mapman
Responses from mapman
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 I will say the thing that impressed me most at this show, more so than any single thing I heard, was the passion of so many of the vendors there. So many of these guys seem to really put their heart and sole into realizing their visions and making... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 Did not know that. I heard so many really good sounding systems there. It seems to me that attention to integration and setup and personal preferences may each be bigger factors for good sound these days than most any particular product. There a... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... i finished going through all the product literature I brought home from CAF. Everyone makes superlative claims to help get their product attention. Why should fuses be any different. Heck I can afford a few of these fuses easier than most anything... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I was at Capital Audiofest last week.No mention of fuses came up but the magnetic wire company that has a lot of fans here had a room.It sounded fine but no better than the others and certainly not best in show for me. I have not seen others in... | |
| Corner Placement I am trying out my Triangle Titus monitors with corner placement for the first time. I like what I am hearing so far. More bass out of those known to be somewhat bass shy speakers. Big soundstage but not necessarily deep which may be a go... | |
| Corner Placement WAlan, but I am trying to understand what constitutes a speaker designed for corner placement?Corner placement tends to enhance bass. That’s the only thing I can think of. So the speaker is designed to sound right with that corner bass boost and m... | |
| Why are so many companies like harbeth making old speakers designs and charging thousends? There were some Harbeths in a room at CAF. I would have loved to hear them but they were not running at the time. They definitely have a nice and unique aesthetic charm and seem to get good reviews so why shouldn't people want them. | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Its possible the folks who hear a big improvement had some issue with their other fuses to start with. How just re-seating a fuse alone could change the sound has already been mentioned.I have no problem with people saying a product can improve th... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? john,We’ll have to agree to disagree on that, much of which is very subjective.I experience all those things regularly on both my own and other systems I hear with modern speaker technology.Doing it with low power these days is perhaps the biggest... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Innovation in any field addresses the changing needs or wants of the times.I like quality old stuff as much as the next guy but there are good reasons why things are the way they are. Lack of innovation is not one of them. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? John what exactly has been forgotten? | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Rinpoche, You've tested out the waters pretty well. Not much else to do now but enjoy. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I think the bottom line is loudspeaker technology has improved considerably over the years as is the case with most any active technology over time and that there is more possible today than ever before and many more choices for top notch performa... | |
| Five "Golden Rules" of HiFi? Read, listen and learn. | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 I really only heard the big Voxativ custom speakers briefly, enough to determine they were doing some very good and unique things and that I liked them and thought they had potential.Very cool and impressive but too big for anything I am ever like... |