mapman
Responses from mapman
| Happy Audiophile Day! Where's the deals and specials? | |
| TV audio My understanding is that much tv or movie video content these days is multichannel and using a 2 channel stereo for sound is not the best approach to be able to properly discern voices and such because the sound is mixed for that format. So I end... | |
| John Strohbeen from Ohm Acoustics passed away Very sad to hear this news. | |
| So... this is 2st century R&R entertainment? This ups the ante for every aphile trying to reproduce the live music experience at home. Get busy! | |
| Connection from router to streamer. A computer network is a computer network no matter the application. For streaming the key thing is that the network is able to provide the music data stream fast enough to avoid dropouts or delays or prevent the streamer from switching to lower re... | |
| One key to building great systems over time. Put it simply, avoid product lines that are relatively unknown and unproven. That aside, if you have even a very modest budget by high end audio standards, and do your homework, there is in fact a decent chance that you land on a relative "giant ... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance @jastralfu I guess my point is exactly that. Different strokes for different folks. In sound just like art. Do you prefer a high res detailed image of your water lilies or a more abstract impression? How about of Medusa? Maybe if enough detail i... | |
| If you were serious about sound you would... @donavabdear do you care about the most accurate sound or do you care about your enjoyment of music accurate sound be damned? I care about enjoyment of music. Accuracy matters and I tend to find that the two are highly correlated. | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance I have one system that is a somewhat older Icepower Class D amp and a newer one with latest greatest Hypex Class D. Same speakers essentially in both. If I had to choose just one I’m going with the newer Hypex based amp which delivers the best det... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance Where would Monet have ended up if resolution and detail were his goal rather than abstract impressions? | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance There is an easy solution: more than one system. Headphones/earphones count as well in that. Variety is the spice of life. One must open their mind to other possibilities in order to enjoy all the fruits of life. | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance Well trained ears as a result of experience are the only way to know for sure what something should sound like. And guess what? No two pair of ears hear exactly the same which explains why we are where we are. | |
| If you were serious about sound you would... "If you were serious about sound you would..." ...post over 20000 times in a hifi forum. Thank you! | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance Resolution is way overrated which is why people pay top dollar for less resolving TVs. Who would want to see Medusa in hi res? Try it and see! MP3 rules! Hides all those rough edges...but its cheaper so that's right out! | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. I was looking at my smartphone the other day and realized what the H-ll happened to the dial with the numbers on it, not to mention the crank and that loud oscillating tone you used to get when you lost your connection? |