mapman
Responses from mapman
| $6 Million Dollar Man? Yes, if I had the money, I would do multiple systems each designed to max out a particular room and each with a different approach rather than just waste money and overkill a single room.An OHm room, an mbl room, a room with monster horns and tube... | |
| How essential is shielding? I have found it can make a difference in noise levels in some cases and not in others. You have to experiment to determine.Orientation and position relative to other wires with current passing through or powered devices with transformers that emit... | |
| What I learned on Audiogon This Year Though the goal of the buyer is often to get better sound, like most things, a lot of the perceived value of hi end audio gear clearly has to do with its appearance, rarity or value as a collector's item or status symbol. | |
| Best external hard drive to store PC ripped music The Seagate drives from Best Buy I use were inexpensive and work like a charm. The easy to setup and use and highly reliable backup software that comes with the drives for free adds greatly to the value. | |
| tube dac for tube amp? There is no straightforward answer.It's a personal decision that depends on a lot of things.What matters in the end is how everything gels towards the end of delivering sound in a manner that meets your expectations.In general, I would expect the ... | |
| Best Towers Under $1500 for beginner system Another vote for OHM microwalsh or larger OHMs second hand if available.Otherwise, I'd give the Totems a look. | |
| Upgrade advice, please. Always nice to hear when things work out.Cheers! | |
| Slam possible with Tubes instead of SS ?? I am very tolerant of many different flavors of system sound, but I have very low tolerance for noise of any kind.If I put my ear up to the speaker and hear anything other than silence when the system is on even if only at higher than normal volum... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Macro,Its true that some people (not many) don't even like ice cream.Some are even allergic.Many more are just prone to seeking enjoyment elsewhere.Cheers, Merry Xmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year and whatever other flavors of celebration I may ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? "It's not that difficult to get high quality sound."I agree.But there are many flavors of high quality sound.I think what people struggle with more is getting the right flavor for them.Some flavors are more popular than others.Some are more esoter... | |
| How close to the real thing? My head is going to burst..... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "plastic surgery; cut all her credit/debit cards."I like that!Not the kind of PS that most wives might find appealing though..... | |
| Slam possible with Tubes instead of SS ?? Maggies may be similar to Soundlabs in regards to drive ability via SS or tube amps.Were I to go the Maggie route again someday, I think a tube amp would be the ticket. | |
| How close to the real thing? I try to keep in mind that with recordings, the recording itself and how it was produced is the real thing that matters.Remember recordings are reproductions. They can approach the real thing but probably never completely equal it. I've heard some... | |
| Review: MHDT Paradisea+ MHDT Paradisea+ DA converter My Paradisea with stock GE tube matches your description of the Paradisea+ stock sound pretty closely.With my current rig, I also wanted more low end extension and kick. The mhdt Constantine does that but with a nice, clean yet more SS sounding mi... |