mapman
Responses from mapman
| My ears of tin are over 50 Rgs,I am similar. Its almost as if losing ability to hear the higher frequencies one can when younger facilitates an improved focus on what you can still hear.I consider myself fortunate that my ability to appreciate good sounding music has perhap... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? "Mapman - I also observed that listening at low volumes with Icepower is very good. I know that part of the problem is our hearing but I enjoy very good and clean sound (with very articulate bass) at low levels without any loudness correction. I c... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? When I first heard the IcePower amps in my setup, the difference in the nature of teh sound from anything I had heard prior was most startling. It was most apparent in that major volume adjustments seemed to have comparably little effect on volume... | |
| Why not horns? How about an example of a recording I might be familiar with where the players (singer, whatever) is/are properly sized for reference? | |
| Why not horns? "Some of the very best loudspeakers I've ever heard and some of the worst –where horns"I fall into that category as well."Does any other horn owner have a problem with larger than realistic presentation?"What does "larger than realistic" mean? Som... | |
| Why not horns? Unsound, I thought I remember you saying something along the line that you would never have horns in your house or something to that effect. I could be wrong.Assuming so, I'd say the deck does not count as IN your house, but once they get that clo... | |
| Why not horns? " the only place that I think I might consider horns, are out side on my deck"Wow! From there, not much further to get into your house despite your pledge to contrary as well. Watch out! Macrojack must be getting to you! | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? The Bel Canto ref1000m2 Icepower Class D amps I am using on my larger full range OHM Walsh omnis seem to be able to go as loud as desired without an edge on most good recordings.These amps are high damping factor which matches well to the OHMs, so... | |
| Audiophile speakers that rock well Agree monitors + sub in general is a very effective way to go. | |
| Why not horns? " Ironically enough, part of my objection to horns are what I perceive to be their total poor cost to performance ratio."That is certainly true of some of the horns I have heard, especially the pure full range horn designs as opposed to the hybrid... | |
| Why not horns? macro,If I were you, I would temper my unwavering faith and passion with some more objectivity up front.Objectivity will help get the facts people need to make decisions out on the table. Unwavering faith and passion alone might be persuasive to s... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "Hmmmm, when I had my 100's, I thought John said that they wouldn't take any of the X000-series drivers due to size incompatibilities...."Most likely he had not adapted the new drivers to that particular cabinet yet. Over time, he seems to work ou... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Atmasphere,I suspect it would be hard to set up any meaningful comparison of an amp alone in that an amp cannot produce music alone without speakers. The results could vary widely depending on speakers used, personal preferences, and all the usual... | |
| Why not horns? Also I suppose the 4 driver approach would enable higher volumes with less distortion/breakup, which would be beneficial to pro applications in particular where good sound at high volume is needed in larger rooms using not many watts. Those watts ... | |
| Why not horns? " The 4 Ohm load might not be too appealing to many horn enthusiasts either."That would probably work against using most tube amps home audio enthusiasts often look to for use with high efficiency speakers.Could see it fit easily for pro use where... |