mapman
Responses from mapman
| Are you too old to be an audiophile? Speak up sonny! | |
| Does 'Accuracy' Matter or exist ? Theoretically, yes.Practically, accuracy is a hard beast to determine. | |
| When does the law diminishing returns kick in? depends on how excessive compulsive you are....... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? what you hear with neutral versus colored sound is analogous to what you see through clear and transparent versus tinted glass | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? scotty is so sqeaky clean, he makes john boy look like eminem. | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? country music is not my favorite cup of tea but i do like scotty as a perfect fit for the mold. | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? Well, it's getting down to the nitty gritty.Jacob never matched his version of GBTC during the early tryouts for me. Though I think he has a lot of potential especially if he develops as an entertainer as much as a pure singer, I had no qualms abo... | |
| Ohm Walsh 3/3000 upgrade comments....... "Map, when I have pulled the MWT omni's out further into the room, the stage does seem to go a bit deeper however, the loss of some impact in the mid/bass tends to thin things out too much. There is a happy medium with it depending on what you wan... | |
| Ohm Walsh 3/3000 upgrade comments....... "I find that the soundstage depth doesn't change much with regard to wall placement, just the bass for the most part."I'm wondering specifically if the omni versions have a deeper soundstage when placed significantly further out from the rear wall... | |
| Ohm Walsh 3/3000 upgrade comments....... Frazeur,I'm very interested in your observations regarding omni configured OHM CLS drivers compared to standard configuration and will stay tuned.Are your MWTs configured completely omni, ie upward facing tweeter and no wall facing damping inside ... | |
| A "Unique" Voice... Eartha Kitt | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? I'll probably make it to Capital Audiofest again this year and will be looking to hear those!! | |
| Which speaker has the biggest sound stage? In a large enough room with enough open space behind, larger mbls, 111 or 101 have the biggest that is also very accurately defined as well that I have heard recently.Omnidirectional speakers in general are capable of delivering the biggest sound ... | |
| Does phono stage noise drive you crazy too? Yes, even if I can only hear it when nothing is playing.The two types I have had to deal with in practice in recent years is EM and hiss from noisy or aging tubes.EM inducted noise really bothers me and I have zero tolerance. I suspect it affects ... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "I still do not think those "non dynamic" live performances are easily duplicated by a system. But it can be close."Yes, I agree of course that nothing can be duplicated exactly, especially when translated from a large venue into one's listening r... |