mapman
Responses from mapman
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Jimmywho gets it. 🏆 | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? Not a preamp but if 60w/ch is enough to float the boat the bel canto c5i integrated has it all and would be the last piece 98% of music enthusiasts would ever need IMHO. | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you I saw a pair of mbl 116 up for sale here the other day for under $10k. That got my attention. | |
| Is Dynaudio forgiving speakers? You described the Dynaudio sound pretty well! 🏆 | |
| Funniest Quote About Your Audio "Affliction" I often hear "are those speakers?" | |
| What speakers can make a convert of Maggie lovers? I moved from Magnepan to Triangle and Ohm. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Stop worrying about me so much. I'll be fine. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable "Mapman, obsess much about what other folks spend on audio? "Not at all. Absolutely zero. I didn't ask the question. Just offering my opinions like everyone else, dear. | |
| $510.00 for an Aluminum cover for the ARC Ref. 10? Its true.Expensive stuff usually means expensive parts and support, just like with cars.Same laws of physics apply to all luxury items.They know we can't do without and everything must be perfect. There is no escape. Tell them you can't afford it ... | |
| Funniest Quote About Your Audio "Affliction" "For some reason Audiogon has recently become more hostile, particularly to any mention of premium audio cable or other tweaks. I thought that went away a couple of years ago when everyone realized good cable helps. "My guess is a minority in thes... | |
| Funniest Quote About Your Audio "Affliction" Its very hard and not cheap to get that SOTA system that reveals everything. Size matters in addition to quality. The best will be systems capable of top performance in bigger rooms.Wires matter too. Those who have tried many at different price po... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable The difference in performance between a $205000 Ferrari and an every man's Toyota is pretty clear. The difference in performance between various wires is often not so clear. Other than price.That's the difference.I agree people can and should feel... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable I do believe that effective shielding against noise IS perhaps the most valuable function that any wire can provide that is most likely to make a difference in sound quality in many cases. I've found Pangea 14 series to accomplish this most effect... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable "Why do some people insist on telling others how to spend their money?"I agree. But nothing wrong with discussing controversial topics that matter and being an educated buyer. If that means buying $5000 wires for someone, so be it. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable "Audio cheapskate"Here comes the name calling. No Geoff I'm still not going to buy any of your cheapo charlatamica garbage. So keep your smart --- comments to yourself please and do us all a favor. Go splurge and tweak up your beloved portable dis... |