mapman
Responses from mapman
| Listening Skills Part Duex: What are you listening for? If they are real and matter chances are greater more people will hear them and become familiar. What they think about them at that point is another story often summarized as YMMV. It’s that simple. | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio +1. @jond involvement is the thing. | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio A good system let’s you hear what is in the recording. A lesser system won’t. It’s not always prettty but for me its almost always interesting to learn how all recordings are made differently and no two sound exactly the same. To take this to extr... | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio Yes so many choices it can all be very confusing. You came to a good place here though to get a good sampling of what is possible. Maybe others here who live not far from you might offer to let you hear their stuff if you message them including my... | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio It’s true most Led Zeppelin is made to be played loud and a system needs to be able to do that clearly without distorting/clipping/fatigue to deliver the intended effect best. A good example of where size and clean power matters. It takes a very ... | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio Of course people listen to all kinds of recordings good and not so good. A good hifi just let’s you hear whatever is there better. Including differences in remasters of those recordings popular enough to warrant remastering. A good hifi will let y... | |
| Nirvana sued over "Nevermind" cover photo He should be honored to have such a famous weenie much like King David. | |
| How long does Class A have? Not long in general but if you have one and love it nobody will make you get rid of it. Also there will always be things sold as long as there are people who want to buy. But not many want to so expect to pay a premium for an increasingly niche item. | |
| So where should the tubes be? Wherever you want. No rules. It’s up to you. Impedance matching between components where tubes are involved is strongly advised however. If you go about it randomly it may sound ok but not best. | |
| Does music give you longevity? Anything that soothes the soul can only help. | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5YztNYiZrzoLast Laff. | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS Quick (Draw) someone toss Snuffles a biscuit. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MmPh8TJu2IY | |
| One box do it all There is a slick looking Technics integrated for $2500 worth consideration that I think can check all the boxes and more with a separate streamer. The auto speaker impedance matching feature is unique and intriguing. Technics SU-G700 Stereo Integr... | |
| Does listening to music increase your IQ? Could be but I have read that research has shown a positive correlation between a taste for complex music and average intelligence of listeners. BTW I’m going to see King Crimson live in September. Just saying.... :^) | |
| What is wrong with my system? A pair of Ohm Walsh speakers in place of the B&Ws might do the job. They did in my case replacing a pair of B&Ws about a dozen years back. |