mapman
Responses from mapman
| Budget Strategies forTightening up Bass? I'm guessing the tube amp driving the Silverline speakers is the culprit for looser than desired (underdamped?) bass in this case?Assuming this is the case, something like a Wyred4Sound Class D integrated or something similar from Bel Canto or oth... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? "If he pulls the same vocal stunts singing yellow submarine on Beatles night, you'll be proven right"That would be pretty funny!How dare he show up Ringo!I hope he doesn't also though. | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? "I would argue that you just dont have the quality of software with cd's (or sacds) in comparison to (original) vinyl. No machine can make great sound out of questionable source material.'On an absolute scale perhaps, however not all vinyl recor... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? Edorr,Nicely stated!I tend to agree with your assessment. | |
| How can a 40 watt amp outshine a 140 watt amp # watts alone says little about an amp other perhaps than how loud it can go with a particular pair of speakers depending on how efficient the speakers are before its published total harmonic distortion specs are exceeded (assuming those are accur... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... DAn9,What was the rest of the system you tried the Class D amps with? | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... My theory, at least for the better icepower Class D amps out there, is that one may have to have a setup that is capable of doing imaging and soundstage really well in order to appreciate these amps fully. I have several speakers set up in several... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? I've had good luck in this regard with my current music server/network player/DAC configuration in my rig.Not by chance. I have strived to get both my vinyl and digital to sound right to me. They may not be exactly the same, but are very close.The... | |
| Suggestions please: upgrade from Dynaudio S1.4 For orchestral music , you probably just need to go more full range. Try adding a sub as an easy fix. Or go to larger more full range Dynaudios if you like them in general but they just sound a tad smallish with large scale works and piano.I have ... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... I had a Musical Fidelity A3CR (Class A Stereophile rated FWIW) prior to the Bel Canto ref1000m monoblocks.When I first listened to the BC's, the sound was so different from prior that I thought something was wrong. My ears were totally disoriented... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? I won't say his performance was perfect by any stretch or that it was not somewhat over the top. After all the kid is a kid and a rank amateur at this point.However, he was auditioning to demonstrate what he is capable of, and he put everything in... | |
| are all used LPs dusty? "Wetting without vacuuming away the sludge just rearranges the sludge. "True vacumming is the most common solution I suppose.I have found that using tightly folded edges of a very soft and absorbent paper towel like a record cleaner while the reco... | |
| loudness wars: digital recording to improve? "Error correction, on the other hand, changes nothing between the original data and the data played back, and so is inappropriate for discussion in context of sonic quality. "Agreed. | |
| are all used LPs dusty? Some are not but it doesn't matter.If you want good results with used records, you have to be prepared to clean them properly first. There is lots of info here on A'gon and elsewhere already regarding various effective ways to do this.Otherwise, s... | |
| loudness wars: digital recording to improve? In a sense everything recorded is "manipulated" in some way.What matters I suppose is whether or not the customers like the results. |