mapman
Responses from mapman
| Yamaha A-S 1000 & 2000 --- How Good? "I was a brave boy."The ones who are really brave I always think are those who drop tens of thousands on more on new pieces, that immediately depreciate significantly in value by the thousands, based on product reputation alone or feedback of othe... | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? I can echo Bondman' experience with lesser recordings and some of the design attributes of speakers that can help make even most lesser recordings very enjoyable on the terms that the engineers and producers who created them intended. Even holds t... | |
| Review: Yamaha A S-2000 Amplifier Denon and Yamaha have both produced a lot of rock solid audio products over the years IMHO. Marantz also. Nakamichi as well when they were in their prime.Sansui was good back 30-40 years ago but had some issues even then. | |
| Review: Yamaha A S-2000 Amplifier FWIW the vintage yamaha gear used to sold in many "hi end shops" years ago. I still have a vintage Yamaha receiver from the 70's and a cassette deck from the late 80's and both are solid performers in all regards. I suspect the modern Yamaha gear ... | |
| Yamaha A-S 1000 & 2000 --- How Good? Jung,What speakers did you use it with?That might make a big difference in the results depending on how power and current hungry they are/were.Things could be a lot different with speakers that are tube friendly and an easy load to drive. I've use... | |
| Music Server VS Laptop FLAC is a good choice. | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? Iso,Funny you say that because as I recall that is exactly correct!Before I owned a real stereo, I would operate on the transistor radio and run the internal wire to the speaker to an external bigger speaker, whatever I could find. That was one of... | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? "Motown sounds incredible on an AM transistor radio.'Gotta disagree on that one. Motown never sounded better than remastered and on a good modern rig. | |
| Best Speakers at RMAF 2011...? The new Totem Element line....any good?Totems with bigger drivers than used historically sounds promising. | |
| Best Speakers at RMAF 2011...? How did the Emerald Physics speakers sound and compare? | |
| Does Hardware Matter? You need a good soundcard on board the computer to do the A2D conversion if going out from the headphone jack. That is the main thing in regards to sound quality. I used this approach when I first started with computer audio and it can work pretty... | |
| Music Server VS Laptop Laptop is perfectly fine as a music server. The connection to the DAC is what matters in terms of sound. I like to use a wireless connection to a network player like Squeezebox and then run to DAC from there if desired. This helps isolate the devi... | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? interesting topic. my experience has been it should not be a problem with the right setup and realistic expectations. without the second, you may be doomed to dissapointment. | |
| Best Speakers at RMAF 2011...? yep, holistic audio arts. that's the one. | |
| Your favourite Internet Radio Station in 2011? Radio Paradise, WWOZ, and Delicious Agony. |