mapman
Responses from mapman
| Cd Player Choices To Match Up to Vintage Electronics Look into getting started with Streaming. Consider a new DAC if needed. | |
| Is Agon becoming the eBay of audio? Audiogon is no different from ebay in many regards. Audiogon is smaller, audio focused and the average customer is more interested in audio and sound and probably has more disposable income than the average ebay customer.Not sure Audiogon does any... | |
| Speakers least affected by room acoustics Not all digital room correction is the same and some go beyond being merely a sophisticated frequency equalizer.For example, Impulse response correction:http://www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/irc.phpI have not used and cannot vouch for any particular p... | |
| Speakers least affected by room acoustics mofojo, good point!If you are determined to fight the room acoustics, digital room correction is the ticket!Or just go omni for a "playing live in your room" kinda sound, learn to love your room (its your own unique concert venue after all), and b... | |
| 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 ... |