mapman
Responses from mapman
| Why did you choose the components and speakers that are in your system? You have to experience the kind of music you listen to in many good live venues often over time for the ultimate reference for how things should sound. Pleasing sound is different and much easier. It’s all a matter of what your goals are. | |
| Why did you choose the components and speakers that are in your system? Good question!You have to start with the thing you have least control over which is the room. I choose speakers likely to perform well in my specific room, then an amp capable of driving them very well, and things unfold from there. | |
| Benchmark / Anthem / Rogue True the Anthem STR has many modern features to differentiate it in addition to inherent good sound that some will find useful. | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... If I hear voices in my head are they real? | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? I see a Raven Blackhawk on TMR website tonight in case any interest. | |
| Benchmark / Anthem / Rogue Well you picked three distinct choices. I think the answer will depend on your personal preferences for sound not that of others.If uncolored, technically detailed and accurate is your thing, then BEnchmark no doubt.If a touch of tube flavor is ca... | |
| How much reality do you really need? Enough to hold my attention. | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings All I know is good quality mono recordings still sound like the performers are playing live in my room with my Ohm Walsh speaker setup. This setup has opened me up to so many older recordings that I would probably not pay much attention to otherwi... | |
| How much reality do you really need? I can enjoy most any well done system where noise and distortion are under control. The rest is icing on the cake and I like the icing! | |
| Are the new Ohm Walsh speakers Audiophile quality? My understanding is similar to @bondmanp but the variance I recall being mentioned I believe by John Strohbeen, maybe somewhere in his blog on OHM site, is version to version over the years more so than model to model. Not sure. A call or email to... | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings I don’t have qobuz nor have I heard it but no reason why it shouldn’t. | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings who knew?Perhaps those who have heard well produced digitally remastered versions of those otherwise obtuse early mono releases on phono. 😉Old recordings are a goldmine of great music and interesting sound that those who were weaned on music from... | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings Always look on the bright side of life. Recordings are works of art. Each one is different. Why not take pleasure in discovering as much as possible about each one? That’s what music lovers do. | |
| Low power amps and speaker damage? I learned the hard way early on frying several Heil AMT tweets with a 40 watt integrated amp many years ago. Never again. | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? Yes it’s easier with high efficiency speakers because your choices will be limited. Not necessarily better but a different way to roll. The facts speak for themselves. High efficiency speakers are a niche for a reason. That is because to be eff... |