mapman
Responses from mapman
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? When I worked part time in college at Tech Hifi, of the brands we sold I recall liking the EPIs or Epicures 2nd best, close behind OHM, tied with Advent, over JBL, Infinity, Electrovoice, Cerwin Vega (yuck!) and a few others. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? MIke,I think that can be true.More toys to play with. That can be either good or bad. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Rebbe,I seem to recall the Eps had the same kind of tweet back in 1978.Eps I heard were OK as I recall, a little "recessed" sounding perhaps (no pun intended) but you all already know what my favorites were even then, right? | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Foster,Coincidentally, the speakers I had before my first OHMS in 1978, the OHM Ls, were Lafayette Criterions which I think was made by ESS and had the Heil tweets as well. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "But it's like falling in love with my wife- it seems there's always something new to experience"Wow. This IS getting serious!!LOL!! | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high "So now I also got it completely wrong, hm."Axel, join the club, I'm sure.Makes me wish I could dump my table. Too darn complex. 1's and 0's are much easier to explain. Just 1's....and 0's???But then what would I play all those great sounding reco... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Another amusing way to look at it:Athletes have their juice and we OHM owners have ours! | |
| New vinyl's noisy little secret "manufacturing plants for all media"For better or for worse, eventually, everything will be accessed and downloaded digitally and there will be few or no manufacturing plants for any audio media, unless perhaps analog media manages to hold on some... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? BTW, the OHMs have been around for a long time and lots of non-audiphile type people still own them. I bought my first Walsh 2s in a typical, not "high end" audio store in 1982 for ~ $600 retail I believe. My point is that there are a lot of peopl... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "And yes- it seems that Ohm's like a lot of current. I also notice it in the mid-range region. The only word that comes to mind is 'smooth'."Good point.In addition to low end impact and "mojo" due to moving more air, higher current also does seem ... | |
| New vinyl's noisy little secret If there is to be a new golden age of vinyl it will be fueled by audiophiles like those on this site. High prices are an issue but poor quality to go with it is not a good omen for a workable business model for the target audience.I think you have... | |
| Recommended new speakers for under $500? I'd take PSB over Usher in general and agree with Johnny's assessment. | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high FWIW, what Quiddity is saying makes sense to me.IS it accurate to state that the combo of cartridge/compliance and tone arm together matters greatly? A great or expensive tonearm with mismatched cartridge/compliance still won't work well, right? | |
| New vinyl's noisy little secret Other issues aside, if you want to reap the sonic benefits of vinyl, you had best always be prepared to clean as needed first before panicking when something doesn't sound right. Having said that, when I used to buy new records, my expectation was... | |
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