mapman
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| Looking for really fine cables at really low price "The reality is that there is no purpose in posting about cheaper or modestly priced cables, as no one has hear all of them and one should not really trust anyone posting here. I would imagine that there are 1500 cable makers and no one has even h... | |
| Magnepan MMG Speakers? They need watts for sure as well if you want to go louder. They are not very efficient. I ran mine for years off a Carver m4.0t amp that was high power 360 w/ch but not high current (Carver transfer curve to sound like a CJ tube amp I believe). It... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Of course I suspect that even fewer than 1:10 poor people have satisfied minds, but that's another story.Makes me feel good that my modest by some standards hifi helps to satisfy my mind. I'd likely be a lot more ornery otherwise. | |
| Planars/ Electrostats benefits over box speakers? "" I feel you have to spend 6 figures for a box speaker to get the sound I get from $8k stats. It costs alot of money to get that cabinet out of the way. And alot of technology.Cerrot (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)"You can get it it in... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "A Satisfied Mind"(originally by Porter Wagoner)How many times haveYou heard someone sayIf I had his moneyI could do things my wayBut little they knowThat it's so hard to findOne rich man in tenWith a satisfied mindOnce I was winningIn fortune and... | |
| The most helpful Forum Discussion Topics??? Arnettpartners, I greatly appreciate those kind words. Thanks! | |
| The End Of Big Iron? "A simple and inexpensive means of dealing with hot amplifiers, tube or solid state, is to install ceiling ventilation with ductwork to move the warmed air out of the building. "Installing new duct work is simple?I guess its all relative. | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Tbg, as I;ve mentioned prior elsewhere, DNM Reson ICs would be another inexpensive option that is very lightweight and easy to apply that is worth comparing. If they have a weakness, it's that they are not shielded so one has to be careful with lo... | |
| which sub to get A benefit of using even one powered sub is the potential to offload a lot of heavy work from the main amps and speakers so that alone will often result in better sound even if there is still likely room for improvement by adding subs. In many case... | |
| The most dynamic & transparent bookshelf Sensitivity specs are useful but can be deceptive. Sometimes they do not apply to the lower frequencies if present or sometimes they are good because low end extension is limited so take them with a few grains of salt. Many smaller monitors do not... | |
| The most helpful Forum Discussion Topics??? Threads that help solve specific issues others are having. You always learn something new from the adventures of others. | |
| The End Of Big Iron? lass g is older technology. I had a hitachi sr 804 once. Nice piece but pretty average sound. Class. D is much more sophisticated modern technology that makes sense to me. When I read about class g it does not sound like such a great idea anymore.... | |
| Songs that Inspire or Move you Yes another broken bells fan here. | |
| Songs that Inspire or Move you BeethoveN piano sonata #8. Reminds me of Karl Haas and "adventures in good music". I loved that program on npr and learned more about classical music there than anywhere else that can recall. Also look up the word gentleman and Mr haas' photo migh... | |
| Songs that Inspire or Move you A little heady but one for the vine by genesis is playing now. That's always affected me. Both the story and the music. |