mapman
Responses from mapman
| Best Audio Store Name? I always thought Crazy Eddie's (Tech HiFi's arch nemesis) was the worst. "His prices are insane!!!" Who wants to buy stuff from a insane, crazy guy?Heh heh....Oh well, both went belly up for different reasons...... | |
| New amp being touted as among the best ever...... Doesn't it all depend ... on ... lots of things, always?It goes against my instincts and experience to assume though that there is only one way (tubes) to make tasty audio soup and do the harmonic balance plus all the rest well.After all, we sent ... | |
| Best Audio Store Name? I'm partial to "Tech Hifi", one of the larger chains in the NE away back, and "Audition", an audio specialty store in Birmingham, AL also a few years back.We have a small local shop nearby called "Listening Room". I like that too! | |
| True Analog LPs versus Digital Recordings Old_6,I think 1978 or so is about the time i recall first seeing the first digitally recorded lps, on Telarc label I believe, but these were quite novel and very few and far between at that time. Their most distinctive sonic attributes were the dy... | |
| So what is the best speaker you have ever owned? The OHMs I run currently.Which model exactly is better depends mostly on room size, not cost. | |
| New amp being touted as among the best ever...... "The fact that an amplifier may or may not 'double down' really says nothing about its sound."That depends.It does not define the sound however it can help deliver the best results especially in teh low end in practice with many speakers with diff... | |
| Hi efficient speaker, bass problems The BC ref1000m monoblocks I use have damping factor spec of 1000 I believe.I use them with Dynaudio monitors and OHM Walsh speakers.The OHMs in particular have a reputation as benefiting from high damping so this is something I sought specificall... | |
| Do people buy MAC gear for the blue meters Of course. Many do.I love the look of Mac gear! | |
| Best amplifier and preamp for klipsch heresy 3 I was just thinking I bet a Jolida FX10 integrated could make some very nice music on the HEresies for less than $500.I heard this unit at a show driving a pair of Nola monitors and it was making some very good music! DRiving teh Klipsch should be... | |
| New amp being touted as among the best ever...... I really believe digital amps will be a game changer within a few years max. | |
| Considering analog...but nervous Remember you auditioned vinyl on totally different systems, so whatever you heard different or liked or not, there was more to it than just vinyl playing in place of CD. | |
| WAV versus FLAC I think audiocin's assessment is pretty accurate. | |
| True Analog LPs versus Digital Recordings Really, if you can't tell by listening, does it matter? | |
| True Analog LPs versus Digital Recordings Older recordings pre-dating the early 80's are almost certainly pure analog.Otherwise, you will find more and more digital in later years. Today I would suspect most everything is digital unless analog processing is clearly identified otherwise.I ... | |
| Considering analog...but nervous Don't do it if its going to stress you out.Unless there are old vinyl recordings you must experience (yes, there are some good and unique things worth experiencing from the golden age of vinyl), its not worth it these days. Better to max out the p... |