mapman
Responses from mapman
| What is your favorite guitar solo of all time? robert fripp's lead on Starless is a great one. | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Red - King Crimson | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "I don't know why ohm did not stick to the old pyramid designs,"Cost control pretty much I think.The good news is there are lots of these cabinets around that can be fitted with the latest and greatest drivers.I really like having the casters on t... | |
| What makes a Cd player a Great cd player Yes, the ring dac architecture for applying dither from what I have read strikes me as a very practical way to achieve higher resolution yet retain a smooth response and full dynamic range. When I've heard the DCS gear, what my ears heard was cons... | |
| The Hub: EVEREST - The tallest peak of JBL range? "Two years after the Paragon completed its 25-year run (from 1958 to 1983, trailing the QUAD ESL's 28-year run and the Klipschorn's 60+ years in the loudspeaker-longevity sweepstakes"OHM Walsh speakers have been around in their current form essent... | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? mhdt Constantine or Paradisea DACDNM Reson ICsOHM Walsh speakersRoku SoundbridgeDenon DL103R cartTriangle Titus XS speakersVintage yamaha cr series receiversAudio Research sp16 pre-amp | |
| What makes a Cd player a Great cd player Wow, didn't realize the DCS DAC architecture could be had for that price! I'd jump on that deal if the Arcam sounds anything like the DCS gear I have heard! | |
| room placement question You might want to consider listening more near field if possible in order to avoid undesirable room effects. Small monitors would be a ggod fit for that.Or the other way to go for a wide variety of potential listening locations would be with omnid... | |
| Triangle Heliade ES I have not heard this one but am very fond of the Triangle line in general. They are certainly quite capable of doing any kind of music. Whether they or any speaker do it in a manner that is in alignment with a particular listener's taste can only... | |
| External hard drives and sound quality BTW, I do think it is a good idea to use an external hard drive for music files for various practical reasons.For one thing it offloads the file access from the internal drive which is where OS and other files needed for basic computer operation r... | |
| Why not horns? " The only conceptual problem I have with omnis is the large distance from sidewalls required to avoid a detrimental early sidewall reflection."I've found the OHM Walsh pseudo-omni's actually work surprisingly well only a foot or two out from the ... | |
| Why not horns? I think that the potential for dynamics is the main attraction of horns to most, including myself, all other things aside. Plus I do think they are cool looking. | |
| Why not horns? Dan-ed,Those other issues you mention are some of the reasons why physical amplification (ie horns), which is one of the older audio technologies out there, have largely fallen out of popular favor and been replaced by other approaches. Isn't that... | |
| Why not horns? macrojack, I like your assertion that horns are essentially a form of mechanical amplification that can be done well, poorly, or anywhere in between.Unfortunately, my gut tells me that practically mechanical amplification is a preferred means of t... | |
| Speakers with many drivers... For best soundstage and imaging I like driver configurations that emulate a line source or ideally even approximate a point source while listening best. Configurations that diverge from a line or point source are more problematic in regards to sou... |