mapman
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| Whats playing on your system today? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Another golden age of hifi track. Is it possible to not like this? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Do you know any Leroy Anderson compositions? Everybody knows at least one. But so many more treasures! These tunes are musical treasures and truly take me back to a childhood time when life was simple and this music encapsulates it all. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? One of my favorite Supertramp tracks. “Child of Vision…won’t you listen?” | |
| Whats playing on your system today? The Kinks let loose and do what The Kinks did best. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Awesome surf guitar tune baby, yeah! | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Check this one out on Qobuz. | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For Yes going from a truly mid-fi pre-amp (1990’s nicely featured Carver) to a good one (newer Audio Research) about 12 or so years ago (as a trusted A’goner recommended to me at the time) was my big mid-fi to hifi transformation at the time. Been in ... | |
| Manley snapper vs Atma-sphere M60 It’s a purely subjective call. Go with whichever you prefer for whatever reason. | |
| How cheap can you go and still be happy with the sound? I put together a top notch ear monitor setup using existing iphone and Roon streaming software for <$200. Cost goes up from there for other applications depending mainly on room size and other more subjective considerations. Multiple source de... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? Easy to drive speakers avoid low impedance and phase shifts at all frequencies and require an amp work less hard in general be it at low or higher volumes. So that is advantageous. They will also tend to sound more similar with various amps. W... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? Perhaps a frequency bump in the 4-6 kHz range that adds “edge” to the sound and attracts attention at lower volumes. Same can be easily accomplished with other good quality less efficient speakers like say Sonus Faber, KEF or even Ohm using DSP o... |