mapman
Responses from mapman
What is it that you don't like about your Listening Room ? If I ever move, my current room will be hard to match or surpass. | |
What is it that you don't like about your Listening Room ? Mine is L shaped like a miniature Village Vanguard. Could be bigger. | |
Why is the snake oil topic closed? I suspect there are more people out there talking about fighting windmills than tele or clock tweaks or most any MD product for that matter. | |
Bel canto monoblocks and power cables I have ref1000m amps. These draw a lot of current when powered up not so much after. I use basic cords on those. Higher grade shielded cords on source gear. The amps power supply seems designed well to have power in reserve when needed. So I have ... | |
IsoAcoustics speaker isolation stands...Thoughts I have two pair. Yes will make a clearly audible difference in many cases but not necessarily if speakers already rest on a rigid foundation. | |
Why is the snake oil topic closed? You can always tell a losing proposition in any area when the purveyor instinctively turns to personal attacks and namecalling when challenged on a topic. | |
Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? Kosst I’m referring mainly to the heritage line. Have not heard the others enough to judge meaningfully. | |
Michael Fremer's system I did find it interesting that he made no attempt to explain why things sounded good. They just did. To him. That’s fine for him but not very helpful for his readers. Whatever few are still listening probably do not care either. Now look though, h... | |
Michael Fremer's system Very nice for that room. Lots of good sounding records. That tone arm looks like the bomb. Way too pricey for me though. I bet the fuses are nice too! 😉 | |
Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? Having heard the newer Klipsch offerings, I’m going to go out on a limb and say horns need no longer be so controversial. Affordable good sounding ones are out there. Like anything else some will like them and some will not. Their clear advantage ... | |
Any deals on klipsch speakers Heresy 3. | |
Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? Got to hear Klipsch Heresy and Forte 3s today for first time. Local dealer just started carrying these. I was very pleasantly surprised by the Heresy 3. I could live with those. | |
Cartridges: Complete Scam? As prices go up, it is almost always diminishing returns at best. You tend to get more bling factor and maybe more muscle in some cases for more $$$s but the bling factor of a phono cartridge is, well, pretty low.The dl103R I use in my Linn table ... | |
My rant; we don't know what we don't know Nice rant. A tad extreme perhaps but on target in general. | |
Why is the snake oil topic closed? The snakes are certainly quite brazen these days. I wonder why? Do people find it entertaining? Brash, snarky brazen snakes > the sneaky more secretive ones? Brash is in these days I hear. |