mapman
Responses from mapman
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? @b_limo so what was the final assessment of the 20 watt Raven with the Salks? What was lacking? It went from sounds good and loud enough to Salks for sale pretty quickly. Not a great match on paper so not shocked but would like to know your thoughts. | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? Yes likely not getting the most out of the speakers but if you like the amp enough that can certainly help make up for that to a certain extent. | |
| Boy, Oh Boy! Towshend! Lots of things work to isolate speakers and make a big difference in sound when needed (not always needed). It’s not rocket science and need not cost a fortune. | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? One would expect more heat in general when the amp is working harder or playing louder and/or full range into a tougher load. | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? That does sound strange if the sub output level is truly fixed and not variable. Too bad if so in that the built in high pass filter to the mains for use with a sub sounds like a nice feature to use with a sub. | |
| Why do people say low power amps should be good for bookshelf speakers? The amp and speakers are compatible and will make sound and he wants to sell stuff so put 2+2 together. That could be the extent of his expertise. Most customers there would never think twice about it. | |
| Specifications VS Sound Quality Sure well you still have to decide what to try so same story of course. Specs help. | |
| Specifications VS Sound Quality @stuartk You can of course listen to hear other places before buying and you should listen to as much as you can both live and otherwise to train your ears. Listening is always the best evidence. But it’s the system making the music and in that ro... | |
| Specifications VS Sound Quality The main value of specifications to someone who knows how to interpret them properly is objectively deciding which components to try ie which components are likely to work best in a specific system with others. You will get to a better place f... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? Try any combo you want and go with whatever sounds best. Cost is not the determining factor for what will sound best in each case. | |
| Why don't more recordings have soundstage outside of speakers As I listen my soundstage is 22’ wide. Speakers are 6’ apart. 50% of that 22’ wide soundstage is to the left of my left speaker. It sounds lovely. My own little Village Vanguard. I am grateful. | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? Well let’s just say one would hope a 20 watt amplifier that costs $3500 would deliver some goods within its limits in order to compete at that price. High efficiency speakers only would be a pretty limiting consideration. The built in crossover fo... | |
| Mega dollar systems. 200k on up. What are their professions? What’s everyone fussing about now? | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? Built in crossover in a low power integrated amp tube or otherwise is a very useful feature. I wonder what other similar amps have that? | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? I’ve seen and heard some model Raven amps at shows but in lieu of having really heard one enough to assess, having the built in crossover feature for offloading work to a separate powered sub alone is a very practical feature for a tube integrated... |