mapman
Responses from mapman
| If you could do a blind shootout... As cited in your small speaker shootout already, it may not be in the interest of better established and already well reviewed vendors to participate and risk looking bad for the purpose of "entertainment". These things are highly subjective after... | |
| Coldplay on Quad 988 A recording is what it is. I vote to let it all shine through, for better or for worse.A remaster might help or not. You would think not in this case since this is a modern recording of a high profile top selling band and that there is no reason t... | |
| If you could do a blind shootout... That would be John Strohbeen. | |
| If you could do a blind shootout... Having each set up and reviewed in an optimized environment also sounds much better.The OHMs in the $3000 range specifically would be the OHM 200 Series 3. These target "medium" sized rooms as defined on the OHM site. If the shootout room is small... | |
| If you could do a blind shootout... I'm not crazy about shootouts where all speakers are driven by the same system unless it can be established up front that the system is equally well matched for each case. Without this pre-requisite in place beforehand, the results are biased and ... | |
| If you could do a blind shootout... I'm tossing the cost qualification aside and going for broke.Ohm, MBL, Avantgarde, Dynaudio, Avalon, Magico, Apogee, Classic Audio Reproductions, Emerald Physics, Klipschorns. | |
| MF Beatle Boxes are awfully dear. "Reel To Reel was probably the best format ever"Could very well be.I heard a recent high quality reel-to-reel orchestral recording on an all MBL system recently. It outdid both vinyl and digital recordings available for comparison. I think the rec... | |
| Advice on a nice integrated is needed "It just goes to prove the point that from system to system, the cables, speakers, room, ancillary gear and quality of power can drastically alter the performance of any high end gear"...also people's ears. | |
| Finger Prints on Records A very weak/dilute (few drops) concentration of Shaklee Basic H in distilled water. | |
| What is "rich mans" DL-103? I think "delicate" is often quite desirable actually. If the real thing is "delicate", then it should be reproduced that way, but I'm not sure reality is always necessarily "delicate" or even "subtle". It may not be as pleasant or perhaps even as ... | |
| Baby name opinion.... I may have another girl now just to name her "Cadence". I really like that name. | |
| tube for mhdt Paradisea Sam,Are you using the Bendix with a Paradisea? If so, what differences do you hear from the stock GE 5670? | |
| Baby name opinion.... "Stereo" keeps sounding better and better....... | |
| Review: Ohm Acoustics Ohm Walsh 100 Series 3 Speaker You must have a larger room.There is a 4.2 upgrade for ~$1500 listed on the website but it would be for more moderate sized rooms. | |
| First Tube Amp: Advice? Keep spare tubes on hand? No harm making sure you like the amp first before investing in spare tubes. Don't try to "fix" the sound by rolling tubes though if you don't like it to start with.Once you decide to keep it, get a few spare stock tubes though. Again, you can alwa... |