mapman
Responses from mapman
| Component Advice for Small Room with Lively Surfaces I have a very similar room my wife’s 12x12 sunroom with windows on 3 sides a tile floor and cathedral ceiling. Also limited options for placement within. It’s an acoustic nightmare. Lucky it’s not my main listening room. Having tried many speakers... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing or Down Firing - Which Sounds Best? Nix the down firing. That produces the most floor interaction which muddies the bass and obscures the midrange most especially with the suspended plywood floors found in most modern construction homes. | |
| Unreal prices If those items are in good condition and good working order they have a lot of features built in that would be costly to replicate today if desired. Also they have lots of lights, look cool, and are collectors items. Unique items. Probably capable... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? I don’t see explicit current specs for that amp but if it does in fact double into 4 ohm as indicated that is a good alternate related indicator that it is designed to drive difficult loads effectively. . | |
| Favorite Recordings Featuring Odd Selections of Musical Instruments. Check out Hanggai on Spotify. | |
| Opinions on the current market How’s that? | |
| Some speaker suggestions Here are the speakers I have and like: Ohm Walsh 5 series 3kef ls50 + Klipsch sw308 subVanatoo Transparent One EncoreHere are the others In my list of ones I have heard that I would strongly consider were I to buy more:Klipsch Heresy, Forte Cornw... | |
| Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear. I draw the line at reviews of speakers with no mention of amp used or characteristics of the listening room. Reviewing parts of systems without context is useless and tells me this person’s opinion is not well founded. Otherwise to each his own. | |
| Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear. I draw the line at reviews of speakers with no mention of amp used or characteristics of the listening room. That’s useless. | |
| Rega, Totem, or KEF bookshelf speakers? The la50w suggestion is a very valid one. Would take the guessing out of getting the most out of whatever passive speaker you might choose. Ls 50s driven well are top notch within the limits of speakers their size. Ls50s not driven well will not g... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? Not a fan. | |
| Opinions on the current market As good of a time as any you just always have to find the right deal. | |
| Perfect Path Total Contact no longer? For the record of course as OP well knows, I am not an “anti tweaker”. I’ve done quite a few of my own. Some work really well some not so much and everything in-between. I treat each case individually based on the specific merits and of course any... | |
| Perfect Path Total Contact no longer? Of course one could listen to a system and drop dead in awe but to attribute that solely to the tweaks would still require a huge leap of faith. Other systems with out similar tweaks could still even deliver a more fatal blow possibly even for les... | |
| Religious music for less than devout On the gospel front, can't go wrong with Johnny Cash or Mahalia Jackson. |