mapman
Responses from mapman
| Quick poll: Most enjoyable audio magazine ? I've found some reviews on enjoythemusic.com to be most concise and to the point and also spot on accurate.I like sixmoons also but sometimes the writers just go on and on and on and on...... before getting to the point. | |
| What Is This Hobby? I'm with Foster_9.My hobby is listening to good music, not dabbling with toys.Also agree that it can be time consuming to get right so I suppose the time and dedication spent dabbling to get it right qualifies as a hobby, though it is a means to a... | |
| Can You Expalin Why Power Cables Do This? Break in usually has a positive effect when noted.Its true that any change in sound is often most noticeable at first. Then your ears adjust and the nature of the change becomes less noticeable.I'm also convinced that the listener plays a major ro... | |
| lessloss blackbody The whole black body deal gives me the creeps.How many do the Addams Family use? | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? Expect different DACs to have different tonality for sure. | |
| Why not horns? MJ,So what is handled in your configuration by the JBLs versus the custom horn loaded drivers?Are teh JBLs biampable or is the complete full range speaker in play but fed only a certain frequency range by the dbx acting as a crossover? | |
| Why not horns? macro,I see it.Its not clear to me what the dbx does and whether a separate crossover of some sort is needed?Thanks. | |
| CD vs. Vinyl "As far as "easy" is concerned, why would higher-end have to be difficult? "Because it is always harder to do anything really well.Take a look at some of the high end systems on this site and what the owners have gone through to get where they are... | |
| Why not horns? Macro,Can you provide a single post with the recipe for your speakers including the end cost?PErhaps the info has been provided but I either missed it or it is in too many bits and pieces to soak in cleanly. | |
| Why not horns? These are nice looking:ZingalisAnyone heard them? | |
| Why not horns? macro,Have you provided pictures of your setup?That would help others get a better picture of where you are coming from. | |
| CD vs. Vinyl "For CDs, you can get audiophile sound for hundreds, not thousands. And the rig should last you decades without any pain. "Is this perhaps part of why many high end audio buffs are so pro vinyl and anti CD? Hundreds of dollars is certainly not hig... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl Physics accounts for much of the difference in sound.A stylus tracking a record has mass and is hampered by inertia as it tracks a record and modulates to produce a signal. High frequency transients, if even present in the recording to start with,... | |
| Bel Canto Ref 1000 vs. Spectron Musician III Mk 2 Impedance matching to pre-amp especially if a tube pre-amp is always a consideration for any amp, not just SPectral or Class D.Stock Icepower modules have 10K input impedance which is not optimal for use with most tube pre-amps.BC ref1000 uses sto... | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? "I've never owned a player with one, so I assume that error handling is not an issue."I would not assume that all devices or software programs are designed to deliver optimal sound and hence all source bits in real time. Some may take short cuts a... |