mapman
Responses from mapman
| Tube Pre with Benchmark AHB2 Amp - anyone doing this? @invalid , true, Not all. Linear Tube Audio for example. That’s due to their proprietary ZOTL technology that makes them unique. Good stuff. Quality more-SS like sound but with tubes. Something different. The “linear” in the name is appropriate. | |
| Hi end audio equip sounds better today than in decades past due to tech - T/F T | |
| Tune of the Day 2nd Chance | |
| How would you characterize the VAC tube amps? Very musical yet articulate. Thumbs up! 👍 | |
| Tube Pre with Benchmark AHB2 Amp - anyone doing this? Tube preamp is a good way to go if low distortion SS sound is not your thing. I moved from tube preamp to SS Freya personally. Tube preamps have higher output impedance. That can lead to much of the resulting sound being softer, less dynamic,... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Taka taka taka… | |
| Cambridge EVO 150 opinions? I have had one for a few years and love it. Listening to it as I type. It’s a Swiss Army knife of good sound, compact and can drive most any speaker well. Running with Sonus Faber Concerto Domus currently, also Ohm Walsh and KEF meta. Highly... | |
| Tune of the Day Steve Howe | |
| Time of Day for best Sound Seems like it sounds best during the times I am relaxed and focused. | |
| BS meter is pegged! Speaking as a fairly experienced software engineer/product developer, who has been around for quite awhile, agree most likely the defect is in the reviewer’s ability or willingness to properly relate technical details. Happens all the time, starti... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? 3DN | |
| BS meter is pegged! Audiophiles are rather picky. Their computers must be better than everyone else’s, otherwise it’s not “audiophile quality”, now is it? | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) This one on my wall | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) Devo | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) GSASV |