mapman
Responses from mapman
| 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... | |
| When does analog compete with digital? Rumor has it Nasa developed a gimble mounted turntable for the Apollo astronauts back in the day when vinyl ruled that could also operate in zero gravity.Your taxpayer dollars at work....Then again, other rumors have it that the whole Apollo deal ... | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? "It's an analogue process using digital factors."Or more precisely its an analogue process (all real world physical processes including electronics and sound are analog in nature) but one which uses digital signal encoding and processing techniques. | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? Yes, it matters.All the bits have to be retrieved and transmitted accurately.Then the bits comprising each sample have to be converted to the proper analog voltage level by the DAC at precisely the right time.Variations in these two fundamental op... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Regarding expectations, the trap to avoid is expecting a system to make recordings sound better than they are. If you look for a system that makes everything sound perfect, you will find yourself on a never ending and costly quest to achieve the i... | |
| Why not horns? I meant to say prices have to come way down to re-sell which means the owner will take a big financial hit if they re-sell new big bucks speakers. | |
| Why not horns? The cost is the one thing I suspect I could not live with and would be the reason "why not horns" for me in this particular case.Also there is a lot of competition at the $53000 price point.Also it seems that very expensive speakers in general see... | |
| Why not horns? OM HornsThese are horns that I think I could live with some day if they sound as good as they look. | |
| Bel Canto Ref 1000 vs. Spectron Musician III Mk 2 BC ref100mkII is definitely not for those looking for very warm tube sound in an amp.My experience is it delivers what is fed into it, ie if you use tube pre-amp and/or source, the sound of those will be delivered, but does not deliver any tube-li... | |
| Bel Canto Ref 1000 vs. Spectron Musician III Mk 2 One of the more telling things about the bass with the BC ref100mk2s is that everything I play is cleaner and more defined and dynamic top to bottom than most anything else I have heard. Even modern loudness wars CDs that contain a lot of energy t... | |
| Bel Canto Ref 1000 vs. Spectron Musician III Mk 2 I've never heard Spectron but the bass with BC ref1000mk2 is interesting. When I first heard them compared to my prior amp, a Musical Fidelity A3CR, I wondered where the bass was. It turned out it was there more than ever just so tight and control... | |
| Why not horns? Macro,As Ronald Reagan would have said, "there you go again" drawing unsubstantiated conclusions.How do you know how people read Audiogon threads? I can assure you a lot more threads are read than people actively participate in.And its pretty egoc... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I would expect any speaker worth considering as the best to be able to do all types of music pretty darn well otherwise I would question how it can be called "the best". | |
| When does analog compete with digital? Bad idea trying to equate one with the other. They are inherently different Better to shoot for a single particular sound you like and tune each t that separately over time until achieved. For most, if done right, it does not have to cost a fortune. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The room heard in has to play a big part in allowing the best speakers heard to reach their potential.How many of us have rooms like the ones that these larger best speakers in particular were heard in?So just a word of advice to focus on getting ... |