mapman
Responses from mapman
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? "All I want to know, is how you made those smilies Mapman? "The emoticon keyboard on my Ipad.My controller apps for streaming on my gear run on that and other common mobile devices so I tend to spend a fair amount of time with those when listening. | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz ...forgot the smiley face...:^) | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz "How does one describe going from the greatest sound ever imagined to incredibly superior to that???"I think you said how earlier: acid trip maybe???? | |
| Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp? "A lot of people here and elsewhere have reported that digital transports often seem to make more of a difference than DACs."In the words of the famous secret agent/audiophile Maxwell Smart:" I find that hard to believe!"Not that people report it,... | |
| Higher resolution Jazz I also grab any audio fidelity recordings from that era whenever I come across one in good shape. Al Hirt anyone? | |
| Higher resolution Jazz Miles Davis milestones recording from mid late 50s comes to mind as a really good older monophonic jazz recording. | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? Many Krell and Classe amps I have heard over the years sounded particularly "fast" to me. Don't know their slew rates. I tend to associate fast sound ie a combo of high slew rate and matching ability of speaker transducer to respond accordingly wi... | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? Bifwynne, yes you got that all right. I think. Damping is overkill at some point. Exactly at what point that is is somewhat debatable and would vary case by case I suspect. There is a correlation between damping and speaker control but not a hard ... | |
| Help with System Musicality Tubes is as easy a short answer as any. 👏👏👏 | |
| Higher resolution Jazz I was going to pitch concord jazz label as well. 👍👍👍 | |
| Help with speaker cable under $500 for new system "Going byengineering principles would make us to buy only a lamp cordfrom Home Depot. "Is that so bad? There are many other effective ways to tweak the sound. I've put conventional stranded 12 gauge speaker wire into the mix with my gear on occasi... | |
| Higher resolution Jazz Among others, I have the Duke Ellington on Columbia Records Box Set with recordings on it from the 20's through 60's I believe.THe sound quality of some of the older mono tracks in this set in particular astounds me. It made me realize that there ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? They might have to put up with other fussy audiophiles? | |
| Help with speaker cable under $500 for new system Audioquest CV6 used if you can find it is very solid and affordable.Other than that maybe consider pro wires like Mogami for good no nonsense value overall. | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? A lot of newer amps use very high damping factors which enables speakers to react faster to the signal. Damping factor on my Bel Canto Class D amps is 1000 I believe. It's as fast and clean as can be. Also not inherently bright sounding as many am... |