mapman
Responses from mapman
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? I don't think using live music as an example is any kind of valid argument against detail or any other aspect of good sound in home audio.Yes, live performances are the benchmark that many of us strive to achieve at home. Detail and all the rest D... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? Criticism is not Steven Tyler's strong suite. He is entertaining though and seems to really appreciate talent. Hey, Aerosmith is not the pinnacle of modern music after all and Tyler may not be the one to be giving others advice and knows it.J' Lo ... | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? "I was listening last night for some 8 hours"Time one spends actually listening to (using) a system is perhaps the most telling metric of good sound of all. | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? "That beard with teeth gets on my nerves...his vocals annoy me."Paul was my pick to exit yesterday.Oh well.Now I have to look at that instead of Pia! | |
| The difinitive recording of AJA For $800 buy 400 $2.00 used copies in good shape and test them one by one.All will sound really good. Only one will sound best, but you can decide.Take your time..... | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? Dev,If you've lived and breathed with both then I will certainly take your word for it.mbl would not be the first tube unfriendly speaker I have heard of where someone found a way to make tubes work, usually by specifically finding a way to adapt ... | |
| What is your source for discovering new music? Hevac reminded me that I also pick up a lot of newer pop/dance oriented stuff at the gym doing Les Mill's choreographed exercise classes.If I hear something I like, I usually download the .mp3 for 99 cents or so from Amazon, if I can find it there... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? "I want to be "grabbed" by music, to be fully emotionally involved and deeper this (emotional) involment .... That's all."I suspect most music lovers want that but the factors which determine whether it is accomplished or not on a case by case bas... | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? "we are not talking apples and oranges, we are talking apples and extra-terrestrials"That's a good one! Gotta remember that!If you are going to make a major investment, customer support and service should be part of the value proposition. I know m... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? I think Scotty has the biggest upside in terms of earning potential. He's talented and hard not to like.James is similar but has more of an edge (yikes!). On Idol, that may well work against him eventually when push comes to shove.BTW, I really li... | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? "What I heard was a absolutely amazing jaw dropping experience no mater what music was played, and or at what volume."mbl done right is generally that way.I'm assuming you heard the mbl on a traditional well set up SS rig (top off the line mbl amp... | |
| Tube amp to drive MBL 101's My gut tells me trying to use any tube amp with mbl is the proverbial square peg in a round hole, but I could be wrong.Maybe there is some tube amp that can do it, but at that point, why bother with tubes at all unless one enjoys having to babysit... | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? A tube amp that can drive mbl well?That may be a first and is truly something! | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? "I've yet to hear a piece of Chinese (Designed, not necessarily manufactured) Tube gear that sounds like VAC--and it's not hand wired, point to point as is the VAC--overall hand made like the VAC. (I can be corrected here if someone knows of such)... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? OK, with the lovely Pia now gone, Jacob in the bottom three for the first time, and based on observing the reactions of my wife and daughter, who probably are fairly representative of the Idol voting demographic a lot more than me, I am now predic... |