mapman
Responses from mapman
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store My how times in retail; sales have changed, not for the better either if any indicator. | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days 1) Camel - A Live Record2) Genesis Live (single album only)3) Yessongs and Yesshows4) Caravan and the New Symphonia5) Old and In the Way | |
| Skeptics believe:cartridge makes a HUGE difference I'm sure there are skeptics for everything out there.I'm sure there is a fairly large consensus view out there that carts and tonearms and extent of how set up properly makes all the difference in how good a vinyl setup sounds. So not much room fo... | |
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store Walk, Don't Run | |
| Do you demag or destat your CDs/DVDS? " Yes gives me something to do."I suspect you are not alone here..... | |
| What does "compression" like? Making recordings is an art not just nuts and bolts engineering. Compression is one of the tools applied as part of the art and not always necessarily a bad thing. It's a tool that provides various views into the music as envisioned by recording e... | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage Don't know about Rotel but the brands Bo identified are certainly NOT all inherently 2-dimensional as indicated. I have heard otherwise. | |
| Do you demag or destat your CDs/DVDS? Not every physical phenomenon has an effect on our precious sound quality. THis is one of them in my opinion in that CD playback nowadays is perhaps the most reliable process in all of home audio in terms of producing consistent results, save exce... | |
| The End Of Big Iron? Class D is basically high efficiency amp technology that is newer than traditional Class A or B, but has come into its own these days when power and current is still needed but not the size, bulk, and cost.I love my Class D amps and will likely ne... | |
| Do you demag or destat your CDs/DVDS? No. I do make sure they are clean and smudge free by wetting and wiping clean with a non-abrasive cloth whenever possible, especially for a faster rip with fewer re-reads. That addresses any static electricity issues that might exist as well. Ther... | |
| What does "compression" like? Hi Reb.Compression usually refers to compression of dynamics, where the softest sounds are louder and loudest lower than "normal".How applied or not is part of how most any recording is made.Its usually done to make all parts of the recording able... | |
| Top 3 Most Overrated Artists contest in R&R. Rod Stewart's voice....one of a kind! | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage Power conditioning may likely help as well but not so much until early reflections are eliminated via at least a couple feet or so to walls. I'd do that first. Its free and easy. Then see what some power conditioning can add. | |
| The End Of Big Iron? "Nowadays, many speaker manufacturers have moved away from very inefficient acoustic suspension designs and are using more efficient bass reflex variants and even some really efficient horn-loaded configurations."Maybe, but most "quality" speakers... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Are we any more dumbed down really these days than say our parents were back in the post war 1950's?.I agree that we are, but not that its anything new.The difference is today there are many outlets for one to get information from if one only choo... |