wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!! In the real world, working musicians have to market their own CDs (or vinyl) at shows or on sites to justify the cost of those things, and nobody (or nearly nobody) makes much money selling physical product. The value of streaming is to advertise ... | |
| Subwoofer Advice The location of the mains has zero to do with the subs unless there's a phase issue. Position the mains where they sound good and then do the same with the subs. Done. | |
| I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!! My streaming sounds great, but there's no way to play my large collection of CDs without a CD player (also no way to play my vinyl without an analog rig...it would just sit there)...my current system for that is a Schiit URD into a Schiit Bifrost ... | |
| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? I use a Denis Had Firebottle SEP "HO" (high output...heh heh) or a Pass XA-25 with very efficient speakers. Swapping between these amps and noting their differences (subtle, and both sound amazingly good) is fun. Also, the Had amp can be used with... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? I use the "el squisho" (perhaps not the actual name, but they're designed to stay tight) spades from Kimber into my speakers, and Kimber bananas into the amp as everyone knows bananas provide potassium. | |
| Speakers on top of subwoofer I think ignoring the fact that the woofers INSIDE the Harbeths actually woof renders objections to putting them on subs ridiculous. | |
| List Of Small Company Tube Amps + 1 for Had. I've owned a Dennis Had amp since 2017 and it still amazes me how good it sounds. A hand made masterpiece, a "lifetime" amp. | |
| Amp for Vintage Heresy I am very happy with Heresy IIIs and I switch back in forth between a Pass XA-25 and a Dennis Had SEP tube amp. Both sound amazingly good. | |
| Audio Cables: All the Same? I can afford any cable I want. However, I prefer well designed cables that sound great at reasonable prices. I’ve been messing about in audio since my first good sounding system in 1970 or so (KLH Model 20?), and discovered "better" cables when I ... | |
| Streamer observation / question to those who know I use a Schiit URD (it does only Redbook) USB to Schiit's own "Nexus" input in a Bifrost 2/64. It works. | |
| Relaxed/Analog sounding DAC for under $10k (used or new) My Schiit Bifrost 2/64 has great tone and you can defeat the oversampling with a button, and their proprietary USB input (I bought a Schiit URD transport to check this out) works perfectly. A smooth sounding great DAC possibly not expensive enough... | |
| You're not a true audiophile unless... You enjoy recorded music enough to also enjoy accumulating the tools needed to make listening to it a more refined experience. You may actually be having fun doing that. | |
| Preamp for Parasound A21+ with Sonus Faber Venere 3.0 speakers Get a Schiit Freya +...a superb preamp that's more fun than most anything else out there...defeatable tubes, inputs and outputs galore. I use mine (older version) with NOS GE 6SN7GTB tubes. Class A...you won't regret it. | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Black Ice (formerly Jolida) makes GREAT amps...I used one for years. One of the best tube amp deals out there. | |
| Heretic Loudspeakers out of Canada I think they look very cool and reviews seem to like 'em (Herb Reichert reviewed them). I'd like to try a pair of the smaller ones sometime...7 grand or so is a little pricey but they seem well built... |