mapman
Responses from mapman
| small companies making today's best products I suspect if a reliable and comprehensive study were conducted by experts between small and larger high end audio companies, the results would be a draw in terms of which can deliver the best sounding solution and larger companies would win statis... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "There's this discontinuity that I've always heard between those different drivers."I've always found matching two radically distinct kinds of drivers (in terms of efficiency and dynamics) in the same system to be inherently problematic, but have ... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? Tonight may be the end for Jacob.I see him, paul and Casey in the bottom three.Paul would be my pick to go.james, Casey or Scottie are my current picks to win though I doubt casey has a chance.Srephano is not my cup of tea but gotta admit he has c... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Atmasphere,That's good information. Thanks! | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "But you will always have integration problems with horns. Instruments will change positions depending on where they are in frequency."Maybe not in big rooms where distance to the speakers can make even a horn approximate a point source more.In sm... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? A bigger room may be the best answer yet.... | |
| What is your favorite tv theme song/composition? Great version of Johnny Quest theme by Reverend Horton Heat on the "Saturday Morning Cartoons" CD. Nice transition into "Stop the Pigeon" from "Dastardly and Mutley in their Flying Machines". Classic baby boomer stuff!That's a very good CD chock f... | |
| small companies making today's best products Small companies are for well educated adventurers with deep pockets. You never know what you might find, good or bad!Larger established companies are safer if you want to hedge your bets and go with something that is more established and well know... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? I'll agree that toss everything in the pot and it either works or doesn't work in the end.Detail, imaging, dynamics, etc. are all just means to an end. | |
| 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 ... |