mapman
Responses from mapman
| Why do digital cables sound different? "Why is it so darn difficult for some people to accept the simple fact that some listeners have better hearing ability than others; wether because of physiological differences, experience, or training? "ITs not hard to accept that, but knowing who... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz ..or maybe these wires are just so darn good or perhaps even just so unique sounding that whatever they replace or are compared to is irrelevant. Not likely, but you never know. | |
| Start over--HiFi rig ---clean slate The thing is there are many "stellar" speakers of all designs, sizes, costs. At least when matched/integrated into the listening space well. After that, much is about personal preferences.Getting that good integration into the listening space is m... | |
| What's the best Dac for the money I have two mhdt non-oversampling DACs, a Paradisea and A Constantine, and both are extremely good for the low price of admission. I auditioned various "reference level" setups when I was looking, and I feel no need to change.Have not heard the mor... | |
| The Biggest Album Release of All Time... Of course Itunes means mp3 quality only. I sometimes will buy a .mp3 from Amazon if I like a release well enough to want to own. Then I might go for a CD or higher res copy later if needed/desired. What U2 has done with this release could be the t... | |
| Hifi V.s. The music makers Honestly, I have few issues with most recordings. I'm not saying they are all technically perfect, or necessarily even of high quality, but they are what they are and that is what I want to hear, no matter what. They are technically produced works... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I'm sure Bolero could be programmed perfectly. Where's Mr. Synergy Larry Fast when you need him? He's just the guy for the task. | |
| Headphones and Hearing Loss Maybe Sennheiser Momentum, the larger over ear models.Very good Sennheiser sound, non fatiguing, comfortable, nice looks, easy to drive from most anything, portable, comes with nice carry case. | |
| Hifi V.s. The music makers Czar,Its not hard to argue that the playback adds an additional circuit, so if quality is same as recorded, then end result degrades X2 that incurred during recording.The playback has to have some effect on the sound. So may as well be the one tha... | |
| Hifi V.s. The music makers It's a control thing.If one does make or produce music themselves, but still yearns to control what they hear, I guess its the only thing left to do.Whereas maybe if one is able to make their own music, there is less urge to control what the work ... | |
| I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet We each have no choice but to trust our ears (using the tools we are given) but there is no categorical reason why anyone should trust the "ears" of others necessarily. Ears cannot talk. People do. :^) OF course trust can be earned over time, but ... | |
| I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet Our ears hear and deliver the info but its our minds that do comparisons.So trusting ears alone for comparisons will not work.This is a fact and should not be hard to accept.Not only will it not work, but its not even possible to compare two thing... | |
| Start over--HiFi rig ---clean slate I pretty much did that a few years back and what I have now is where I landed. | |
| solid state integrateds that will hold their value The ones you buy used not new. | |
| Is computer audio a bust? Tortilla is right about the value of using a network to get the data to the player. I agree 100%. It makes what you use as the computer essentially irrelevant in regards to sound quality. As long as there is enough storage and processing power str... |