mapman
Responses from mapman
| If attending Capital Audiofest 2018, can you provide your review of the Ohm F-5015s I hit the Ohm “area” this morn. Will report when I have a chance. Making the rounds... | |
| New owner of totem wind Totems always put a smile on my face. | |
| Are you as OCD as this audiophile? Some people flip their fuses for fun. Not that there's anything wrong with that.... | |
| If attending Capital Audiofest 2018, can you provide your review of the Ohm F-5015s MB what is the rest of your system, amp in particular? Also how big of a room and anything particularly unique about it acoustically? | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report Will hopefully get there tomorrow. Looking forward to it. | |
| How are you hearing no difference? It can happen. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Misfits perhaps my favorite Kinks album. Good stuff! | |
| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? America?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ha-ZsGxCb8 | |
| ... thoughts on Taylor Swift's REPUTATION CD... Whoo hoo someone (Steven Wilson) remastered something recently and apparently got the DR right!http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list/dr/desc?artist=yes&album=fragile | |
| ... thoughts on Taylor Swift's REPUTATION CD... Most newer "improved" pop/rock remasters on CD are mastered louder than the originals. So which approach in general is better? You would think the answer is obvious. The thing is when people shell out more money for the same stuff, they want to he... | |
| ... thoughts on Taylor Swift's REPUTATION CD... Actually the average dynamic range measure of 10 for that recording is better than average. Regardless, no one measure including dynamic range alone is a reliable indictor of whether a recording will sound good to someone or not. I’ve heard some m... | |
| Beware of new material claims - the case of graphene Based what one can read about and discern about what Graphene is, I suspect there is a lot of claimed "graphene" out there that is most likely just mere overpriced carbon at best. Just a hunch. You never know when it comes to marketing.... | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation Mainstream music is essentially fast food ie McDonalds for the ears. I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you are an audiophile who imbibes mostly on mainstream/pop music. If it's a catchy enough tune, isn't that enough? | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation Compressed dynamics and excessive loudness are two different but often related things. | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation BEing the devil’s advocate...Another interesting aspect of modern recordings is that the focus on loud bass makes accurate reproduction on a home system at higher volumes more challenging than ever. Any traditional under-powered system won’t have ... |