mapman
Responses from mapman
| What is wrong with negative feedback? "There are good sounding components using feedback and no feedback, which is simply more proof you need to listen to the component, because the component really is an extension of the skills and philosophy of the designer, and there are good skill... | |
| Why not horns? MrD,Can you tell us more about the mods to the La Scala, how you determined them, and how these effected the resulting sound? Thanks. | |
| Why not horns? The experience in the Cathedral room was way different than in the room with the mega gear driving those horns.Cathedral used a modest CD player and a vintage Fisher tube amp as I recall. Some classical piano and more pop pieces (carole King) were... | |
| Why not horns? I believe the presenter in the Cathedral room (the designer of the speakers I believe) told me it was a vintage Fisher tube amp of some sort, but it was tucked away and I did not see it.The source was digital, a Marantz player or something along t... | |
| 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.. |