mapman
Responses from mapman
| Thank Heavens For The Internet World Used/ Pre-Owned High End Audio Market!!!! Shop smart and anything is possible even with a very modest budget. | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? Yes It’s true that precision microphones used to measure frequency response tell you nothing about how speakers sound. Go figure! | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? If measured well that would absolutely influence my buying decision all other things aside because I have been around enough to take that info for what it’s worth but buying any speakers without hearing first is risky business. If you do it buy us... | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? I have several Sennheiser Grado Audio Technica and Sony (used to have Stax as well) and EQed they all sound nice but each a little different I needed to replace a pair of ancient Klipsch earbuds that were showing their age. Picked up a pair of T... | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K No reason for tubes whatsoever if pop/rock electronically amplified music is your thing. | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K Planars are generally not ideal for pop music otherwise take your choice with that budget. I’d be looking at KEF meta or Revel personally were it me. | |
| Can I use 2 different streamers in different systems through Qobuz? You can stream in as many systems as you like if each has a streamer input. | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? Good Omni directional speakers like mbl do it best but are still limited in most rooms at home unless they can be set up just right to get levels and timing of reflected sound just right. | |
| Finally got a Luxman Luxman is very cool. Enjoy! | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! Can’t single out any one but here are the biggest winners for me, all current: 1) Ohm Walsh Speakers 2) KEF meta speakers 3) Roon 4) Cambridge Audio Evo 150 5) Room Equalization Wizard (REW) freeware (used with Roon DSP) 6) dbpoweramp for ri... | |
| "The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism" Hey I’m just glad someone ( @thecarpathian ) understands my humor. May the force be with you! 🥇 | |
| Please DM me to explain removing my posts The moderators should be able to answer the question. | |
| Did your system getting better the more money you spent or more experience you gained? With experience over time I have managed to squeeze more out of fewer $$$s. | |
| It's attention, not money, we should budget I’ve found wise application of Room Correction or application of DSP in general also throws any prior assumptions out the door. The end result literally transforms a system of cost X into a totally different sounding one with the ultimate flexibil... | |
| It's attention, not money, we should budget The problem with cost is X dollars buys you different things in different product lines. It may be true that more $$$s typically buys you more within a particular product line, though often with diminishing returns, but all bets are off comparing ... |