wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Best sounding turntable and cartridge for $1100 As an old person, I've always been horrified by "scratchers"…LP Abuse! Tawdry! As a musician I actually get it though, and should get a grip and calm the heck down. | |
| Need Help with Subwoofer Choice Without a "room correction EQ" system (or maybe even with one, not sure since I don’t use or seem to need EQ in my hifi rig) you might have to adjust the sub level from time to time as recorded bass levels can vary. Necessary level adjustments gen... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... And still no explanation of WHY "magic" fuses work, other than fan-boy speculation about power supply bottlenecks or fake directionality theories. I assume that if Fusers were given these things for free (like I was) instead of committing hundreds... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I'm considering contacting UL and asking them if a potentially dangerous product such as an unreliably rated fuse falls under their purview, although I may have to wait until Tuesday…I suggest SR fusers unplug their gear until I get this settled…o... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I should amend my post to note that SR Black fuses are more like 40 times the price of standard fare. Note that geoffkait’s HiFi tuning info post easily fails the logic smell test as it includes the same "directionality" nonsense along with refere... | |
| Need Help with Subwoofer Choice I use 2 RELs, a Q150e (10"driver) and a Q108 MK II (8"), both bought used for around 200 bucks each, and they're extremely "musical" and really well built…highly recommended (by many). I had the Q150e first for a few years and it worked fine by it... | |
| Best sounding turntable and cartridge for $1100 I have a friend who loves his "U -Turn" although I haven't heard one myself. They're inexpensive and they're made in my current home state of MA (!). If they made them in China they would be free. | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... So, again, my question remains unanswered, although obviously I still think it's relevant and very basic. Most manufacturers of "audiophile" tweak products like gear racks, cables, tube dampers, spiky or rubbery feet, etc., will be happy to explai... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Wait…I'm still hung up on Ralph's "perfectly coiffed hippy mane." Having been a Real Hippy (as opposed to a "weekend hippy"), and a working musician since 1967 where I was overexposed to all sorts of hippiedom, I can say that "perfectly coiffed" a... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I continue to wonder HOW SR fuses do whatever they are claimed to do. I realize that to the SR faithful this question is blasphemy, and to even raise this question often engenders the ire of the Magic Fuse Faithful, but since this question has nev... | |
| Doh, left system off all night Environmental Issues update: Based on recent data regarding Arctic warming (today in the NY times for example) and Greenland ice sheet melting, I’m pretty sure we’ve irreversibly lost the battle with climate change so hey…waste all the juice you c... | |
| What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock? I get that as nobody wants speakers that "shine only with good recordings." You need speakers that cover up the faults in bad recordings making the recordings sound better, and also allow great recordings to sound great…perhaps a "shitty recording... | |
| Do Integrateds sound better than Receivers? "Really good stuff" is available without the premium cost of seriously hyped items that may not be better sounding at all. So to people who still have their youth I say, don’t wait! "Sorry Marge, no sound until I get a few years of bonus checks sa... | |
| Hello Tube Amplification--Goodbye Subwoofer I test my sub contribution (subtribution?) from time to time by turning them off for a bit…I use 2 RELs…turn them back up and you simply and instantly understand sub mojo. | |
| Killer Floor Standing Speakers under $4000 for Rock? I’ve been a mostly "rock" professional musician for nearly 50 years, recording, live stuff, still play a little too loud. I’m also going through a "late stage beatnik" phase of being a jazz freak, listening to lots of it (hooked on piano trios), a... |