wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker? I've been playing electric bass for decades and I have a couple of pro bass amps (15s, 12s, mondo pro sub) and one learns that there's obvious limits on how loud you can play before the speakers get annoyed. Is this too basic? Over 6 maybe? Electr... | |
| Schiit Loki equalizer causing POPPING SOUND I use a couple of Lokis (Headphones mostly as the newer Max replaced one in my main rig) and a Loki Max and all are very quiet with zero noise when taking them in and out of the line, and the Lokis can even be turned off completely without a peep.... | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby The assumption or theory that paying attention to your gear can have a negative effect on how you feel about music seems ridiculous. If that's the case you need therapy. As a long time musician I can create music (the absolute sound?...hmmm) mys... | |
| Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker? Note that any tube guitar amp from a 5 watt studio amp to a 100 watt whatever will often be used overdriven with distortion into the speakers for DECADES with no harm done. If people are lame enough to drive their delicate little home stereo speak... | |
| SPEAKER CABLE OR INTERCONNECT I have longish speaker cable requirements caused by amp placement necessities, and I've used various brands of cables over the years...recently decided to try the recently upgraded Kimber 8PR that gets to 10awg at the posts...a GREAT and relativel... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? Efficiency is important to me as one of my amps (a class tube A SEP) has relatively low power...impedance is important, but the sound is really all that matters...and I'll never buy anything without auditioning unless it has a very fair return pol... | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? I never buy gear from migrant tribal people with camels due to all the sandy dust issues. Also, I can't deal with anybody who lives outdoors or owns ferrets. | |
| Andrew Singer Of "Sound by Singer" passed away yesterday Lyric is also an extinct NY joint that got some of my filthy lucre. | |
| Andrew Singer Of "Sound by Singer" passed away yesterday When I lived in CT I bought a lot of stuff from Singer. Great place. I doubt it was due to my Rolex...My Patek maybe? | |
| Music first or sound first? If I don't like some piece of music there's no audio rig that's gonna change that...I'll just not like it in higher fidelity...briefly...Conversely, if something is really great to my ears it can be coming from a crappy source and it's still great. | |
| Listening position/speaker position The only recent speaker position change I've made is from reading about the Wilson Loke sub (they apparently didn't know that Schiit audio had copped the Loki name first...although a different spelling of the same Norse rascal), where they recomme... | |
| How can I measure the noise on my AC mains with a 2ch oscilloscope? "Live Music" is full of phase anomalies, microphone differences, crowd murmurs and smells, bow rosin dust, insane sound technicians, a lack of sound technicians, balding head reflections, unseasoned wood flooring, drapery...all of which you can tr... | |
| Dickie Betts died earlier today at 80 years of age Betts had a rare thing among guitar players which was an instantly recognizable style. | |
| Long run XLR cables Truly transformer balanced ins and outs are what you really need for long balanced cables to do their thing...like in studio and PA stuff where you might go hundreds of feet, and I've also noticed over the years that better quality balanced cables... | |
| People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution? My hifi room is "treated" by the stuff in it, thus allowing the "room sound" I prefer, and note the only "proper" speaker setup is the one that sounds best to you. I don’t think bi-amping is useful or necessary for home audio as to truly pull it o... |