mapman
Responses from mapman
| Why do dealers do this? "The best dealer will always let you into their flagship room because that is the only place where you will get the reference you need to make the right decisions about your own system, whether it is a $2,000 system or a $10,000 system or a $50,00... | |
| Beatles Without George Martin? "None of them were nearly successful as the band itself".That's because, while it lasted, the talents of each individual Beatle, including Martin, complemented the others almost perfectly.Take any of them individually, and while still uniquely gif... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA2 Mk2.3 / Krell KSA 250 / Passlabs? I'm rooting that the Atmas amp works out.Good luck! | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? What Jaybo said is a good start. I think Ohm recommends separation equal distance from listening position in order to direct the tweets towards the prime listening position. If the speaks are too far apart, you can get a hole in the sound stage in... | |
| Favorite Speakers at RMAF "Synergy is very important, but very difficult to achieve by the consumer unless he/she has the cash to try many combinations. "Synergy is key. Focusing on this at all times in the end will cost you less to get to a good place than otherwise. With... | |
| Favorite Speakers at RMAF Ok, they look nice but pretty conventional. Lots of speakers I've heard sound equally as good, properly set up, at least from what I can tell from the description.What makes them so spectacular?Were they maybe just particularly well set up and mat... | |
| Beatles Without George Martin? Martin was/is a talented guy who helped catalyze and more importantly successfully capture (in recordings)in a marketable way the combined talents of the individual Beatles. It was a unique combination of talent, collaboration and synergy that obv... | |
| Why do dealers do this? "You're unlikely to find too many average audio salesmen who share your ethusiasm for demoing equipment."Too bad if true. I sold a lot of equipment years ago just by paying attention to people's needs when they walked in the store and enjoyed the ... | |
| Why do dealers do this? Its true as Shadorne points out in a busy store that salespeople will naturally try to target the person who appears to be the next big ticket.However, most shops I go into these days are not that busy so you would expect the sales people are more... | |
| Why do dealers do this? By the way, it must be hard for live dealers to try to operate with traditional boutique business models these days. Audiophiles are a finicky bunch when it comes to how systems sound, and what you hear in a store is not necessarily what you'll he... | |
| Why do dealers do this? You encountered a bad dealer, plain and simple. His attitude is self defeating. The only way he can survive is to provide better service to his customers than the alternatives and apparently he isn't.Try to find a good one if you can. They are sti... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? " The suspense is killing me"Me too!When my big, heavy, Ohm 5's shipped from Ohm, the cabinet boxes were reinforced with solid particle board for protection. I'm in the next day delivery zone for UPS in NY, so they only had to survive in their sys... | |
| High end Audio for ladies? Check this out "Judging from the appearance/social skills/personal grooming of the men (especially in the SET/horn crowd) - no need to worry about having too many women hanging around."Ouch!I may have to think twice about adding a pair of horn loaded speaks to m... | |
| Symphonic Line RG1 MK4 Vs Plinius SA-102 Musical Fidelity A3CR does the job with Dynaudio Contour 1.3 mkIIs in my system.I also had a vintage Tandberg amp in my system for a while that I particularly liked with the Dyns.I'd recommend a tube pre-amp or tube DAC for digital sources in conj... | |
| Best of RMAF 2008 DC,I had a Tandberg receiver that I somewhat regret not sending to Soundsmith to get tuned up rather than selling. Their cartridges and other equipment caught my eye in the process and I have heard some very good things. Will look forward to your ... |