mapman
Responses from mapman
| the smoothest sounding speaker OHM Walsh for use with SS amps. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I still have my Carver pre-amp with sonic holography around as a spare.Agree about the ups and downs with sonic holography. I bought the Carverand used it primarily with Magneplanars back in the eighties. The Walsh 2s I also owned never seemed to ... | |
| most articulate speaker no single design holds a monopoly in this area.QUAD ES, Magico, mbl, OHM, some MLs, Triangle and Magnepan all do it very well but in different ways. You need good electronics upstream in all cases.The best reference source recording I have ever he... | |
| DAC that re-clocks for under $1000? What else beside Benchmark? | |
| Maple Shade Recordings? Sound: 10/10. Performance: 6/10 | |
| Jazz vocals recommendations please Sophie Millman's self titled first album. Top notch sound and performance, her vocals are hot also!ALso Purrfect: The Eartha Kitt collection, a lot of nicely recorded tracks including Santa Baby and lots of fun. | |
| The Hub: Is a Vinyl Revival in progress? "also those that had walked away from vinyl years ago (decades ago)."I suspect that a lot of the new interest in turntables are people with record collections already that realized that they are not as antiquated as they were lead to believe way b... | |
| The Hub: Is a Vinyl Revival in progress? Analog/vinyl is a very small niche that is a faint trendy reflection of what it was was in its golden age 30-50 years ago and it is old news and will never be that again.It will be around as a niche for a long time though, as long as there is stil... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "But what do you think about waveguide's, at least in theory?"I find directional speakers in general to be an unnatural way to reproduce sound naturally. Some designs do it very well, but to me sound in the real world is largely not directional in... | |
| Can the music you play effect your electrostats? Al,I tried what you suggested with my Stax phones that had seen light usage for a while, and I think they opened up a good bit.Thanks for the suggestion! That was a very cost effective tweak! | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? CDC,Who's to say what the best concept is? There are many different designs out there with various strengths and weaknesses . No one design works best always for everyone. Personally, new designs that think out of the box and attempt to make top n... | |
| stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages? "Are there advantages to monoblocks? Maybe. "The advantages are real in theory in regards to optimal sound and worth being informed about. In practice they may or may not matter much from case to case. And, other factors generally come into play t... | |
| stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages? Shorter cables are generally better. So is better isolation between components and between components and external EM fields from nearby transformers, etc.Minimizing these somehow are the factors to consider in a setup for best possible sound.Also... | |
| stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages? Better isolation between left and right (lower noise potential and less distortion) is probably the most distinct advantage, but even so, either should sound very good and a very discriminating ear might be needed to really hear a difference, all ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? CDC,If you listen to the OHMs or mbls, the soundstage will sound way different from typical directional box designs most likely. You may have to give your ears a chance to adapt to the different presentation compared to the more directional design... |