mapman
Responses from mapman
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? Not to mention most power amps……uuggggly! Let there be meters, digital displays, touch screens! Even just a few goshdern LEDs! Now we are talking! Something worth looking at! Lights camera……action! | |
| Bel Canto E one C5i Integrated Amp power question My c5i is driving a pair of kef ls50s these days in a large open family room/kitchen area. The ls50s sound glorious and they are not easy speakers to drive. I’ve heard them sound quite bad/flat on other amps with a lot more rated power than the c... | |
| Bel Canto E one C5i Integrated Amp power question Yes on all the time The c5i should do a very good job to drive most speakers to reasonable spl but not the last word if you like to listen at more uncomfortable listening levels with less efficient speakers. There is a preamp output on the back s... | |
| Bel Canto E one C5i Integrated Amp power question Should do fine. I also have a c5i. | |
| How important is spending time with your gear? I recently downsized from all separates to a very clean looking and versatile all-in-1 unit. Nice having all that space back! Oh and looks and also sounds wonderful! Old gear went into an audio cab with glass doors upstairs where I can see it but ... | |
| Let’s share the music that gives us the chills every time. “With Twilight as my Guide” - The Mars Volta. | |
| Almost equality Nice setup! | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? Spin clean to clean used records. Also buy extra drying clothes so you can do a bunch at a time. Stylus brush needed to keep stylus clean. I would play a record only once and digitize to a music server to play from there but that’s just me. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Currently listening to Savoy Brown-Jack the Toad Well, I be blowed! 👌 | |
| What defines mid-fi versus high-end? In this day and age, if something sounds “mid-fi”, it just means you bought the wrong stuff. Fix that! Hifi can be had for a pittance these days. A pair of Grado headphones and a smart phone to stream from will do to start. Move up to a pair of V... | |
| Recommendation all-rounded speaker (small room) Ohm Micro Walsh | |
| An Objective Review of the Tekton Double Impact Speakers I salute all those members who take the time to fight the good fight against self serving BS served up regularly and continuously by just a few with both massive and intrusive personal agendas on the internet both here and elsewhere. Keep up the g... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. If the interest is truly to share information and help others , it helps to listen to what people say and take their input to heart and respond accordingly rather than discount it. That is well documented common knowledge. Merely preaching on one’... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. It’s a stupid and useless debate to start with. People just creating a dilemma where there is none and using that to go off on whatever topic they happen to fancy. Lots of words that translate into chaos because people have to convince others they... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. Not really. Nails scratching on aboard might be represented by numbers. Or the sound of a nuclear blast. But is that music? Maybe. Digital recordings are all numbers but need not all be considered music. Music is a matter of popular opinion. If en... |