wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Maybe tube preamp Also to update, my Freya (original version) has been around here for a couple of years now and it's certainly the best 800 bucks I've ever spent on hifi gear. Various tubes have been tried, none including the original Russian something-or-others h... | |
| Child Damage Mitigation My daughter had zero issues with my hifi rig as she wasn't crawling or later toddling around without an adult watching her as should be the case with any little kid...that's simply called parenting, and it's not that difficult. | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? I've compared my little Dennis Had Firebottle amp to other tube and SS stuff and have concluded that there's something about a well made single ended tube amp that just sounds musically right, and no push pull amp I've used over the years even com... | |
| Break in time that extends to months or maybe even years!! I prefer the "not yet broken-in" sound of certain things, and thus can never actually use those for fear of them breaking-in. | |
| KT88 tube amp I now am back to using my Gold Lion KT77s...they simply sing. | |
| Who are your favorite A'gon posters? Many years ago a Belgian Farmhouse Ale (green label looks like a checkered tablecloth) was said to be the "best beer" in some NY Times comparison, which is nonsense but I still drink the stuff...hard to find... | |
| Vacuum tube ! And Warnings I've bought many "tested" tubes over the years from Ebay and elsewhere, and none of them have been microphonic. Most tubes were bought from sellers with return policies. | |
| Suggestions for good cheap Equalizer The Loki is more than simply "4 fixed bands." The frequencies are simply centered at each band which then takes up neighboring frequencies well and predictably, and is very easy to implement. I own lots of pro rack gear assembled over decades and ... | |
| When Did Your System Disappear? "Active Listening" is what audio geeks and perhaps some music fans do...you're present, attentive, and listening closely to the whole damn thing...and if it's good you simply don't think about the gear unless something about the rig just sucks, it... | |
| When Did Your System Disappear? Every system I've owned over the last 50 years from my KLH Model 20 to everything since has utterly disappeared when playing great music combined with my doing some "active listening." No room treatment other than whatever's in the room, no voodoo... | |
| Why not underhung voice coil? Millercarbonbuildup’s racist (Chinese Corona Pandemic? What a right wing pile of useless racism, wasting time focusing on excuses and serving to foment local racism against asians) and utterly useless comments simply ignore the fact that even peop... | |
| Subwoofer insight. I take a high level output into 2 RELs from a 12wpc (or so) single ended tube amp and it works perfectly...for years...perfectly. | |
| Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs? A note...Dennis Had is back with SEP (he's lately been doing mostly lower powered SETs...my amp is a pentode model) amps on Ebay that seem to be orderable as he notes different color face plates are available. He's added a stereo volume pot but I ... | |
| The quiet grid Millercarbonfootprint simply needs to loosen the strap on his MAGA hat as it seems to be squeezing his head. | |
| Who are your favorite A'gon posters? I just got a delivery from Wegman's of one of my favorite beers...Flying Dog "Raging Bitch" Belgian IPA...2 important points about this stuff: 8.3% alcohol, and great art from Ralph Steadman. |