mapman
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| Songs that Inspire or Move you "For Bobbi" by The Mitchell Trio with that unknown guy singing lead. | |
| Planars/ Electrostats benefits over box speakers? Thank you! 🙏 | |
| Planars/ Electrostats benefits over box speakers? Shameless plug:ES/planar fans, I have my STAX SR84 Electret phones up for sale here if anyone is interested. You won't find that planar ES sound for any less than these anywhere. Plus they work well with most any amp.Why am I selling these you ask... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? "you sit there and sit there waiting for the next song. 2 hours go past, your late, but you want to stay. Magic."That's the acid test for a music lover that things are going right and no reason to muck with it further.OHM Walsh and Harbeth are qui... | |
| How close to the real thing? Regarding live sound, the hardest part to reproduce at home is the venue. No two venues are exactly the same, public or at home. So you are always working with that handicap. Otherwise, it is not so hard to get very lifelike sound out of recording... | |
| How close to the real thing? Regarding sound, at least the frequencies that humans can hear, anything is possible today with enough knowledge, focus and a budget. | |
| High Fidelity Cables -- A revelatory experience The good news is they seem to come up used here fairly frequently and can apparently be had for a lot less than new. Supply and demand I suppose. | |
| High Fidelity Cables -- A revelatory experience Guido, yeah that sounds like me at Capital Audio Fest.I worked at Tech Hifi in college. I was like a kid in a candy store. Except I got to sample all the candy for free. | |
| High Fidelity Cables -- A revelatory experience "you don't have to get to the top to find the level that allows you to finally find the musical enjoyment that you previously thought impossible."Given all the very good stuff already out there, I have to wonder if one found it previously impossib... | |
| High Fidelity Cables -- A revelatory experience "Hi Pete, you are right... The top of the line High Fidelity cables are painfully pricy. What I am trying out is the base CT-1 series, which lists approximately 0.16% of those uber-cables."Once hooked.... | |
| TUBE AMP LOVERS - What SS amp makes you smile??? Bel Canto ref1000m, Bel Canto C5i integrated, Tube Audio Design 125 Hibachi.I like the sound of many tube amps but not having to deal with tubes so I do not have any tube amps. These are models I own or have owned recently that have succeeded in k... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps I have my STAX SR84 phones up for sale. If they don't sell, I envision keeping them for use with a SET amp someday.Here are the specs:Specifications Earspeaker SR-80Type Electret/push-pullFrequency Response 25--25,000HzImpedance 150k ohms/10,000Hz... | |
| What's the solid state amp to buy $2500? Bel Canto ref150s stereo or ref500m monos, or any Jeff Roland that might come up under budget. Wyred4Sound another good option. These are all Class D amplifiers.A real bargain for tube like sound in a SS design is Tube Audio Design Hibachi monoblo... | |
| New Bel Canto REF600M using NCORE I also have a 60w/ch bel canto c5i to compare. this is current model still also with ice power. Also recently I've auditioned rogue Sphinx and pharaoh integrated. I could easily live with any of these though none sound exactly the same they all pe... | |
| New Bel Canto REF600M using NCORE Guido, Can you quantify in what way the newer model would outperform the older ones?Of the 3, Ref1000m would still seem to have to set the mark for wattage.600 is newer Ncore versus the others older Icepower, so apples/oranges there. I would expec... |