mapman
Responses from mapman
| What should I change "For all folks suggesting tube pre/DAC what I have experienced and heard from other knowledgable people is that although a tube amp is the most painful tube component in terms of maintenance and weight unfortunately it is also the one having the m... | |
| Can a Receiver do the work of 3 Adcom Products?? Take a look at the new 80w/ch Onkyo Class D integrated. It has received a lot of kudos and can be had new for under $500 I believe. | |
| New speakers Second the Ohm Micro Walsh Talls. | |
| 2ch Preamp Recomendations I wouldn't balk with the Classe. | |
| Should I get the Linn Katans? Buy them used and don't overpay + try them.If you don't like them, you can resell them without taking a loss. | |
| Decca vs London? "Let It Bleed" on Decca is awesome. | |
| What should I change Not familiar with Audia but ditching the ARC equipment sounds questionable to me.A tube DAC with the CDP if it has digital outputs might be a low cost, low impact change worth a try. | |
| Which component upgrade will produce more BASS? Agree also with Audiofeil. | |
| Good entry level cd? Does the DVD have digital outputs?If so, pick up a decent used DAC and just use that with the DVD player for the best sound improvement for the $$$s. | |
| DBX Expander Crem1:I had a similar single band 118 at one time and did not like it in general for expansion in my system...too much pumping and breathing introduced with only a single band. I did use it on occasion for compression in order to listen to recordi... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Zkzpb8:The Ohms are very neutral so they let the sound of the DAC come through. Each DAC will sound different.I'm using the Paradisea with both my Denon player/recorder source and a Roku Soundbridge for accessing a music server and internet radio.... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Note that the large Ohm 5's in my system are much harder to drive properly as I described above than the much smaller 100s. Micros should be easier still.I likely will someday go to a higher power amp that also doubles into 4 and 2 ohms for the la... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? 100s with ~120w/ch Musical Fidelity A3CR.It mostly doubles power into 4 and 2 ohms which helps deliver a balanced sound top to bottom with the Ohms at low to moderate volume.It replaced a 360w/ch Carver m4.0t which did not at all nearly double int... | |
| Favorite Speakers at RMAF Tvad,Wouldn't surprise me having never heard either, but why? | |
| Favorite Speakers at RMAF I don't get the Acapella design. Seems like a lowest common denominator design, a mishmash of horn and dynamic drivers that would compomise the best qualities of each.This is just my impression from what I have seen and read about them. Never actu... |