mapman
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| digital vs vinyl thoughts "Digital always sounds less "real" for this reason"An absolute statement that is simply not true in my experience.Digital often sounds more real to me.Just my opinion.... | |
| Power Cord brands mixing. "Your Opinions" How does one chose a power cord logically?Are there power cords for reasonable cost that are always a safe bet?Or does one try to tweak the best power cord to match a particular device somehow? How could one even attempt to do that other than by t... | |
| Looking for budget reciever for second system. I'm using a 30 year old NAD 7020 receiver to good effect in my second system. The nice thing about this receiver is it can be had for dirt cheap these days even in good working order because of the age. ALso, it has RCA pre-amp outputs and amp inp... | |
| digital vs vinyl thoughts Entry level always infers less than ideal.Digital vs vinyl thoughts?Two different means to an end.Other than that, at this point, meh! | |
| New Amp for Dynaudio Contour S 1.4 Speakers BEl Canto Ref1000m monoblocks are top notch with my Dynaudio monitors and would not hesitate to recommend them for Dynaudios in general. | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? Yeah, other than my ears, the Linn Axis table. I bought it back in the 80s to avoid having to replace all my albums with CDs. Still going strong. A fantastic investment. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Never heard Is but have almost picked up a pair on several occasions. They are reputed to be quite awsome. They were an interim top of the line design prior to the Walsh cls driver but do not utilize any Walsh driver techlology. | |
| It's Hammond B3 Organ Day Do a search and find the "Hammond Organ Radio" station on the internet. Lots of fun. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Musical and muscular! I like that description! I'd love to see some nice photos of those bubinga 5000s. | |
| Thin Walled Speakers -Tonian, Musical Affairs, etc Good question! | |
| Do I need BOTH amp and pre to be sonic holography? The only downside I heard with the Carver sonic holography when I used it was a noticeable loss of dynamics, mostly in the low end. It did however work as advertised if set up properly as instructed and listening smack in the sweet spot. Away from... | |
| Need Advice On A Network Music Player Kbar,I believe you can connect a drive with music library direct to TOuch, via USB I would expect. I have read from others that have done this though that there may be quirks compared to network access, which is probably the most common approach.I... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I've found significant differences with different ICs with the OHMS, more so than any other speaker I have owned.HAven't crossed the bridge of dabbling with power cords yet. HAve not felt the need. I hesitate to change anything at present. Everyth... | |
| Benefits of brand synergy There is benefit in synergy. Buying all within a brand does not necessarily guarantee synergy, so careful there. Some gear in some brand lines together might provide it, some not.Don't forget also that whatever gear you buy has to synergize with t... | |
| Need Advice On A Network Music Player Touch + outboard DAC = hard to beat for internet radio and CD quality digital.I am skeptical about the merit of downloadable high res audio files still these days. Larger high res files does not automatically equate to better sound. HD tracks does... |