mapman
Responses from mapman
| Zu vs. Tekton? -- your comparisons on price, build, sound Apples and oranges in both design and sound. I’ve heard both, Zu many times, but neither is my cup of tea. I do like Zu aesthetics . Tekton is best for folks with modest tube amps looking for a lot of speaker for the $$$ and probably go loud well.... | |
| Rel Does Not Recomment Isolation Stands What do they say about iso pads like Auralex Subdude as opposed to stands? Not much elevation there. | |
| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? It’s the other way around. You want a SS amp with higher input impedance to work with a tube-preamp. 100kohm is a good input impedance to look for but as low as 40-60 kohm may be fine. My combo is Audio Research sp16 pre to bel canto ref 1000m mon... | |
| Rel Does Not Recomment Isolation Stands Like pretty much everything in life, it depends. | |
| Replacement for current speakers suggestions Another kef ls50 fan here. I have both originals and metas. Metas are quite captivating. See system pics. Former Maggie owner. The challenge with Maggie’s for some is the distance from rear wall required for best results. Set them up righ... | |
| Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp Have not done it but done a lot of research investigating the possibilities. Class D amps have kept me from having to go there (tube amps) to-date. Not in general interested in large bulky speakers required for best performance in general with lo... | |
| What to do? I want a new amplifier to make my Dynaudio Contours to "sing" Ever consider the relatively new Cambridge Evo 150? https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/usa/en/products/evo/evo-150 | |
| Adding a “safe haven” forum for discussion of tweaks? Unfortunately logic is not faring any better here at this point so perhaps a coin flip will do. | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass Good reading on topic: For Optimum Sound, How Many Subs, and Where Do You Put 'Em? | News & Views | Ohm Speakers | Custom Audiophile Speakers for Music & Home Theater | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Last that anyone heard of was King Crimson at Anthem in DC back in September. This is rumored to have been their last ever US performance. It was off the charts. No words to describe fully. We were right in the sweet spot. CD of the performance be... | |
| Replacement for current speakers suggestions Maggie's are a fine choice. They like power so don't be afraid to feed them well. Enjoy! | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass Extended response down to 20hz without significant rolloff is rare and definitely impacts what you hear on many recordings. One or more adjustable powered subs and even a simple sound meter app to integrate properly solves the problem and one is... | |
| Headphones vs full range speakers It's all good but different. | |
| Refresh Ohm Walsh 4s or Walsh 5000 upgrade? Nice! Enjoy! 🏆 | |
| Adding an ignore list feature to audiogon I'm ignoring this.....except for a moment to let people know. |