mapman
Responses from mapman
| Game Changing Tweak prag,It’s the only argument one has when there is nothing concrete to substantiate a claim. Why people choose to spend money on things that apparently work by magic rather than for some good reason is beyond me. It’s a personal matter mostly. Peop... | |
| Sam here and this goes much deeper than i ever thought. Hey I make no claims regarding my own mental performance personally. So please take things with a grain of salt or two. I’m just happy that I still have a mind and my bosses still find it adequate. :^) | |
| Sam here and this goes much deeper than i ever thought. mapman here and sorry to borrow Sam's catch phrase but just to keep the record straight I think Sam needs to refine his logic and deductive skills just a tad perhaps before being considered among the group of the world’s "great minds" like those ... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial Those two recordings are apples and oranges. All recordings are produced differently. If that is what you are hearing it is probably an indicator that your hifi is delivering what is in the recording better than before. Recordings are what they ar... | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 Gte I have heard the LTA amps at shows. The ZOTL design sounds pretty much just as advertised and related in reviews. | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 Were it me I would go with the LTA. | |
| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming Sorry to hear about the caps but that makes more sense as the likely cause of distortion than network issues which again can result in delays if insufficient bandwidth but not aware of that ever being the cause of distortion, especially with a WiF... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws This reminded me I have not checked the wing nuts on my Ohm Walsh driver boards in awhile. They were still pretty tight but one or two had a slight give. Now they are tight for sure and I think I hear a difference. Or do I? I have a pretty active ... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws Well brass screws are not expensive so if someone thinks they are worth it not a big deal.If Uber expensive audiophile brass screws from Synergistic or others suddenly start popping up it would look very suspicious. | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws The drivers need to be mounted securely for sure. Loose screws/drivers not firmly mounted will negatively affect exactly the things the op mentioned. As will defective gaskets. Most screws will need tightening from time to time in that the vibrati... | |
| Poor value vs snake oil... There is poor value and there is snake oil. It’s not that complicated. Except when people want to pretend such things do not exist. | |
| The Revolving Door...Hey, how about some synergy? https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEPJRenMGafYvvCb9lxt4ND0qGQgEKhAIACoHCAowtIuXCzCHs64DMI-I0AY?hl=... | |
| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming If any volume controls are in play with any of the sources, would suggest lowering them and see if that helps. If the node device has an explicit setting for line level only (volume control bypassed) use that and set volume with pre-amp only.Two h... | |
| How to insert album cover art on music files? .wav format is not designed for tagging including artwork. Using it for that is a kluge. Expect issues. Flac files are designed for that and work well. Plus the lossless compressed data format makes managing large libraries more viable. I think e... | |
| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming Network bandwidth issues usually result in delays while playing. Never heard it cause distortion. Been streaming happily for years now. WiFi can be obstructed by objects in the signal path and of course weak signal can cause issues. Laptop should ... |