounding multi-bit Mike Moffat DAC for 700 bucks. | |
| McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound I did a thorough test of SR fuses a few years ago and they made zero difference except when they blew...zero...which makes sense as they're FUSES. Otherwise hey, they're great...*yawn*... | |
| Rockport Atria II or Magico A5 If you're serious, you really need to buy both so you can A/B them for a couple of months to insure break-in...sure, this requires a decent hand truck and good audio memory, but it can be made easier by installing a set of dual small guage rail t... |