mapman
Responses from mapman
| Why not horns? Weseixas, bold but interesting assertion!The custom horns I heard (110db efficiency) at the audio show were powered by a very expensive ($50000+) Audio Note tube amp, perhaps 20 some watts per channel or so yet quite substantial physically. the si... | |
| Why not horns? Also, I complimented the designer of the horns on how well they were setup. The room was only about 14X18 feet or so with high ceilings. The event was in a quite exquisite 19th century mansion with lots of hard surfaces, ie wood, marble brass,etc.... | |
| Why not horns? "Pinning the cause down to a single room at the show seems a bit of a stretch to me."No, it was definitely the room with the loud + dynamic horns. I was in there for over an hour just before leaving and no other rooms (including those with other h... | |
| What's your best audio "find" Best in terms of pure value may be the mhdt Constantine DAC used for $350 or so.Its SS rather than tube so it seems to fly under most peoples radar but is a giant killer IMHO. My digital with this compares quite favorably even to some of the best ... | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? I only got a brief listen, but the Jolida FX-10 tube integrated ($450) I heard at a show recently may qualify. This looks like a very serious attempt to bring a very nice combo of ergonomic good looks and good sound to a mass market (at least mass... | |
| Why not horns? There are some pics of the horn rig I was talking about and some others at CAF here:http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3766696 | |
| Why not horns? I got to attend the Capital Audiofest event in Rockville, MD this past weekend. This was a small but very nicely done event. THere was a range of pricepoints in equipment there, all the way up to several systems demonstrating the best face of some... | |
| Jolida Fx10 It was perhaps the best sound value I heard today at Capital Audio Fest. Very nice looking unit and the sound on small Nola speakers caught a lot of ears! I am tempted to try one in my second system. | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps I've been really liking Candice Night of Blackmore's Night (Ritchie's wife). Much easier on the eye than Ian Gillan also! | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? in a gadda davida - iron butterflyS&M - metallica | |
| USB Cards to Replace Compact Discs? I do not know if it will happen or not but it does make sense to me in many ways and could support some good sounding digital I would think.. | |
| Best rock song of all times I'll go with "Highway Star". I can really feel the energy singing that on "Rock Band"!"Girls Got Rhythm" is another possible AC/DC tune. | |
| Do all good interconnects sound the same? The answer is clearly no based on what I have heard.True that in some scenarios, some or even many may sound the same or similar, but definitely not all sound the same. In each case, it will depend. The only way to know is to listen and determine ... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music How about "Saltwater" by Julian Lennon? | |
| Reel to Reel decks BTW, I think I saw that United Home Audio is participating at the Capital Audio Fest near DC this weekend. UAH where I heard some of the new RTR master recordings eclipse vinyl and CD last year on a very fine mbl system. I suspect that some of thi... |