mapman
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| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Two recent active thread here mentioning Hot Tuna.These guys are on the rise again it seems.I like a lot of their old stuff and also like their more recent CD "Steady As She Goes'. Very nice cover art! | |
| Help with compression and dynamic range "What do you call the act of limiting the high and low frequencies ? "I'd call it "filtering".The term compression relates to dynamic range. It should be easy to verify this with a good Google search. I'd start with Wikipedia. | |
| Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs TB,Are you saying those ICs are inherently better in all cases, or that they sounded the best to you when you heard them?Are there less expensive ICs that you have heard that might work as well in some cases?My opinion is ICs are mostly about syne... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I've recently added $200-$300 Pangea ac14SE power cords to my mhdt DACS in both systems, first one and later the other recently. These are designed for use with line level components to help with noise/distortion. IT's been a nice addition in both... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "Seems John and company don't exactly advocate the need for expensive cables .. at least that is how it reads to me. Thoughts?"Yes, and I tend to agree.I've had one pair of OHMs on high quality Audioquest CV6 wires, and my F5s connect in an advace... | |
| Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs "Mapman, I'm not interested in your "nonsense detector" as it is invalid."OK. | |
| Service from Audio Research Glad to hear it! You went about it the right way it would seem. | |
| Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs Fact is many people who might not recognize good sound when they hear it do recognize the price tag and might be after a status symbol as much as anything. I have no problem with that. It muddies the waters but educated consumers will find their w... | |
| Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs There is way too much nonsense that goes unchallenged on this site. Nonsense is destructive, even in the hallowed grounds of high end audio. Many who might really care about good sound are able to spot nonsense when they see it. It destroys credib... | |
| Apple to Acquire Beats Audio Overall, I despise Apples products, mostly due to its closed nature and how that allows Apple to milk money from its dependent customers.On the flip side, Apple stuff is easier to use and learn usually, so if you need that or don't mind doing thin... | |
| What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed "Rather than a believer or a skeptic, I guess you could call me a pragmatist with a technical background."A very healthy and practical perspective for one to have in this arena I would say. | |
| What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed "the real question then becomes: where does one draw the line"The answer these days is whenever GeoffKait/Machina Dynamica offers up his support.But that's just me. | |
| Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs No doubt modern tools for addressing room acoustics can be invaluable, if used correctly.I suspect many high end vendors at shows would rather take a right hook shot from Jon Jones than introduce any external signal processing into their sterling ... | |
| What to do with bad recorded CDs I added a Pangea AC14SE power cord for my DAC recently. The biggest difference I seem to notice with this is that my worst loudness wars CDs that had some edge to them prior are no longer fatiguing to listen to. A good example is Accelerate by REM... | |
| Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs "These days many shops are only interested in making the most money. The quality is less important."All one has to do is look around to see this more and more and audio is no exception.Luckily there are still many exceptions, but its getting harde... |