mapman
Responses from mapman
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "lack of distortion"That's a tough case to make in reality I think.I'll buy radiation pattern control as a another unique attribute of potential benefit. | |
| Are The Klipsch Heritage Series Really Worthy? yes, they are worthy.Just don't try to fit a square peg to a round hole. Like most gear, they require proper setup and associated electronics to shine. I would want to run them off a tube amp of some sort for best results. | |
| "The Heat Pipes are coming"... The Heat Pipes are On a scale of 1-10 where 10 is the most important thing to consider for good sound, I'd say heat pipes are a -5. | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? I think everyone agree they need power and current.That means either Krell like big heavy and inefficient monster amp or smaller, more manageable and energy efficient Class D. | |
| Do you remember your first cd? Fresh Air 2 by Mannheim Steamroller. | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? Class D is the first place I would look to power Thiels well.I use an ARC tube pre-amp with my Class D amp and power and current hungry OHM speakers and find that to be a very effective combo.Not all Class Ds are equally tube preamp friendly. Ones... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? The primary benefit of horns is efficiency. They are also cool looking (but lets put that aside for now and just focus on function, not form).The primary drawback is that doing full range horns well is difficult and expensive.In the end I think it... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? I would expect lower damping for the low end to be more sonically synergistic with horns and compression drivers than perhaps most others. I suspect it helps to loosen things up a bit overall and contribute towards lessening any edge in the sound ... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? My gut take is that good horns that are not "shouty" are quite difficult and expensive to design and build. However there are some that do it right and these can be quite exceptional (but still not the ONLY way to excel). Again the sad but true di... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? I heard These custom GOTO horns last year at capital Audiofest in DC.They were among the best in show and a lot of fun to listen to. The presenters shyed away from playing anything digital though. Their phono rig was much superior to the CD setup.... | |
| Help with used records. I use Goo Gone . | |
| Which monitors for my tube system in a large room? I've heard those Quads and like them a lot.Never heard them off a tube amp though. Assuming they are tube friendly, that could be quite a nice pairing. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? I have never heard Trios, but I tend to believe what Chadeffect says having moved from Apogees and high power Class D to Trios and some flea powered tube amp and having discussed the differences and similarities between the two quite extensively o... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Dan_ed, use of horns are banned from this match!Unsound may come armed with some prop tubes to use as illegal weapons but the ref will never see this. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Added bout to upcoming Wrestlemania this weekend:Unsound vs Dan_ed in a no holds barred "I Quit" match.....Makes HHH versus Undertaker look like Sesame Street! |