mapman
Responses from mapman
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? What’s the slew rate? How much power and current? How many tubes? | |
| What’s Voodoo power cords signature sounding? Power cables do not make sound. The gear they power do. What they can do is deliver power reliably. Most of what happens then is up to the gear. So you want good quality wires that are up to the task. Don’t cheap out and don’t go overboard, at lea... | |
| Which ones should I choose? Tannoy Kensington Gr or B&W 804 D4 Always best to audition however possible but in lieu of that I would be biased towards the Tannoy. | |
| KEF LS50 Speaker Stands I listen to my ls50 metas at tweeter level using 36” stands. I’m pretty tall. Read the setup instructions on the manual. It’s not intended that you aim the tweeters directly at you. Metas have better horizontal dispersion than originals. You ... | |
| Bragging rights..... @asvjerry Other than spls now limited to the low 90s at my main listening position, the amp in the newer Cambridge took everything to a higher level especially with the big Ohms than the gear it replaced, which was somewhat older….Bel Canto r... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @atmasphere backs up his words with his actions. That makes for a strong case. We will see. About 12 years back I was on the brink of going with tube amps to get the sound I wanted but decided to look forward and try the newer evolving te... | |
| Why do so many members seem afraid of making an audio decision? I don’t know. Let me think about that…..🤔 | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? Tiny Fosi integrated amp with Bluetooth. $60 on Amazon. Can drive KEF ls50s very nicely which is not something just any amp can do. Sounds very good. | |
| NAD M23 Stereo Amplifier: Best Amp Ever Bench Tested?!? People should really take a breath and refrain from fighting over hifi gizmos. There is enough strife out there to go around. Adults fighting over toys....do we really need that? | |
| NAD M23 Stereo Amplifier: Best Amp Ever Bench Tested?!? I’ve heard the m33 twice at the same dealer in very informal demos. First time was horrible. Something was off. Either not working right or That device has powerful digital processing capabilities that can be used or abused. Second time……more lik... | |
| NAD M23 Stereo Amplifier: Best Amp Ever Bench Tested?!? Interesting. Did not know that. | |
| Bragging rights..... @jjss49 Yeah it’s just semantics I suppose and I am being a little tongue in cheek. I suppose if one is successful on achieving one’s goals, that is all that matters. Talk to me in a year. Who knows what I will be then. 😃 | |
| Bragging rights..... I would assert that The high efficiency of Class D amps along with optimizations with power supplies for that including noise suppression enables integrated amps in general to push the limits and please even more people. Having been around a while... | |
| Bragging rights..... @soarnatti I use wireless WiFi network connection to the Evo. Always have used wireless connections to stream. Sounds great….no problem. The only drawback is the music library functionality on the Evo is rather slow over WiFi to my fairly la... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing It’s true the best measurements are those done by qualified and trusted independent parties. Maybe that will pop up somewhere soon. Meanwhile hope to give the Atmasphere amps a listen soon maybe at CAF. |