mapman
Responses from mapman
| Budget Office System Integrated for $1000 or less If it were me I’d look at Class D amp from Peachtree, Rogue Bel Canto or similar. 100 w/ch or more depending on room size and how loud you need to go and budget. I can recommend the Bel Canto c5i integrated for top notch sound and everything you m... | |
| Where To Buy Cable Elevators/Risers? +1 on the legos. Only audiophile grade legos though of course. | |
| SVS PB-16 Sub I’ve been researching subs for music. Leaning towards Sumiko for their hybrid vertical/horizontal firing pattern. Which seems to me a good way to get more out of a particular size sub and perhaps help make for smoother response in more room locati... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD DACs in newer better smart phones are not bad. As is the case with many good quality products at various price points these days. Need not cost much. You might need a good outboard amp to drive many good quality headphones well. At that point an e... | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions If having a website listing products and prices in addition to posting ads on Audiogon for same products makes one a dealer, a dealer who chimed in above and said he wasn't a dealer actually is.So much for dealer transparency on Audiogon. | |
| Tannoy Legacy Series Speakers Still waiting to get a chance to audition some good home audio Tannoys. Legacy or latest and greatest. Not easy to find in the US though they can be readily had online. Would like to see at Capital Audiofest. That would help persuade me to go agai... | |
| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) Not any of the conventional box speakers I know of though so many do sound very good.Take a listen to OHM Walsh. Maybe just maybe. At least for me. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD These days its much harder to find a bad DAC than a good one. Very good DACs are pretty much commodity items these days. Not to say they all sound the same.I got to listen to very highly regarded Chord Mojo portable DAC yesterday running the $... | |
| Speakers are the first piece of the puzzle Room acoustics are perhaps the biggest factor to consider up front because that can only practically be changed to a certain extent. You have relatively little control over room acoustics compared to the gear you put in the room. Room acoustics af... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? Obviously the reason would be one cares more about the amplifier than the speakers for whatever reason. A totally subjective decision. In the end the best system is the one you like best for whatever reason. | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions Audiogon’s policy as long as I have been around (2008 or so) has always been to let dealers participate freely in the forums and not require any disclosure. So it is what it has always been. The shilling factor has seemed to have gone up over time... | |
| What 2 channel Amp would you Buy for $6k? Bel canto ref600m and keep the change. | |
| Has anyone NOT listened to their system for a long time? Seriously, in a case where we have a music lover with a great sounding system and it does not get used, time to perhaps embrace modern technology rather than scorn it and consider all the options available these days for great sounding music anywh... | |
| Physics of downward firing woofers Anyone have or compared the Sumiko subs? They seem well received in home audio circles. They use a downward firing active driver and a front firing passive, which is said to help make them integrate easier. Seems to make sense. | |
| Physics of downward firing woofers Very timely topic for me!Theories aside, I am interested in actual experiences of others comparing down and front firing subs in practice. My experiences with front firing bass drivers (conventional box speakers) versus downward firing (as is the ... |