mapman
Responses from mapman
| KEF R3 or Totem Signature One Can’t go wrong with either. R3 is just plain out good in all ways. More similar than not to Totems because both are top notch. Can’t find a fault. Of course no one speaker is best to all. I suspect R3 may be easier to drive if that model is like ... | |
| MSRP, diferentiation and the illusion of value I don’t care what people think of my gear. It only has to please me. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don’t get why people trashing something bothers someone. I believe here it’s often because there is some financial interest to defend. Ju... | |
| Keeping backup equipment? Yes backups are a good thing. | |
| Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse? Oh come on every kid wants a fancy fuse! | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? The young people are the smart ones. They just listen to music as they please. No comparisons, no pressure, no grandstanding, no ridicule, no obsessing.....just listening when and how they please. Fact is it’s nothing hard to get good sound for no... | |
| Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? Science has to be applied. That’s what engineers do. | |
| What is it you expect to hear from hifi gear that you have not yet? Most steamers will tell you the streaming rate per track on the display. | |
| The Grateful Dead tune that would still make for a great James Bond Theme Song @mamboni sorry to hear that but glad you are back! | |
| Us: hobbyists vs perfectionists vs aural epicureans vs rampant consumers vs bad Buddhists? Hmm well I just like music so who knows? | |
| MSRP, diferentiation and the illusion of value Why do some women buy teeny tiny little purses that are not very good value? Because they think they are pretty and like them. Fashion statement. Bling! Same thing. Only with mostly men. | |
| Lack of Female Representation It is what it is. You are asking the wrong person. | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? Times change. | |
| Solid state amplifiers and sound stage, especially front to back "depth" No doubt different amps will have different transfer functions that could result in the parts of the signal that determine imaging and soundstage, many of which are very low level, being reproduced differently. A linear transfer function is genera... | |
| What audio aspect are you knowledgeable in? Educated opinions. | |
| Class D amps that are superior to all or most? Bel Canto ref-m series. |