mapman
Responses from mapman
| Your last concert was to see who and when? +1 Los Lobos | |
| What Exactly Does "Burn In" do for Electronics? Obviously, like most industries with a long history,there are a lot of quality companies and people in high end audio.Then there are the pure charlatans and everything in between.It is what it is, not that much different really than most things. | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Best Buy faces a lot of competition these days. A common business strategy to combat that is focus on service and quality. With the right approach a chain like Best Buy offering very good audio products that one can actually hear and audition befo... | |
| Top brand speakers "I am Always honest and things are exactly as I said they are."Famous last words..... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? SAles trend data for key "high end audio" companies would be a good indicator of where its heading. I'd look for units sold more so than revenue. Never seen anything like this though. Pure "High End Audio" operates under the radar of the financial... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Remember the Star Trek The NExt Generation episode called "The Game"?Very prophetic, not just about the possible effects and impacts of addictive games, but how technology really does seem to be overtaking and wearing us all down, hopefully not fo... | |
| Need help on speaker decisions "If you like the music of yesterday. buy tube amp and vintage speakers, if you enjoy HT and the sound of today. you must buy SS amp and newest speaker on the market."I think that's a pretty accurate assessment.Not to say old music can't sound equa... | |
| What Exactly Does "Burn In" do for Electronics? "The difference being I have experience in cryoing audio items, 15 years of experience. "Geoff, saying something doesn't make it true. It applies to everyone.What I see from you is all words, doubletalk as needed, and hoaky products with only word... | |
| switch from Tekton 6.5t to Tekton mini Lore? Totem, like Dynaudio, are generally big hitters for their size and also benefit from lots of room to breathe. | |
| vacuum tube shelf life Tubes and wine are the only two things that get better with age, right? :^) | |
| Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers? Schubert,I saw Devo in concert last night. The thought crossed my mind that if Bach lived in recent times, perhaps this is what he would do?Ya never know. Times make the man in many ways. | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Devo last night.Did not know what to expect going in. Could this particular band possible age well? Definitely an interesting band to watch and hear. The guy on keyboards is mostly what made them unique I would say. They really stood out from the ... | |
| Top brand speakers Maybe Bo is rally the audio messiah who has come to save us. :^) | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? I think of "High End Audio" ambivalently. It has admirable goals yet often questionable methods.Its like atomic power, which has a lot to offer, but also spawned Godzilla, just like High End audio has spawned entities like MAchina Dynamica. :^) | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? "High End" is pretty much a marketing term for traditional hifi gear and components that target peoples desires to have the best possible sound in their homes. The term is a lot of the problem. PEople will always seek high quality sound with their... |