mapman
Responses from mapman
| Audiophile virtues I’m glad I am probably only about 20% audiophile, 80% music lover even on my worst days. Just enough to synthesize enough useful information out of all the noise and technical aspects to get good sounding music out of most any room and not pay muc... | |
| Capital Audio Fest Notes @bondmanp did you get to hear any Fyne speakers at the show? | |
| How are most audiophiles going from streamers to DACS If you are starting out with just a roku or similar media streamer with hdmi interface, here is a very inexpensive yet effective way I have found to do it: Amazon.com: avedio links 4K@60Hz HDMI Audio Extractor Converter, HDMI to HDMI + Audio ( S... | |
| Capital Audiofest, save thyself! Where these shows miss the boat is not providing products that will appeal to a broader audience at all price points. Why visit a Ferrari dealer if all you can afford is a Toyota or maybe a LExus if you stretch.Most people will go and leave thinki... | |
| Capital Audio Fest Notes Would have liked to have gone just to hear the new and more affordable AGD Class D amp there. Maybe a few others. Also the Fyne speakers. | |
| Impressed with all in one computer speaker - Vanatoo I have a pair and they are wonderful. | |
| Capital Audio Fest Notes Hi @bhvfSee or hear anything worthwhile new or different there in the integrated amp department for someone looking downsize? All in 1 streaming +phono? | |
| Science that explains why we hear differences in cables? This is not the best place for technical questions like this. Audio Science Review is much better suited. | |
| I did the right thing after all. It’s a shame certain topics as unimportant as hifi speakers become so emotionally charged. People would be well served to tone it down. | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC These days any good quality streamer + a good quality modern DAC = good sound. Outboard DAC optional. To start, If you already have a good quality media streamer like a Roku, you can use an Adapter that cost $25 on Amazon and output via toslink or... | |
| Seeing sounds and music..... The senses all interact in one’s brain where nobody can say for sure what all might be possible. | |
| Massive computer meltdown sends audiophile back to the 1970’s and better sounding LP’s! Home computers and many digital home devices are inherent noise generators. Keep at a good physical distance from hifi gear using a longer wire to connect and all should be good. | |
| Frequency response while streaming stops at 15kHz- did I miss something in the fine print? Well clearly the issue was never qobuz service as best I could tell and now we know it was a particular recording in this case a test recording. Not uncommon for individual recordings to have severe limitations that may or may not matter. Case sol... | |
| Fritz Carrera BE vs. Harbeth 30.1 Nice assessment. Rings true. The Fritz are awesome as are Harbeth vocals especially female. No two speakers sound the same. Always differences and no one flavor of sound does everything best. | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? Also a big fan of WLRH public radio in Huntsville Alabama back in the 1980s. Classical (Karl Haas Adventures in Good Music in particular) and “Just Jazz”. Good radio was slim pickings there back then. |