mapman
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| Listening volume Schu,I've seen only on e pair here recently, that is now gone, a very nice custom finished pair of Walsh 5 100 mkIII (same drivers as mine), but custom new cabinetry. I don't recall the price exactly but I think not much more than what I paid for ... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? I have a perfect solution to help get any of these fine yet not well known composers some more recognition.Hire Miley Cyrus' manager/publicist. That guy is awesome! Just ask Britney Spears.There is a cost associated with fame though. Public twerki... | |
| Listening volume IT depends.Are they original Walsh 5s? Or newer Walsh 5 mk II, mk III, or latest 5000?Also what cabinets, any other special customizations?Any of these are good values for the right used price. ORiginal 5s should cost New 5000s list at $6500. Not ... | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? "What's the point of a class D amp that has all of the disadvantages of a class A/B design?"Its newer more efficient technology.That gets you a lot ways further than prior.The Martin case just appears to be a high end audio attempt to take it to i... | |
| Musician's Challenges "From the purely technical viewpoint the most difficult music to play might be the one not designed to be played by human."Hmm, technology bettering humans? We know machines are better at some things. Luckily, the machines do not work without a pr... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? Its the discrete electronic equivalent of building with blocks that are all the same size and shape. Each block is conceptually a bit. Electronic signals, which are analog in nature, are "modulated" to form the electronic digital equivalent of blo... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "To put things in perspective, it's perhaps worth noting that each of those increments is small enough to represent 0.0015 percent of the maximum possible ("full scale") amplitude. "Al, thanks for clarifying that! 2^16 is the correct number.Back t... | |
| Why speaker lines come and go "Bottom line, most new high end companies do not offer a combination of product quality, product reliability, company support and stability to deserve to survive. "Unfortunately, I suspect there is a lot of truth to that. | |
| Listening volume "Was dynamic compression limiting my soundstage? Anyone else ever run into this? I'm really puzzled by this- "Dynamic compression is certainly a common limiting factor with modern smaller speaker designs that also have good bass extension for ther... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Its a good point that most of these guys are highly regarded in knowledgeable circles but relatively unknown to the masses. Just goes with the turf I suppose. | |
| Why speaker lines come and go "just don't recall they were viewed as darlings of the audiophile community"OHM Fs were and still are to some extent perhaps.But the rest, even the latest and greatest are not that exotic and pretty boring to look at. OHMs have never been marketed... | |
| Why speaker lines come and go Here is an interesting history summary from one speaker vendor that has been around quite a while and re-invented itself several times along the way to survive. | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? I always find Vaughn Williams material to be interesting and enjoyable. Good Chandos recordings there! Britten probably deserves more kudos on this side of teh pond as well. | |
| Ever downgrade and have better sound? What Newbie said.... | |
| Help with new speakers The 4 3 way level adjustments on each of the big OHMs ($6500 pair list) provide 3^8 or 6561 different possible combos to help get them tuned into your room. That's a nice audio toy to play with. Sound great too. THe 500 w/ch Rotels would have been... |