mapman
Responses from mapman
| Experienced audiophiles best speaker The best I have heard recently that I found hard to fault are OHM, mbl, Magico mini, and custom GOTO horns. I've heard some PSB Synchrony and Quad ESL speakers that were up there as well. | |
| Imaging and Detail. Those recordings should sound best when played loud. They should ROCK because they are classic ROCK recordings. They are not Mozart sonatas. They have sufficient detail and resolution to accomplish what they are quite well. Imaging is not an issue... | |
| The CD player is dead....... Shostokovich shuffle? yeah baby!Is that on thisShostokovich Jazz? | |
| The CD player is dead....... Now today for example, it was very nice listening to Mozart piano sonatas and then adding the Beethoven Pastoral Symphony while sitting in my chair in my bigger listening room and not having to get up and go into the next room to change things.I u... | |
| The CD player is dead....... I would find the jukebox like convenience features of a music server less valuable I think if I listened only to classical music where compositions are often longer and consist of multiple parts that have to be listened to in sequence compared to ... | |
| Imaging and Detail. "If Led Zeppelin sounds good on an audiophile system, then it's not an audiophile system in the common definition of an audiophile system.""Good" is subjective.LZ sounds good on my system these days.Has not always been the case though. It has not ... | |
| Digital Amps vs Solid State Amps What Tvad said. Either can be top notch. Personal preference in sound is a factor. Also make sure the amp is capable of driving the speakers to the max. For many less efficient designs, Cladd D and IcePower in particular will do this more cost eff... | |
| Imaging and Detail. "If you want to listen to 70s rock recordings, you're better off with a less resolving vintage stereo system, IMO."Hmm, can't agree with that logic.I listen to a lot of that stuff on cd, remastered and otherwise, and it is most enjoyable, the best... | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables Not DNM Reson.These may never come out of my system and are the exact opposite of what you seek. | |
| Imaging and Detail. Detail and warmth are not mutually exclusive. Its not a contest. I like systems with both best. In fact I like systems that do it all best, but others can still be listenable. | |
| Apple and Privacy issues i have done web and predictive analytic marketing projects as part of my work. as performed normally bymost private companies, they are harmless to the individual consumer and used mostly to better determine target groups that may be more receptiv... | |
| The CD player is dead....... i listen almost every day and cannot remember the last time i used my cd player. it took me about 8-10 months to rip all my cds to server. i did it several at a time as stanndard procedure prior to listening. 12300 tracks total now and growing. | |
| Best way to get accurate rake angle on speakers Use your ears to determine speaker orientation that sounds best where you listen from. | |
| The CD player is dead....... WHoops, I meant to say I use two 1.5 Tb+ USB drives, not 1.5Gb+. 1.5 Gb would only buy you about 3 CDs or so I believe whereas 1.5Tb should hold 1000X as much or about 3000 CDs. | |
| The CD player is dead....... How long does it take for a cloud based backup service to back up 1Tb worth of files I wonder?Also, how long to restore 1 Tb of files as well if needed, I wonder? I would think it would take a long time. If it has to go over wireless G it would ta... |