mapman
Responses from mapman
| About synergy? None of the approaches you list are sufficient alone to assure good results.Its all about the synergy and how each piece interacts as part of the whole to deliver the final results. Infinite ways to accomplish this. Never simple, unless you happen... | |
| The search among the great ones - 20k+ speakers Expensive speakers may be bigger and better. BEtter is good but bigger is not always the best solution. It depends on the room. You need a bigger room in general for bigger speakers. So be sure to keep to the room and how the speakers will integra... | |
| Totem and Bel Canto? I'd prefer the Bel Canto with Totem. | |
| The search among the great ones - 20k+ speakers Investigate a pair of OHM Walsh speakers with in home trial first for ~$1800-$6500 depending on room size first before dropping $20K on speakers. | |
| Do you use variable speed on your turntable? I've had this feature on many tables but only used it to lock in the correct speed as best as possible visually using the typical complementary strobe light visual speed indicator features, not to tweak the speed otherwise.If the records did not s... | |
| Best treatment for speaker feet???? Spikes I suppose.My large OHM 5 floorstanders use locking castors, which works very well given the pyramidal form but is not practical for many tall rectangular floorstanders probably. Castors also facilitate easy movement and tweaking of placemen... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? MikeL,I like your assessment and the mirror analogy.Its a matter of degree though. You could say that the record is made of individual molecules but they fit together perfectly and occur at a scale that makes it insignificant. Similar with digital... | |
| What does mist racking actually sound like? Elizabeth, you are a hoot and make me laugh!:-) | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "I would say vinyl still has the edge. Through the whole process, it also keeps it in the same mechanical vibration format it started out in, and is reproduced by the speakers in that manner, the same as we hear."I used to think that but having he... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "Interesting question, Mapman, but I don't think that it has an answer. Since there are a great many ways in which each medium and its reproduction can be inaccurate, how does one weight each of those ways relative to the others, and tally up a ne... | |
| What does mist racking actually sound like? Darn, I thought someone actually came up with some new audio topic that I had not heard of before.Mistracking usually results in some combination of audible distortion and/or superfluous surface noise as the stylus tracks the record. | |
| This site will be a happy waste of productivity : The gear sold by higherfi and the prices makes agon look like ebay.Are those guys really high or what? WHo can afford that stuff? | |
| Magico Room at RAMF How good did it sound Anything that costs as much as the gear we are talking about here had better sound "good". True if even a fraction of the cost as far as I am concerned. If not, then we are talking criminal level misrepresentation geared towards suckers only. Havi... | |
| Ear Buds? Any good recommendations under $100? I have the klipsch s4 buds. These fit in the ears and seal easily and securely, and are very solid performers and a very good value I would say. The tight seal may take some time to get used to but I have no problem falling asleep with these in th... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Catch A fire - Bob Marley |