wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Audio Research in Receivership. Years ago I schlepped my "original series" Schiit Freya to a gathering of some audio geek friends to compare it to other stuff including a couple of ARC preamps...I still use the Freya as my main preamp. Does Schiit know something ARC doesn't? You... | |
| Does streaming music equate to high concert ticket prices I don’t like big crowds and really don’t care to pay for big, expensive concerts. I’ve seen Vijay Iyer recently in a small venue for 15 bucks or so and he’s one of the greatest (jazz) musicians on the planet. Like seeing Mozart...I’ve mixed hundre... | |
| Storage boxes. Can I discard high end shipping boxes, and still sell in the future? Flatten the boxes cleanly and if there's custom foam bits just stick 'em in a labeled bag and store it all at your cousin Shirley's house. | |
| What does Nominal Impedance mean? Nominal impedance means blah blah blah blah, meh...that said, Almarg was one of the reasons I bought a Pass XA-25. A cool guy who's missed around here. | |
| Prospectives on Chi-Fi Child labor and genocide aside, yeah, they can make some great stuff... | |
| Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone? I stuck a set of 4 NOS matched GE 6SN7GTB tubes in my original version Schiit Freya preamp (note that it’s the model that keeps the tubes on when you switch to one of the two "passive modes" which I only do to hear if the tubes are working properl... | |
| If it sounds 'great', everything is ok? It's not "OK" to assume you're system sounds great...you need to fuss incessantly over tiny details, spend a small or large fortune on hyperbole festooned gear, fill your listening space with sound absorbing ugly stuffings, and take as fact the me... | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? Play it really loud and go outside to listen to it...as Neil Young yelled, "more barn." | |
| Turntable weight affects speed I have a clamp from, Mitchell (I think) that's made for Regas and it's a spindle grabber...on a Linn...works great and will keep the record on there in a strong windstorm. Seriously, you don't want your vinyl to blow off the table although I suppo... | |
| Feel like I'm outta my mind.... You need to get a vocal reinstatement device. | |
| Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone? For the record (is there a record?) I've owned both tube and SS gear for a long time and although there have surprisingly few issues with either one, I can easily say that tube gear has been more reliable by far, and to say otherwise is blasphemy.... | |
| Speakers sounding dull? MUST READ! The truth about speaker design! Is it "Incoherency" day? I must have missed the announcement... | |
| Can we create a consensus list of the TONALITY of different amps/preamps/brands? "Tonality" is relatively unspecific as it's in the ears of the listener, and except for tonal extremes due to bad design there's not much to hang your hat on that's useful. "Tube-like" without tubes is overused often (tubes are also claimed to be ... | |
| Speakers sounding dull? MUST READ! The truth about speaker design! I think the wheels came off this stuff as soon as it hit the forum. Kind of a waste of time to read any of this other than it seems like a parody of an actual relevant audio discussion. | |
| Do You Clean Your Ears? So I can assume Kenjit is part of the "unclean ear" group. Clearly. |