mapman
Responses from mapman
| How Science Got Sound Wrong Thus spoke Debbie Downer. | |
| How Science Got Sound Wrong Agree the dynamic range dB may well be quite accurate overall and is a useful reference but the measurements there alone are not a reliable guide to quality recordings. | |
| How Science Got Sound Wrong Loudness wars make it harder to listen to a recording loud without distortion. Most people don’t care of their loud music is distorted and never have. But audiophiles do. High end systems used to just have to handle short bursts of loudness known ... | |
| Pass Labs and Fuses That this site is the only place where so much time and effort is put into discussing how fuses sound (mostly by the same handful of people) says a lot. It’s a wonder the rest of the world is able to function in lieu of expensive fuses. There are ... | |
| Pass Labs and Fuses Witnesses can easily be biased or just flat out get things wrong, especially the details, which is mostly what differences in sound are all about.Also witnesses all vary in regards to credibility. Some are way more credible than others based on tr... | |
| Pass Labs and Fuses Whenever someone hears a difference or thinks something sounds better its still just an opinion. Anybody can have one. It’s still only one opinion no matter how many times it is asserted. | |
| 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? |