mapman
Responses from mapman
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? For isolation from EM fields Start with physical distance between components. Especially keep preamps and source devices well away from power amps and powerful amps from each other. Also from any nearby appliances with transformers as well if poss... | |
| Rank the tweaks, geeks! Well dealing with room acoustics is all about tweaking starting with choice of speakers and then where to put them exactly and whatever else follows from there to get a handle on things initially. I would agree to put that one on top of the list. ... | |
| The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth. Now that Bezos got his joyride out of his system, what’s next? A run for President as an independent? We need some fresh thinking in this world from people who have proven no task is too great for them to get done when needed. Or would he just pan... | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? The main source of physical vibration is the speakers which can interact with certain floor types and muddy the sound. Also can cause noise and distortion to be picked up by turntables in particular. The other important form of Isolation I have fo... | |
| The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth. Now THAT is funny! | |
| The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth. The trip changed him. He came back as a cowboy in a cowboy hat. | |
| Rank the tweaks, geeks! No doubt clean ears are a must in all cases. Very fundamental. You have to tend to that that first before getting down and dirty anywhere else with tweaks. | |
| Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years? Active speakers are a good example of how Class D enables things not possible before. My little but over performing Vanatoo active speakers are biamped with two Class D amps in each. | |
| Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years? More efficient amplifiers ie Class D and similar. Also the ability to control noise with same. That’s the big one by a huge margin that makes things possible that were not prior including beefier amps in a smaller more cost effective package. Int... | |
| Rank the tweaks, geeks! I’ll leave it at there is only two things on that list I have not bothered to dabble with (risers and caps) and one I dabbled with that turned out to not be worth it (fuses). Also dabbling with fuses can cause damage if not done properly. I let m... | |
| Considerations prior to your next purchase Keep telling yourself you can hear ultrasonic frequencies and the fact that you can’t won’t really matter. | |
| Considerations prior to your next purchase Well old guys don’t have very good hearing. That’s a fact. Take it for what it’s worth. | |
| What's your dream speaker? I’m good at the moment. Have been for a number of years now. | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... It’s nice all the Class D detractors have a thread to dump in. As you can see there are so many of them (detractors). Maybe a dozen or so. Meanwhile sales of Class D based gear continue to skyrocket. Go figure. Alternate realities don’t seem to ... | |
| Distributed Bass Array configuration I find in practice extremely minor adjustments to my sub level are needed to get it tuned in exactly to my ears, which is consistent with what Duke is saying. Very minor.... |