mapman
Responses from mapman
| Help with used records. "Lighter fluid does an excellent job of removing stickers without damaging the jacket."Hmm, I might be a little concerned with some of the associated side effects of that one, like increased tendency for records to spontaneously ignite undesirably? | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "the Trio is like the best planar on steroids"Funny, but I have heard some planar users that switched to OHM Walsh speakers (like myself) use that same analogy.Having heard all kinds of speakers over the years, including some really good modern ho... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? I think I understand.I think we share similar goals but perhaps may take different approaches in achieving it. | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? The VAC gear I've heard has all been top notch but too expensive and I am not one to dabble with maintaining tube gear if not needed.I had a crush on the VAC Phi Beta integrated at one point.Then the Jolida fx10 was in my league and stole my heart... | |
| What is your source for discovering new music? Internet radio mostly.Sometimes friends also interested in music will bring some new stuff by to give a listen to.Public library on occasion.I'll do some digging on various internet sites where users post reviews and comments on specific material ... | |
| lessloss blackbody Nothing new to say on this topic.Sorry, no more free publicity from me FWIW at least here. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "martin collums measured THD at 110 db"For those kinds of volumes, except perhaps in the case of smaller rooms, good horns in particular, like Avantgarde should shine and be a safe choice.Again, the advantage is efficiency and the ability to GO LO... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? "My real excitement about this whole experience is that really decent digital playback has seemingly arrived at a reasonable price point. "Glad to hear that.Also glad to know I am not totally whacked when I make whacky claims like good digital doe... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? "Then again maybe its them ole ears, eh Mapman? I hear ya:)"No doubt years of training ones ears listening to different things makes a big difference, even if the ability to discern the higher frequencies one could hear as a youth goes mostly down... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? "It is too bad that the technology of the playback of the time wasn't in step with the engineering and quality of pressings, especially in the 50's when the LP was in its infancy."That is a fact.Hifi and stereo recordings were a big deal in market... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? "The 'only' issue is THIEL's propensity toward an analytical sound...usually ameliorated with tubes in the preamp stage...just sayin'."I prefer speakers capable of "analytical sound". Its usually not too hard to tame them as needed or if desired. ... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "IMO the fact that horn-loaded drivers don't have to move much to make a lot of sound helps keep their distortion down."Mass and inertia are certainly big considerations when designing any high performance speaker, no doubt.The bending wave theory... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? " As in all fields, the application of generalizations is fraught with difficulties!"Amen, brother! | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? I was not aware there is a spec dynamic range limit for vinyl?If there is, it is quite old and hence not surprising if newer CD redbook specs surpass it.Seems to me though that in practice the only limit for vinyl dynamic range is how much modulat... | |
| Headphone amp and headphones... ? I too am very interested in opinions from experienced a'goner's who have tried various headphone/amp combos over the years and settled in on a particular combo for some particular reason.I have been doing some experimenting of late with some of te... |