mapman
Responses from mapman
| SET 45 and their (real) required speaker efficiency Like much with hifi, it’s largely a matter of expectations. Low power SET amps are a very special case though. To get the most out of just a couple watts of power, you need not just the most efficient speakers to pick up the slack, likely horn loa... | |
| Volti Razz Loudspeakers Razz appear to take up less floor space than Cornwalls, more like Fortes, no?That would be a good thing for many who might be tighter with space for speakers. | |
| Why don't speaker mfg list amps and associated equip they use to " voice " their sound? When your goal is to sell stuff it makes no sense to specify constraints. | |
| Volti Razz Loudspeakers Glad to see a more affordable model from Volti. Seems well received so far. | |
| Leonard Cohen’s “Songs from the Road” sound issues Sounds fine streaming from Spotify. Live recordings in different venues so each is a little different but pretty good overall. | |
| Who, do you think, designs the best looking tube-based devices? I do like Decware aesthetic. Kinda classical looking. | |
| Hard of Hearing Audiophile. Glad to hear the OP was able to find his way. Knowing your goal + perseverance is always the key. | |
| Harbeth 30.1 or 40.1 Yes I have only heard 40.2 set up in large room away from walls. In smaller room closer to walls or corner with more bass reinforcement from the room I might be concerned going in about too much bass and no way to tame it other than eq or tone con... | |
| Can anything be down about this? There must be an agenda! If the waveform is clipped you can’t do anything to reverse that. Otherwise you can attempt to remaster the file yourself with a tool like audacity. | |
| Harbeth 30.1 or 40.1 Right I think it was LTA tube amp of some sort at CAF driving Spatials.Tube amp but LTA is a unique design and does not sound like most tube amps. Much lower output impedance I believe which is a good thing to my ears..the best of both good SS and... | |
| Harbeth 30.1 or 40.1 @gte357s Yes, totally different setups in all regards. Very hard to compare concisely other than both were top notch in their own way in my opinion, though much different.Harbeth 40.2 was at Deja Vu Audio in Northern VIrginia in their large showro... | |
| Finding the bad tube 👍 | |
| Harbeth 30.1 or 40.1 Correction:The Harbeths I auditioned were 40.2, not 40.1. | |
| Footers under my speakers double the perceived value of my speakers! No its not height it is floor interactions. I've used same speakers upstairs on suspended plywood and downstairs on solid foundation (thin but dense carpet and pad). Same height. The same isolation under the speakers does nothing on the solid... | |
| Who, do you think, designs the best looking tube-based devices? I do like the Frankenstein lab look of a lot of tube gear out there but for me Audio Research still puts out some of the classiest looking tube gear. |