mapman
Responses from mapman
| Floored by Beatles "White Album" Reissue Those demos alone make this release a must have for Beatles fans. | |
| New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies Nobody seems to know how or why they work other than claims of improved sound so anything is possible with products like that. Live and learn. I’m sure some will buy used tweaks for a discount. | |
| The System Percentages Thread Hmm that sounds like work! 😫Go back even further than that to the 1920s even. A lot of recordings happened pre-Beatles worth hearing to gain a full appreciation of recorded music in all its forms and variations since inception. | |
| Floored by Beatles "White Album" Reissue Glad you got a good pressing. The digital version I streamed online was Louder overall like most newer remasters but very good and noticeably different even not at full cd resolution. Higher res digital or vinyl must really be good. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I have my SB "Looking In" lp framed and up on the wall. Always loved that album cover. SB is well represented in my music library.Saw SB ~ 3 years back at Rams Head in Annapolis, MD. Good stuff! | |
| Where’s My Weakest Link? The Carver pre-amp needs to go no doubt. I had same pre-amp. Replaced on advice of another Agoner at the time with Audio Research sp16 and bingo....huge improvement in every way. Any good quality tube pre-amp should work well with that amp’s 100ko... | |
| Albums that you listen to straight through / start to finish whenever you put them on! Thanks. "Remember the Future" by Nektar would be another.The 2013 redo of "Snow Goose" by Camel qualifies also, not just the original. | |
| The bass is the place... Iy is true you need multiple bass transducers like a powered sub to get bass right across a room. However most speakers only can get the the rest right in a single sweet spot so a single sub can serve well for that as well. To get it all right acr... | |
| The bass is the place... Yup the extra work needed to produce bass coupled with how our ears work makes for a double whammy. | |
| The bass is the place... As frequency decreases the work that must be done to maintain flat response increases exponentially. Bigger rooms magnify the task even more. It’s basic physics. In many cases it is the amp that is not up to the task of driving the speakers proper... | |
| What is the average dealer mark up? Good idea. It's a beautiful day. | |
| What is the average dealer mark up? Well I don’t hear any riots so people clearly don’t care about your margins much like your products. | |
| 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. |