mapman
Responses from mapman
| Speakers least affected by room acoustics I have speakers in various rooms, including a similar room to yours with similar high ceiling and acoustic challenges and no ability to treat (WAF).I’d propose fighting the acoustics in a room like that, especially if not able to do extensive trea... | |
| Classic Over-reaction! Upgrade that toaster ASAP! | |
| Isolation stands: snakeoil? Turntables are sensitive to vibration which affect the sound and performance, more so than any other audio component. Some products/solutions solve the problem better and for less cost than others. So not all solutions created equal. | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? Those are two common camps in terms of how audiophiles think. I’m in the camp that says every recording sounds different and I want to be able to hear all those differences as much as possible.Regarding the system, when noise and distortion is ver... | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses Whether they make a difference or not or if the difference is worth the asking price or not, the products come across as snake oil by any objective analysis regardless in most cases in that there is usually little information provided by the maker... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Most people are not so wealthy and will have to discriminate to a greater degree whether or not to throw hundreds or thousands of dollars at "esoteric" tweaks.For a balanced perspective, they will have to look elsewhere. Too bad! | |
| Class D is just Dandy! The class warfare should really just end. There are very good and very bad amps of all classes. Furthermore one man’s bust may be another’s bounty. That’s how the world tends to roll in general. Deal with specifics not generalized statements that ... | |
| Suggestions for a dedicated rock system If you want to go the vintage route, look for a pair of OHM L, H, C2, or CAM monitors.Any of these might be had for <$1000, essentially teh same price as when new 40 years ago, but refurbished with new drivers and parts. Check with John Strohbe... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! class D is not as musical as a class A amps. You have not heard a good one with a pair of Ohm Walsh speakers perhaps? | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? Brightness often results from an amp’s inability to drive a speaker properly.Thiels have the rep of being top notch but only when matched with the right robust amps capable of driving them correctly. | |
| Should I re-rip? You are better off with lossless flac for streaming. Consumes less disk space and supports flexible tagging of metadata. Data content is the same.I went the other way being a purist and starting ripping with .wav, then switching and converting to ... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! Have not heard and compared, but it is a lossy compressed format which by definition means less accurate than original. So that alone seems like a step in the opposite direction in regards to at least the accuracy of the sound.Of course the most a... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... Tubes glow and look way cool. SS just sits there. The best tube and SS setups I've heard tend to sound more similar than different. | |
| Synergy class AB is more highly regarded than class D. Live and learn. | |
| Can someone take a look at my system? Suggestions? Try it and see. It will work.If it does not sound good enough, then go from there.There are always ways to make things sound better when needed.I remember the vintage Kenwoods well. Very nice for the day! However most receivers are not capab... |