wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| A question to the Sound Engineers out there Digital delay has been used for decades to simulate plate or spring or simply room reverb to great effect (no pun intended). Note that James Taylor used a metal shipping container at his elaborate home studio in MA to provide an actual acoustic re... | |
| Sub matching...REL with Klipsh I use 2 older series (Q series, Q108MKII and Q150e) and they blend superbly with my Klipsch Heresy speakers. Note that even with the supposed 99db efficiency of the Klipsch main speakers there is a LOT of headroom left in both subs even with my re... | |
| SVS vs REL and experiences with both: your comments and preferences... I currently use 2 RELs from the "Q" era, a Q108MKII and a Q150e, and both work perfectly in my main hifi rig...can't recommend them more highly, and they cost 200 bucks each (pre-owned) at different times around 5 or so years ago...had the 150e fi... | |
| Schiit amps, freya preamp I was so impressed by the reviews of the Aegir (one in particular that raised the thing to Stereophile Class A) I bought one in late 2019...it shut off when playing at a not so loud level (I don't listen at "actual" loud levels and my speakers are... | |
| Does pin hole in woofer affect sound quality? Matching the pin holes with others evenly spaced could lend some legitimacy to the driver. | |
| Schiit amps, freya preamp I've had an original version Freya for over 3 years and it's an absolutely superb sounding well designed bargain of a preamp, never been noisy, and I've enjoyed rolling various tubes in the thing...the reports of Freya or Freya + issues have been ... | |
| Schiit order issue - anyone receiving shipments? I bought a Bifrost in November and it shipped promptly. Also, in late 2019 (remember back then?) I had some issues with an Aegir (emails answered quickly) and they replaced it immediately free of charge. You simply need to live in the past. | |
| Does pin hole in woofer affect sound quality? A pin hole will help cool the woofer, although a whistling sound may occur. | |
| Bigger drivers = bigger soundstage My previous favorite speakers were Silverline Preludes that had a D’Appolito array with 3.75" woofers and around 90db efficiency...soundstage was superb. Now my 12" woofed Klipsch Heresy pair image beautifully. It’s the design of the speaker that ... | |
| TUBE BIAS, socket to me! I'm biased toward tubes, both preamp and amp (and guitar amps of course) although my power amp is cathode biased needing no adjustment (single ended class A Pentode). I actually enjoyed biasing my previous tube power amp, even with the occasional ... | |
| 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... |