mapman
Responses from mapman
| Why Does CD Sound So Good? My experience is similar to grannyring. | |
| What is it......... Less to distract you on an am radio. You mostly just hear the beat and maybe the vocals. No details to distract you from that catchy pop tune. A lot of pop stuff these days is little more than that anyway in order to serve up a least common denomi... | |
| Floor Stander or Monitor w/ 2 subs? What does the later give up in a large room? Well smaller monitors plus separate subs gives you greater ease and flexibility for setup compared to two large heavy full range floorstanders but be sure still the room will accommodate that as well. If you want to be able to optimize with fewes... | |
| Speakers that can reveal orchestral instruments' positions Yes most good speakers set up well can do it to some extent if it is in the recording to start with but omnidirectional speakers set up well are suited for it best due to the more lifelike sound dispersion pattern with omnis. The best Example I ha... | |
| Klipsch Heresy IV Aren’t Cornwalls designed to go up against the wall? Hence the name? | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? Anyone heard the ELAC Class Ds? | |
| Speakers that reveal bad recordings? Not for me. This hobby is a lot more boring when everything sounds the same. The variety of recordings out there to experience makes it a lot more interesting and surprising at least for me.The fact is all recordings are done differently and any attempt to ig... | |
| Streaming For Beginners You can start with any home computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone you already own and run a wired connection to digital or analog inputs to start or even easier put a Bluetooth adapter on an amp line input and start with that.I auditioned gear at... | |
| Separates or Integrated? What makes more sense? Everyone will choose differently. You have many choices for that price including many top notch sounding integrated amps available these days. You might not appreciate the ease of an integrated currently but may become a bonus someday. | |
| Ok guys It’s easy to try it both ways and find out for oneself. My personal experience is it can help isolate lesser tables like many entry level tables better which is a good thing sonically and to help keep dust off things while playing. With better iso... | |
| It isn't the bits, it's the hardware It doesn’t matter how many bits you have if you consistently and systematically can’t accurately stick’em in the right place where they belong. | |
| Music streamer device vs laptop/phone? I use a phone and a dedicated streamer. Six of one half dozen the other. Whatever works best for you will sound fine. DACs can make a big difference ( I use external DACs always into my system) but even the DACs in newer smartphones are pretty goo... | |
| You could work for any manufacturer, past or present... Thomas Edison. | |
| Klipsch Heresy IV I spent about an hour with a pair at a local dealer today. They definitely have a unique sound and aesthetics to offer versus the competition.The sound was pretty much as Mr. Hoffman describes in his review. This was off a sizable Anthem STR SS in... | |
| The shams, scams and dead ends of the High Fidelity hobbie/passion/adiction Most high end accessories/tweaks especially, wires, fuses, risers, etc. one will find advertised all over the place here. |