mapman
Responses from mapman
| VU meters added to Cambridge Audio Yes very cool on my Evo 150. It’s software based so I would expect movement based on digital sample values. I haven’t tried with analog inputs? For fun and aesthetics mostly I would say. | |
| Ohm Speakers Status Update I have not. Ohm Walsh have controlled dispersion and are not full Omni. That alone is a big difference | |
| Best low budget speakers for a Levinson 383 Integrated amp Revels one good way to go. KEF, Sonus Faber and Ohm are other totally different ways to go. Lots of others. You choose! No such thing as “best” just what sounds best to you. | |
| Need help planning/upgrading I love it when a plan comes together. Even if merely a concept after many years, hey at least that’s progress! After all it’s only hifi, not a matter of life and death. 😎 | |
| Perhaps useless, but today is National Dog Day........ I had to comfort my dog today and reassure her she would not be some evil neighbor’s dinner. She is very sensitive! ✌️ | |
| Shazam as an audio tool Good idea! Way to foil the evil plot to play music that nobody is likely to listen to at home for comparison. 🖖 | |
| Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles! Bells date back to 2000BC in China. My memory is not THAT good. Don’t even get me started about whistles…. | |
| Music reproduction is art If you look around it’s pretty obvious that people like what they like, not what’s “right”. | |
| Adding tube sound to my SS system For just a touch of tube sound with SS amplification I’d stick with an Audio Research pre-amp. Just make sure the input impedance of the SS amp is a good match to avoid flabby bass and distortion in that most tube pre amps have higher output imped... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? Music is an art. So is the mastering that goes into making recordings. Everyone does it differently. Science and technology provides the tools used to both create and playback recordings. That part is not an art. There are right ways a... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? You need good equipment in order to be able to properly assess the quality or nature of specific recordings. The trap to avoid is thinking that a better system will magically transform all recordings into something you want them to be rather than... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD Also worth noting FWIW that just because something is available on streaming today, it may not be at some point in the future if say there is no significant demand or perhaps even if legal issues were to arise that prevented access. | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD Oh another reason I find I still retain all my records and CDs collected over the years is sentimental value. I’ve been collecting these since a kid and I associate specific records and CDs with various experiences and events in my life. I suspect... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD So in summary, CDs still can play a useful role (including coasters for drinks as mentioned) but sound quality should not be an issue. I still have hundreds of CDs but all are ripped to music server and I play them only from there via Roon these d... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD BTW I have multiple streamers in several rooms of the house and have used wi-fi (wireless LAN connections) exclusively since I started streaming in place of CDs 15 years ago (wow how time flies). These days I stream mostly with Roon and that incl... |