mapman
Responses from mapman
| What’s the biggest mismatch you’ve seen, heard, or done? Tube Audio Design Hibachi amps (no feedback) driving kef ls50s. Yuck. Completely flat and lifeless. Big time impedance mismatch. | |
| So how much do you think the placebo effect impacts our listening preferences? “So how much do you think the placebo effect impacts our listening preferences?“A lot. It’s a real thing. | |
| Cable Goop Review George is going to freak!! Clean connections and contact enhancers are not a bad idea. Just does not cost $350 to do it well. Except for a handful of audiophiles. | |
| Cable Goop Review George is going to freak!! I won’t be buying $350 goop to smear on my expensive gear from a very expensive wire company but to each their own.Also they are sound rating the goop in various categories? Doesn’t what you smear it on have something to do with that?Not buying ... | |
| Schiit Lokius 6 band equalizer - in use observations Good stuff. An affordable tweak that clearly adds value. | |
| Magnepan, Best midrange? Glad to see Maggie’s getting some love here. | |
| When someone listens to your system for the first time. I love it when a plan comes together. | |
| So how much do you think the placebo effect impacts our listening preferences? Could be. Try it and see. | |
| New speakers dilemma for vinyls... Heeelp! :))) +1 @uncleang. How the speaker and the bottom port interacts with the floor is a big factor. I use Auralex Subdude pads under mine on suspended plywood floors but not on solid concrete foundation (finished room with thin dense carpet and pad).More ... | |
| The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth. The rhyme and reason is probably exactly what you think it is. | |
| New speakers dilemma for vinyls... Heeelp! :))) The Ohm Walsh speakers are not difficult to drive compared to most. The larger models in particular do tend to like lots of current and damping. They will respond to any improvement or change made upstream so the actual sound can vary significa... | |
| Sound variation from good to incredible? People are not machines and react differently to their senses over time. Could just be you which is normal. | |
| The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth. There is a rhyme and reason. | |
| Subwoofer Footing - Connect or Isolate? Subdude works great on carpet. Mine are on carpet. | |
| Subwoofer Footing - Connect or Isolate? Another Auralex Subdude user here. Cleans up muddy bass that obscures midrange detail when flooring is problematic. Everything is more refined and detailed top to bottom. |