mapman
Responses from mapman
| How do you properly size a speaker? In general, bigger speakers are more efficient and in general are able to produce more bass and sound overall off the same @ of watts.Smaller speakers may be capable of producing similar bass levels but generally require more power to do it.This i... | |
| Hey K.....tt, Do you even have speakers?? Sounds like @b_limo has a lot of experience with a lot of speakers.FWIW I run 7 different pair currently in seven different rooms. Perhaps I should consider turning in my audiophile card? | |
| New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies The storyteller makes no choicesoon you will not hear his voicehis job is to shed lightand not to master............... | |
| New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies Is there no sign of light as we stand in the darkness?Watching the sun ariseIs there no sign of life as we gaze at the waters?Into the strangers eyesAnd who are we to criticize or scorn the things that they do?For we shall seek and we shall find... | |
| dissapointed - new LS50w's vs old PioneerFS52's/Luxman R113 - so far Kef's not so great? The ls50s do what they do very well (very lifelike detail and coherency) but are small and thereby necessarily limited. Not designed for larger rooms. Yes they also require some muscle to be driven well. They will not shine otherwise and will like... | |
| Music Server or Laptop? Stick with the laptop. No need for expensive proprietary music server hardware. | |
| Fear of Streaming Radio Paradise flac stream is free and sounds great. Reminds me of Of FM radio in its heyday but better. | |
| Suggestions for bookshelf speakers that have great dynamics, budget of $500 used. https://ohmspeaker.com/outlet-store/If you can go just a bit more I’d be considering the Ohm Cam 42s here. | |
| Preferred Digital Music File Backup? Yes @almarg you are right about the restore time. Sending a physical device to restore is needed. Who does that? | |
| Suggestions for bookshelf speakers that have great dynamics, budget of $500 used. Are these actually going on a bookshelf? How big can they be?Vanatoo Transparent One Encore active speakers are the first thing that come to mind. These do it all well and very compact. You can buy them new on Amazon for $600. I use a pair in m... | |
| Preferred Digital Music File Backup? Good question. I back up to my own drive but have considered the cloud. | |
| Fear of Streaming I added Spotify and radio paradise plugins to my Squeezeserver. Now I can stream from my library and then link to Spotify and listen to most anything related to what I am listening to. Also displays lyrics, related artwork, artist bios and info,... | |
| Congratulations Atmasphere! Sounds like it’s shooting to sound like his tube amps but no tubes to deal with. Very cool. Been looking forward to seeing /hearing the end result. | |
| Ohm Walsh Talls and amplification @bondmanp My theory is JS smartly markets to the masses not the very limited high end audio market so he presents systems for modest cost that sound great. Since he sells speakers not amps, he keeps the amp costs down. I agree though at high end s... | |
| Best home remedy for paper cone woofers cleaning the dust off? Air vacuum, brush head on any vacuum. Best to not use any liquid. |