mapman
Responses from mapman
| Songs you use when auditioning gear Dorati 1812 Overture on Mercury Living Presence especially the final movement where all heck breaks out. | |
| Old phones as streaming sources I have an iPhone 7 still and use it to stream to high quality headphones and ear monitors via similar good quality headphone amps. The sound is as detailed and articulate as I have heard. YMMV but clearly on the grand scale of things audiophile le... | |
| Quick System Building Pop Quiz: @jond the good news is in cases like yours there are lots of very fine and affordable options out there to explore with headphones, earbuds, portable DACs and amps, etc. | |
| Humminguru record cleaner A few drops of Basic H in the water as I mentioned in fact acts as a surfactant. But I find it optional, not required for good results and probably not unique to any particular Ultrasonic cleaner. | |
| MBL 101 X-Treme MKII Those are definitely worth going out of one’s way to hear. | |
| Humminguru record cleaner I change the water regularly depending on how much used and how dirty records are. Just visual inspection. If it's not clear, I change the water. Or if it sits for a period of time between uses. A gallon of distilled water goes a long way. | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K I’m still an Ohm Walsh fan in particular for these things, if you can even find a pair for sale these days, especially for their overall good sound, versatility and ability to bring a recording into your room and make it sound like live performers... | |
| Humminguru record cleaner I finally achieved ultimate vinyl paradise last year after acquiring my very own Humminguru. Highly recommended! Distilled water maybe with an optional drop or two of Shaklee Basic H for me. | |
| Quick System Building Pop Quiz: @ghdprentice , thanks for your response. I do notice you list multiple systems? Is it correct to speculate that one system alone, no matter how good, can do it all for you? Personally, that is how I tend to think about it. I have many differe... | |
| Here's to the temperate, the gentle, the moderates in audio Are all those mentioned above dealers and/or youtubers? | |
| Roon is snappy responsive now @mclinnguy Yes that is what I read yesterday prior to posting here. No doubt Roon sounds different than Squeeze and Plex I have also used extensively prior. Each of these software products implement a streaming engine differently. Roon’s is ... | |
| Roon is snappy responsive now "SQ on the Bryston might be a little more robust but only under extreme scrutiny." Roon is very flexible in how its sound can be tweaked including applying user defined EQ and/or DSP. DSP is perhaps the feature now that I could least live without... | |
| Roon is snappy responsive now Roon acknowledged slowness has been an issue in general and I see others on forums that confirm that can happen. Obviously there are many different Roon configurations and library sizes so I would expect varied impacts. I have a fairly large libr... | |
| "Happy To Be Stuck With You!!!" I don’t know why Revel does not get more love here. Too easy perhaps. | |
| The Unmeasurable Aspects of High-End Audio – PS Audio Stating the obvious. Good design matters. Noise and distortion is bad. But there will always be different strokes for different folks. |