mapman
Responses from mapman
| VAC 70/70 mk3 tube rolling question Wishing best recovery for Almarg. Such a smart and knowledgeable guy not to mention patient giving, humble and the model gentlemen always. A real mensch. Hope to see him back here soon. One of a kind and one of my favorite people. | |
| A case for Hi Rez Digital So a 100 year old format somewhat adjusted 70 years ago and now almost exclusively mastered from digital sources is still the gold standard for sound? That’s pretty funny. The packaging has Always been superior to CD and Has even improved in recen... | |
| Review: Fosi Audio TDA7498E Mini Hi-Fi Class D Integrated Amp 160 Watts x 2 into 4 Ohms I have a different Fosi amp (40w with built in Bluetooth also < $100 on Amazon) in one of my setups. Works very well within its power limits with a pair of Boston A40 speakers. Would very much like to hear it with a high efficiency very easy lo... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial It is MORE than listenable on my rig. Anyone is welcome to come hear it.. | |
| Soundstage gone You need a properly matched step up transformer to run a MC cartridge to a MM phono input. Running any MM or even worse MC cart to line level rather than phono input is not a correct setup so bad results should be expected.You might be best off st... | |
| Sam here.l realize now why so many people think my ideas are crazy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li1nxXY6NWM | |
| Game Changing Tweak I don’t know about the test it 50 times thing but in general if one is going to recommend a poorly understood solution of any sort, especially a pricier solution, doing diligence to verify findings can only help. Making a change and saying you hea... | |
| Has anyone ever had to repair a Magnaplanar? I sent mine back to factory for repair once. Worked out fine. That was a long time ago though.....~ 1992. | |
| Sam here and this goes much deeper than i ever thought. 😇 | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial It is so important to realize that we are listening to productions on our hifi. Every one is different! Like an art museum. Every work is different and done by different people with different techniques for different reasons. How boring if all art... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial From Wikipedia:“Joe Osborn played two separate bass tracks, one high and the other low.”Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound approach was not intended to sound “natural”. | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial I read BOTW was produced using Phil Spector “Wall of Sound” production techniques. Read up on that and explains a lot. The first part with just vocal and piano is a much simpler production. It sounds like the piano was closely stereo miked which s... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial I’m on the side of the fence that says I enjoy hearing what old radio tunes really sound like on a good quality modern hifi rig.. It’s often nothing like what you remember....so many things happening that were obscured prior.If it’s relative lo-fi... | |
| Sam here and this goes much deeper than i ever thought. Uber yes I figured. I was joking too. My mental state has never been more acute. 🤡. Famous last words.... | |
| 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... |