mapman
Responses from mapman
| Which components are "stupid good"? I heard a pair of big buck Focal Grand Utopias recently.Very good. Very expensive. Very BIG!Came home and listened to my OHM 5 series 3 that cost me less than 1/5th what the GUs would cost.Stupid good! At least in comparison in my room. I suspect ... | |
| CD's vs Vinyl - Finally hear the difference You can't make valid generalized statements regarding format based on a single system case.My stance these days is they both sound good and sound best when they both sound mostly the same. | |
| What did you own in the 60's? "A transistor radio."Oh, right. I had one of those to.Phillies baseball and top 40 radio got lots of airtime of those.I used to regularly open these these little portable gadgets up and hot wire them to larger external speakers as a step up. | |
| What did you own in the 60's? a Hitachi cassette recorder and a little red portable 8 track player (Lear Jet?). No stereo until 1972. | |
| Mystical Performances simple game - moody blues | |
| Mystical Performances street spirit (fade out) radioheadhighway 61 revisited - dylanseventh sojourn - moody blues | |
| Speaker with most dynamic PUNCH? go with larger models with larger drivers ofgood quality and design and the rest is personal preference and a suitable amp with enough juice to max out performance. | |
| Ohm Walsh 2000 vs MMG vs Vandersteen 2ce Sig? AF,Have you heard both properly refurbished Fs say and latest OHM X000 line to compare?If so, I would be very interested in your assessment.Also if you have heard Dale Harder's modern takes on the A or F for comparison? These are priced not too fa... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? I've read that the human ear does not have flat response but rather is most sensitive in certain range of the audio spectrum associated with brightness. Atmasphere, is this what you are referring to when you talk about hearing rules?If so, seems t... | |
| Amy Winehouse.RIP Realize that nothing pisses people off more in general than stating something undeniable that conflicts with their core beliefs.Its human nature. So we all might as well accept it and deal with it.But does it really? Or does it just sound like it ... | |
| Help with a first tube amp Please Rogue Cronus might cost a tad more but sounds very good with Maggies. | |
| Ohm Walsh 2000 vs MMG vs Vandersteen 2ce Sig? "Are these the same brands or have they come a long way since the 90's?"Same brands. Similar designs. OHM has evolved since the 90's to keep competitive and retain appeal. They have been sold direct only now since some time in the EARLY TO MID 90'... | |
| Amy Winehouse.RIP Sounds kind of like I Ching?Makes sense to me. | |
| Amy Winehouse.RIP "we are all born with the corruptible seed of Adam"So that explains it!I actually do feel a little less guilty now. | |
| Ohm Walsh 2000 vs MMG vs Vandersteen 2ce Sig? Fraz,Yes, I think mmg and MWTs is the best apples/apples comparison in the mmg price range.In a more nearfield listening scenario in a typical room, or in a smaller room, I think the OHMs and mmgs would tend to even out more at low listening level... |