mapman
Responses from mapman
| Oversampling DAC Vs. Non Oversampling? I wouldn't worry about oversampling or not. I'd chose the DAC based on accounts of how it actually sounds and how the sound will mesh with the rest of your system, not make oversampling or no a determining factor. Each DAC will sound different and... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 Pre vs. Bel Canto DAC3 To enable it to work as a server using a device like the Roku as the remote controller, yes, there was a configuration parameter that had to be set (i'll check the name and get back on that) but it may be different to control WMP directly on the P... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Hevac1,Listening in mono is an excellent idea also! The mike placement during recording of solo piano pieces varies greatly from recording to recording it seems and is often done for enhancement of stereo effect at cost perhaps of a more natural p... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 Pre vs. Bel Canto DAC3 I use Windows Media Player as the Music Server program. I use loss less .wav file format files ripped to a 300Gb disk on the Toshiba laptop running Vista OS. In my case, the laptop has a wireless (WiFI) connection to a Linksys wireless router run... | |
| Subsonic Rumble Solutions 04rdking,YEs, I got it backwards I think.I did mean "stiffer" which I believe is in fact lower compliance. | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables I've always thought the mechanics of record playback is cool, and that may be what got me into this hobby as a young kid, but its been a while since I last considered turntables to be engineering marvels. Spinning a platter at a constant rate for ... | |
| why still buy a cd player? Tend to agree with Sammie. | |
| Subsonic Rumble Solutions I do suspect some cartridges with higher compliance (stiffer) styli might be more naturally immune to picking up low end noise due to record warping or irregularities in the way the record grooves were cut (off center, etc.). | |
| Subsonic Rumble Solutions in 100% of the cases I've seen over the years where "rumbling" or "pumping" was a significant issue at play, the cause was a warped or poorly cut record.Lets face it, even if our turntables and systems are darn near perfect, few if any records are... | |
| Focal Profile 918 presentation I like those Focals! They were imaging and transparency champions when I heard them.Imaging and soundstage will probably be best up to 2-3 feet out from rear wall and not too close to side walls. You might want to toe in slightly as well. Make sur... | |
| John Potis - Rest in peace I am very sad to hear this.I did not know John Potis other than through his product reviews on sixmoons, which were of interest to me.However, when I was recently doing research to find the right amp to drive my Ohm speakers, I emailed John on a w... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano I'd try playing with current speaker location 1st as SoGood suggested because that's easiest and no cost. Try to listen with them out away from rear and side walls for better imaging and in order to allow those beautiful piano key strikes some bre... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Sogood51's idea is a good one I believe! | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? Dev,Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that each case that appealed to you involved tube amplification. Also, you liked the Rowland Class D amp with the ARC tube pre.I suspect that the "toe tapping" sound you like is more a result of the ... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Plaser,If I were you, I'd focus on getting the right speakers to accomplish your goals first and build the rest of the system around those. The reason is that, particularly in the case of piano, the speakers present practically the most limiting f... |