bondmanp
Responses from bondmanp
| What Makes your System Special? Nice topic, mapman!For me, it is that my hodge podge of components, wires and speakers all work together synergistically to make music I love listening to, even when the source material is not up to audiophile standards. I have heard many systems... | |
| What is an audiophile? Are you an audiophile? I dunno, but I have been told I am more of an audiopile than an audiophile! | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? Um, maybe because many audiophiles just want to enjoy listening to well-reproduced music on their rigs, rather than turn their hobby into a quasi-scientific research experiment. YMMV, of course. | |
| McIntosh FWIW, I had a disappointing experience with Mcintosh late last year. My preamp was sent to the dealer, Audio Classics, for a simple repair that required a $10 set of output jacks. Audio Classics was great, but they were unable to get this part ... | |
| Are the new Ohm Walsh speakers Audiophile quality? @mapman...I knew I forgot something! Yes. The misconception that omni speakers can't accurately image, in spite of huge successes in this regard from MBL and German Physics, as well as Ohm, persists. | |
| Are the new Ohm Walsh speakers Audiophile quality? @mlsstl ... All good points, but I think many audiophiles don't give Ohm a fair chance for several reasons:1. They are not expensive, so how could they be any good?2. No fancy adverts in the audio rags, which leads to...3. No glowing reviews in th... | |
| Suddenly...one third of my tracks are 'unavailable' using Qobuz I am soon going to start a trial of Qobuz, now that my SBT can sign in to it (oh, yes, it can!). I expect I can stump Qobuz as easily as I have stumped Tidal (I listen to some pretty obscure stuff). But this will be my first time paying for music... | |
| Are the new Ohm Walsh speakers Audiophile quality? I have said it on other threads, but it bears repeating: The current Ohm lines are capable of very refined sound and will respond well to upstream improvements. My 2000s, purchased new in 2009 have never sounded better. I have upgraded most of m... | |
| system/room equalized flat from 20 to 20k cps--is yours? No, thank goodness. As a result, I enjoy listening to recorded music. | |
| Definitely lonely to be an audiophile Well, it WAS a lonely hobby until I discovered my local audio club. Then for 12 years, I was able to meet with a friendly bunch of audiophiles, anywhere from a dozen to 50, once a month, plus occasional mini meetings of a half dozen or so. Great... | |
| Audio Companies with Integrity?? @zyphryx... My experience with Odyssey Audio was vastly different than yours, FWIW.I have had wonderful dealings with these companies:Ohm Speakers. Arion Audio.Audio Classics. Sweet Vinyl. Oppo (miss those guys).And a another big +1 for Johnny R... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? @t8kc... If you read through this thread, you will see that from the start, I have run my 2000s with a pair of Vandersteen 2Wq subs. Overkill? Perhaps, but I love extended, clean bass, and this combo works extremely well. Dynamics can be startl... | |
| Speaker Suggestions/Opinions @bache I think you might want to qualify your post as your opinion, perhaps based on your own experience. In my own experience, I have heard two way speakers that were fantastic (Ohm, Roman Audio, German Physics, others), and three or more way spe... | |
| Speaker Suggestions/Opinions In your budget, I would audition one of Ohm's Walsh line of speakers. I think they tick off the boxes you listed in your original post. You can afford to buy new if your room isn't too big for the 2000s (my current speaker, bought over 10 years a... | |
| The longest you have owned any gear? My Thorens TD166MkII, bought new in 1984 with a second arm wand. Now somewhat modified, but with original motor, arm, platter and plinth. It was a big purchase for me then, one year out of college, but I refused to re-buy my LPs in CD form and wan... |