mapman
Responses from mapman
| The best "imaging" speakers? Martykl,I've often thought of the OHMs as the poor man's MBLs.Do you think they are alike enough in terms of imaging and sound stage that this is a fair comparison, or might one who likes the unique presentation of MBLs have a reasonable chance of... | |
| The best "imaging" speakers? Dylanhenry,Have you ever heard OHm Walsh speakers?I'm wondering how they compare to MBLs in regards to soundstage and imaging.I own OHMs but have never heard MBLs.Fullrange OHMs are a fraction of the cost of full range MBLs though. | |
| Most agreed upon best speaker? Speakers have improved over the years in my opinion.Vintage designs that have been around awhile but that the vendor still supports and continues to move forward with upgrade enhancements and improvements to remain competitive is another story.OHm... | |
| Most agreed upon best speaker? " but speakers have made HUGE steps forward"I would agree. | |
| Most agreed upon best speaker? I don't know that vintage speakers are the best or not but it might be true that more people will agree more often on models that have been around for awhile because more people have had actual exposure to these compared to any newly released mode... | |
| So Much "Harshness" Assuming everything is in good working order to start, then most often either because downstream electronics cannot reproduce the sharp transients found in many digital sources cleanly and/or amplifiers are not properly matched to drive a particul... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? "who can we trust"Look in the mirror!Definitely not this guy:http://www.buzzfocus.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/cartman.jpg | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? Right on PhD! | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? " but you will never know what both formats are really capable of unless you treat both sources as complete separate entities with entirely different tweaks"Exactly! | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Det,I'd agree the best large scale orchestral recordings are still on vinyl.However, results do vary significantly from title to title in both formats. Sometimes vinyl sounds better, sometimes digital.My goal is still to tune both formats to my sa... | |
| If cables can break-in, can they then wear-out? Yes.Nothing lasts forever!But cables should last a rally long time though. Our ears will probably go up first. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "I've always had a hard time optimally tuning for more than one source, let alone different formats. But its fun trying!"That is exactly what I try to do with my system, ie tune each source to sound as similar as possible using a variety of refere... | |
| Widening Soundstage It looks pretty good to me as best I can tell from the pics.Does it sound better now? | |
| You're probably listening too loud "Audiophiles need to recognize that musical instruments are designed to convey all kinds of sounds - including stressful or unpleasant sounds and feeling - even explosions and war. Music is not purely a contest in making the most "pleasant" sound.... | |
| Help me down grade That sounds like a nice little setup to me! |