mapman
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| Disturbing "Sonic Trend" showing up on SOTA audio There are all kinds of good and bad sound at many price points. Let's not generalize though.modern sota to me means top notch performance. That's not necessarily the same as best sound which is a subjective judgement. Good performance is not hard ... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? Ouch. I have no experience with harbeth. I like the retro design aspect of them though. Makes them stand out from the crowd these days. They tend to be pricey. The older conventional Ohm line bears a lot of similarity to Harbeth. Those can Still b... | |
| what do members day dream of to Pink Floyd? A better world than is depicted in a lot of their music I like echoes. It has a tranquilizing effect on me. | |
| Do Countries Have a "House" Sound Could be. | |
| New Bel Canto REF600M using NCORE On paper the upstream and downstream matching possibilities with these newer ref600s is not really much different than current ref1000m I own. These match and perform well with all speakers I use them with and with most any input. I use 100Kohm un... | |
| Red Dragon's new S500 Class D Amp There's are many class d amps held on high regard by many here and elsewhere. As there are other types as well. I'm firmly in the class d camp for the foreseeable future. Class d is true innovative technology with many benefits and few if any draw... | |
| Some Musical Truths "The last whispered wish of age is to live it all again. So never blame the rainbows for the rain" | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Like a SET, Klipsh or any HE speaker are a unique breed and is not likely to sound its best with the same gear as thw more typical modern speaker fare.Its all about getting good synergy/performance to start with and tweaking the details from there... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Some good info in the "good affordable horns" thread Started here a few years back. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Fwiw I have limited mileage with klipsch but the times I have spent with them always left a smile on my face and made me take notice. One should almost feel compelled to give a tried and true potential high value brand like that a fair go first be... | |
| Why Listen To FM Radio For Music Anymore At Home? Analog noise and distortion maybe. Or to be able to hear the commercials.Wait a minute....Broadcast radios purpose remains the same ie to serve the local community. What that means is what's changing. Other than local bands and groups perhaps not ... | |
| Speakers: Color VS. Nuetral You might take a look at OHM Walsh or Dynaudio. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps As mentioned prior Klipsch in general is a very good place to look for value with higher efficiency affordable speakers.Fact is Klipsch has been around a long time in both home and pro audio. Almost as long as there have been tube amps for home au... | |
| Why not accordion ? Goodwill is a good place to look for well recorded accordion. One can find many older records there in good quality on the cheap to buy just because. Instrumentation in many older records from teh 50s and 60s was purely acoustic and analog and man... | |
| Why not accordion ? More Theremin While we're at it too please. 👽 |