mapman
Responses from mapman
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For Yes going from a truly mid-fi pre-amp (1990’s nicely featured Carver) to a good one (newer Audio Research) about 12 or so years ago (as a trusted A’goner recommended to me at the time) was my big mid-fi to hifi transformation at the time. Been in ... | |
| Manley snapper vs Atma-sphere M60 It’s a purely subjective call. Go with whichever you prefer for whatever reason. | |
| How cheap can you go and still be happy with the sound? I put together a top notch ear monitor setup using existing iphone and Roon streaming software for <$200. Cost goes up from there for other applications depending mainly on room size and other more subjective considerations. Multiple source de... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? Easy to drive speakers avoid low impedance and phase shifts at all frequencies and require an amp work less hard in general be it at low or higher volumes. So that is advantageous. They will also tend to sound more similar with various amps. W... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? Perhaps a frequency bump in the 4-6 kHz range that adds “edge” to the sound and attracts attention at lower volumes. Same can be easily accomplished with other good quality less efficient speakers like say Sonus Faber, KEF or even Ohm using DSP o... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? It’s only $10k. Does not include customer service apparently. | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better Stick some tubes in there and see if that helps. | |
| Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off? The times they are a changing. | |
| DSD coming to Qobuz streaming? Can someone explain what the big deal is with DSD? | |
| Starting Over and I need your help If you go with an integrated or all-in-1 you don’t have to worry about messing around with components. THe performance and feature sets of integrated amps is excellent these days. I replaced $10K of separates (Audio Research and Bel Canto) with a... | |
| Help with high end bookshelf speakers I have a smaller room with very bad acoustics and went through many speakers there . The Vanatoo active speakers I have had for a few years now were the first to sound really good in there. The onboard DSP and tone controls help get things tuned i... | |
| Food: what does the typical audiophile eat? Hey I eat a lot of those things! Does that explain it? | |
| The Horror Do the Jim Smith thing!!!!! You have a big investment and not getting anywhere near what you should out of it. | |
| Taming/Damping Electrostat Backwave @larryi +1 | |
| The Horror I go to shows mainly to hear what is supposed to be the best hifi sound. I always find a couple setups that I determine sound best to me. Yes Fritz and Vandersteen seem to always rank high. Then I go home to assess what I have versus what I heard... |