mapman
Responses from mapman
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? I think Scotty has the biggest upside in terms of earning potential. He's talented and hard not to like.James is similar but has more of an edge (yikes!). On Idol, that may well work against him eventually when push comes to shove.BTW, I really li... | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? "What I heard was a absolutely amazing jaw dropping experience no mater what music was played, and or at what volume."mbl done right is generally that way.I'm assuming you heard the mbl on a traditional well set up SS rig (top off the line mbl amp... | |
| Tube amp to drive MBL 101's My gut tells me trying to use any tube amp with mbl is the proverbial square peg in a round hole, but I could be wrong.Maybe there is some tube amp that can do it, but at that point, why bother with tubes at all unless one enjoys having to babysit... | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? A tube amp that can drive mbl well?That may be a first and is truly something! | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? "I've yet to hear a piece of Chinese (Designed, not necessarily manufactured) Tube gear that sounds like VAC--and it's not hand wired, point to point as is the VAC--overall hand made like the VAC. (I can be corrected here if someone knows of such)... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? OK, with the lovely Pia now gone, Jacob in the bottom three for the first time, and based on observing the reactions of my wife and daughter, who probably are fairly representative of the Idol voting demographic a lot more than me, I am now predic... | |
| Help with used records. "Lighter fluid does an excellent job of removing stickers without damaging the jacket."Hmm, I might be a little concerned with some of the associated side effects of that one, like increased tendency for records to spontaneously ignite undesirably? | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "the Trio is like the best planar on steroids"Funny, but I have heard some planar users that switched to OHM Walsh speakers (like myself) use that same analogy.Having heard all kinds of speakers over the years, including some really good modern ho... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? I think I understand.I think we share similar goals but perhaps may take different approaches in achieving it. | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? The VAC gear I've heard has all been top notch but too expensive and I am not one to dabble with maintaining tube gear if not needed.I had a crush on the VAC Phi Beta integrated at one point.Then the Jolida fx10 was in my league and stole my heart... | |
| What is your source for discovering new music? Internet radio mostly.Sometimes friends also interested in music will bring some new stuff by to give a listen to.Public library on occasion.I'll do some digging on various internet sites where users post reviews and comments on specific material ... | |
| lessloss blackbody Nothing new to say on this topic.Sorry, no more free publicity from me FWIW at least here. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? "martin collums measured THD at 110 db"For those kinds of volumes, except perhaps in the case of smaller rooms, good horns in particular, like Avantgarde should shine and be a safe choice.Again, the advantage is efficiency and the ability to GO LO... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? "My real excitement about this whole experience is that really decent digital playback has seemingly arrived at a reasonable price point. "Glad to hear that.Also glad to know I am not totally whacked when I make whacky claims like good digital doe... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? "Then again maybe its them ole ears, eh Mapman? I hear ya:)"No doubt years of training ones ears listening to different things makes a big difference, even if the ability to discern the higher frequencies one could hear as a youth goes mostly down... |