mapman
Responses from mapman
| What is the average dealer mark up? The "high end" tweak hawkers will never disclose their margins. People would riot. | |
| What is the average dealer mark up? BS that markup on cables accessories, and tweaks is similar to electronics and speakers. That is where the big margins have always lived and where it is taken to the limits in "High End Audio" anywhere by those who can.When I was in retail, we wer... | |
| What is the average dealer mark up? It ranges from what you would find at high volume Walmart to that you would find in a low volume, high overhead, exclusive Soho boutique (pre-pandemic).I like my hifi vendors somewhere in the middle. | |
| Yamaha R-N803 one of the best values in high-end audio? When in doubt it’s hard to go wrong with Yamaha. | |
| Magico vs the world I’ve heard Magico. Very nice! But Ohms do it better for way less IMHO. | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? Efficiency and easy load are not the same. Efficiency means things get louder faster. An easy load means all frequencies get handled similarly and lesser difference to be expected from amp to amp other than how loud things go. | |
| IM Distortion, Speakers and the Death of Science Death of science? What does that mean? Buyers aren’t scientists. Also there are new innovations all the time....thanks to science. Amazingly the good ones catch on. | |
| Albums that you listen to straight through / start to finish whenever you put them on! “The Snow Goose” - Camel | |
| Most eye-opening upgrade and what you learned After many years of being blind to it, I was looking at the cover of Peter Gabriel’s album “Up” just now and learned his face is on there. Who knew? | |
| Why not underhung voice coil? Interesting one of the best sounding and performing speakers I am familiar with, the Fritz Carerra, uses underhung voice coil. Would never have taken notice prior. | |
| Yamaha Audio products from the past? vs. more current. When in doubt it’s hard to go wrong with Yamaha. | |
| When Did Your System Disappear? MkgusThe sound became totally detached from the speakers when I first put the Bel Canto ref1000m Class D amps in the system. Not nearly to that extent with prior SS amps. | |
| When Did Your System Disappear? Not first but completely when my current Class D amps went online. It was very disorienting at first. | |
| audiophiles who are just getting the itch to upgrade Maybe add a sub or two + active crossover to the Fritz.Room tweaks always worth consideration but that all depends.Maybe some inexpensive absorbing panels at first reflection points from speakers to listening position on the side walls and see wha... | |
| Finally.......Pleasant sounding strings on a modest system Nice job of assessing the issues and tackling them in a very practical manner. Well done. Streaming is great. Definitely worth similar time and effort to get a handle on it. |