mapman
Responses from mapman
| High value, giant killer speakers? The Fritz “secret sauce” is his “series” crossover designs that provide a benign load for amps to drive which gets more bang per buck out of the amp. It works! I’ve heard not particularly efficient Fritz Carerra run off a flea power headphone tube... | |
| DAC: Before I jump in... My old mhdt Constantine is getting a bit long in the tooth as DACs go but stil love it. Wish mhdt would come out with a new DAC like it ie sans tube. | |
| Top Ten "Definitions of an Audiophile" Dunno but here is a rare actual photo of one:https://hometheaterreview.com/do-you-need-to-love-music-to-be-a-true-audiophile/ | |
| The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig? In his younger days my dog listened intently with me. Head up, ears twitching on queue, very content and relaxed. 🐕 | |
| What I’ve learned, so far Audible distortion has been cured. Synergy among components is paramount. | |
| Suggestions for Best Complete System -$1,000 or less??? 2nd those Vanatoos. Heard them at shows and just picked up a pair. Lots of Good sound making technology in an affordable and compact package. An easy well integrated and flexible entry level audiophile system. Just add streamer. Any phone tablet o... | |
| Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers Lourdes,Whatcha hearing with the new (VTL) amps. BEtter? | |
| Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers FWIW I have found MIT cables good as cables go at taking the edge off the sound if needed, but better to not need to in the first place.Fro what I've heard at shows, Rockport speakers can be brutally revealing. | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load Nothings been put to rest, let’s see the independant test or even his own, that show the rms wattage doubling just before clipping (same distortion) with all three 8, 4, and 2ohm loads, then I’ll eat my words, and congratulate you on doing someth... | |
| Is integrated the future for 2 channel audiophiles? Smaller and more compact in general is a the rage these days even with aging audiophiles. | |
| Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers Don’t know anything about a Paavo amp??? but having the option of switching amps, especially to a good quality soft-clipping tube amp, should help troubleshoot at minimum with those speakers I suspect. Those speakers are speced at 4 ohms though so... | |
| Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers I would observe in general switching from planar or electrostat speakers like Magnepan and ML (very easy on the ear) to large dynamic speakers like Rockport alone is a big difference that one’s ear’s may not be used to and find somewhat fatiguing.... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load +10 atmasphere for putting that one to rest. | |
| Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!! Worth consideration is Vanatoo Transparent One Encore speakers which sound very good at low volumes. They are small powered speakers with built in DSP. Just what the doctor ordered for low volumes. Only $600 and loaded with technology to help... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load Anyone know why Thiel designed such hard to drive speakers when there are so few if any amps around capable of driving them to the max? |