mapman
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| Neutral electronics are a farce... Geoff I use mu metal in my system and have mentioned it several times here over the years. So you are wrong again there.I suspect many others actually understand as well. Mu metal has been around for many years and its uses are well documented. | |
| pros and cons: beryllium vs ribbon tweeters in sound and emotions terms ccolby most recently I’ve listened carefully to affordable Goldenear Aon 3 speakers with folded ribbon tweeter and liked those a lot. Have heard various others over the years including ribbon tweeters in Magnepan which is a totally different beast.. | |
| Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars? Those DR ratings for Back In Black are a bit surprising but not fatal. I’ve always thought the CD copy I have to be a louder but otherwise good quality recording. Its a good example of why there is more to music than just absolute DR, especially i... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... No comic relief intended. | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Incorrect statements have a lot to do with credibility. Credibility has to do with most everything. It's not rocket science. | |
| new gear vs used gear 30% or so new. The rest not. | |
| pros and cons: beryllium vs ribbon tweeters in sound and emotions terms I suspect each has unique properties and unless listening to a tweeter alone which is better depends almost totally on the smarts of the guy building the complete speaker and utilizing each to best effect.Folded ribbon tweeters I’ve heard in recen... | |
| Tube Integrated Amp - Help Please wolf when Jolida gets rapped its usually on build quality or some reliability issue, like I read Fx10 runs hot and can burn itself up and fail more quickly. I heard FX10 once and loved the sound and looks. Would buy one in a heartbeat if not for t... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Ctsooner, How does new Thiel sound different than old and what specific newer models are we talking About?Thanks. | |
| In a lot of these threads people say without the room being treated If a good job is done matching speakers to room acoustics, need for treatments can be minimized. Sometime not even needed. You might even find less is more in some cases. | |
| Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs " Ride the Tiger" by Jefferson Starship has great lead guitar throughout and a great riff to boot. On of my favorites to get the blood flowing. I’m guessing it was Craig Chaquico who played it but not sure. | |
| In a lot of these threads people say without the room being treated Always wise to take the room into consideration in that it always determines resulting sound. Buying speakers in particular without considering room acoustics is probably foolish. | |
| Where does your user name come from? Bachtoven versus Sharknado. Book it! 🌪🐋🌪👤🎶🎶🎶 | |
| Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars? Natalie Merchant has a voice of gold. One of my favorites. I could listen to her sing the phone book. | |
| What's your biggest surprise in hifi? So many recordings that sound so good. So many treats for the ears. 👂🍭 |