mapman
Responses from mapman
| What's the most overrated or overpriced piece of equipment you own, have owned or come by? Before I would say I would ask to confirm that public stonings are illegal or at minimum still considered to be in bad taste. :^) | |
| ... how important is Damping factor in determining what amp to buy Atmasphere OHM generally indicates 6 OHM nominal impedance for their Walsh line speakers.I have seen measurements and impedance curves on some models that show fairly high impedance >8 ohms over extended ranges with the greatest dip down to alm... | |
| ... how important is Damping factor in determining what amp to buy With most of the speakers in my house, including the OHMs and Dynaudios which are not inherently tube amp friendly speakers, moving from the lower Damping higher output impedance amps I mentioned to others with damping much grater than 50 produced... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... All systems have some form of distortion to some degree since none are perfect.The first basic trick to good sound is to minimize noise and distortion especially the more offensive kinds.Fuses are low in the food chain in terms of their overall im... | |
| ... how important is Damping factor in determining what amp to buy Another way to say it is it is practically most significant in distinguishing amps when damping factor is low as in <50 or so as is often but not limited to the case of higher output impedance tube amps. Speakers that are tube amp friendly w... | |
| ... how important is Damping factor in determining what amp to buy It's important enough to take into consideration along with everything else when trying to achieve a particular sound. | |
| Does the ceiling fan affect the sound? I think I've experienced situations where strong air flow due to fans or whatever cause sound to resonate in ways not heard when fan is off.Anyhow clearly many things (fans, fuses whatever) CAN affect sound. The important questions are DOES IT ... | |
| Has there been any inexpensive item that enhanced your system's sound? I have Pangea power cords on both dac and preamp and made a positive difference in terms of detail and clarity on both more so on the Dac than arc sp16 preamp. | |
| Has there been any inexpensive item that enhanced your system's sound? Strike two for me. It's an iPad not Ipod. | |
| Who tried Class D only to return to S/S or Tube I have Dynaudio 1.3mkii monitors I've used with my main arc sp16 tube preamp and BelCanto ref1000m amps and also with Newer Bel Canto c5i integrated. With the arc/bc combo the Dynaudios have a bit of bite in the top end and excellent Dynamics ... | |
| Has there been any inexpensive item that enhanced your system's sound? No it's ridiculous. Ipod spell checker changing my words and me not catching it. 📱 | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Devo - What we Do Is What We Do. Should be their theme song. 👷🏻 | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Ain't Got No Home. The Band's version. Yes.... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Yuri by Oi Va Voy. Klezmer pop anyone? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Currently Rawhide by Link Wray. Awesome! Sounds like a Sota audiophile recording. Now Apache. Jeff Beck version. Also awesome. I have favorites queued up. It's Twangy surf guitar day here today. 🎸🎸🎸 |