mapman
Responses from mapman
| Good speakers at low volume? Maggies , even, mmgs, properly driven, are hard to beat at low volume. Even at higher volumes, they will tend to disturb the neighbors less than dynamic designs.Apogees would be an interesting pick as well. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? It makes sense to me that people typically tune their system around the source material they use. Those with large vinyl collections tune their systems primarily around this. Introducing a second source that inherently sounds different may now bec... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Newbee, I'm talking about digital sources in general.Warble was not a good choice of words. MAybe graininess would be better.Its only on some recordings , not all, so its not an inherent issue with equipment or format.I tend to agree with Shadorne... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I do believe that the highest frequencies that can be heard are the hardest to get right regardless of the technical approach used (digital versus analog). This is because small errors in reproduction are more significant in relation to the high f... | |
| What are the best digital recordings I can buy ? I do think that there really is and may always be limited demand for higher res formats because frankly the vast majority of people can't really hear a difference anyway due to limits of human hearing and also perhaps in addition to limits in the ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Really, what the h--k is everyone complaining about? We have more choices now than ever in the past regarding how we satisfy our personal music related urges and it will only get better from here. Maybe if just accept...........Nah!But I do think ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Shadorne, How do we know that some here, especially those younger, do not in fact have fully functional human ears that can actually can discern things clearly even beyond 20000hz unlike most of us?If they are over forty, that would be a huge exce... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "Music buyers voted down high resolution audio with their failure to buy enough SACD or DVD-A discs to encourage the record companies to continue with the business model."Yes. And they buy their equipment at Best Buy and Walmart too.Has that stopp... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Tvad,Hopefully its enough of a boutique/niche thing to take form and survive. As such , there will be a cost but hopefully enough willing to pay. It'll be a long time before it is ever mainstream for sure. I'm sure I will never be able to afford t... | |
| It's Hammond B3 Organ Day Richard Sinclair does nice and prominent "fuzz" organ work on early albums by talented Canterbury prog rock group "Caravan"."Land Of Grey and Pink" in particular is a very impressive listen for the lead-organ-starved audiophile. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "Music buyers voted down high resolution audio with their failure to buy enough SACD or DVD-A discs to encourage the record companies to continue with the business model."Tvad, I'm more optimistic than you on this I believe.Yes, those were not goo... | |
| My speakers don't "dissapear" Excellent.I'm finding when a system that should sound good doesn't, the placement within the room relative to walls is the first suspect and also the cheapest (though tricky) to fix. I should have been more specific about this before tossing in ot... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "Since my comparison was made only between the commercial CD release and the artists personal copy of a digital master, there was no analog to judge by."Ok, I have no doubt that the vinyl would cut it, all other factors aside.But did the digital m... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "As for your experience with digital being better in some cases, I have yet to have that happen in my system."I've only a/b tested more pop/rock recordings where I can assert clearly that it has.I was surprised when it happened though with "Days O... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "However, I have had master digital files played here and also at a friends home and you have no idea what a digital master is capable of. "Oh yes I do......Did it get the "soul" of the music? |