mapman
Responses from mapman
| Which is better, a fussy speaker or a versatile one? I don’t know. Give me two specific examples to compare and then we can see. | |
| Audiophiles, Music, and Equipment: Can We Be Both "Conservative" AND "Progressive"? Sure. We can be whatever we want especially since nobody else really cares. | |
| "The Ultra High-End Speaker." In a larger scale commercial application the cost of great sound goes way up proportionally beyond anything found in a persons home. For example: https://venuesnow.com/las-vegas-sphere-unveils-audio-system/ World’s most advanced! | |
| "The Ultra High-End Speaker." Here’s an example. In a smaller room it is hard to fault the sound quality of a pair of tiny kef ls50 metas plus a good quality sub. But that is only within their limits which is mainly how loud they can go without distortion. So for around 3K pr... | |
| "The Ultra High-End Speaker." It depends on room size mainly. Larger rooms require larger speakers and larger good quality speakers cost more. $24K for speakers should be able to do it in most cases if spent wisely. More cost may or may not yield some marginal improvements. T... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? I want one of each. | |
| Old records. There is this totally false notion that records are the holy grail of good sound. No and no. Record sound quality is all over the place just like all the rest. Some recordings are good and many are not. Some records are physically of good quality... | |
| Should I graduate to floor standers or will larger bookshelves suffice? A larger stand mount like Mofi sourcepoint 10 is a very interesting option. . | |
| Sansui? I sold and heard all the popular lines of the day back in the late 70s at Tech Hifi. The Sansui 9090db was my 2nd favorite receiver. Favorite was Tandberg tr2080 that I owned for many years. The asking prices for vintage Sansui and Marantz g... | |
| Do you think driver “break in” is real? Yes it’s real. | |
| Nad M33 or something better Hegel gets a lot of love here these days but it’s far from the only fish in the sea and not without its own unique flaws, at least in some cases from what I read, mainly with the digital implementation and overall comparative value. If you do som... | |
| Nad M33 or something better Nice! Good choice on the sub! I’m sure you will end up in a better place this way, but the key is to get teh sub dialed in just right. A good sound meter app like decibel on Iphone along with some streamed white noise as a reference signal can ge... | |
| Nad M33 or something better I most strongly doubt it’s the amp. Kef R3 have pretty good bass for their size and the m33 should be able to drive them to their max, but most any smaller monitor speaker can benefit by properly adding a subwoofer or two. In general larger rooms ... | |
| +1 I Like It! It shows as unavailable on qobuz. | |
| Nad M33 or something better The m33 is very good quality and should work well with the KEFs. It would help to know what aspect of the sound you are not happy with? |