mapman
Responses from mapman
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "but how can you make a decision without listening first? That's the problem! "Reminds me of a famous LEgend. | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? In the digital domain, as long as one starts with high quality source material, almost anything can be made to sound like almost anything else relatively easily, if done well.Christy Brinkley is a beautiful woman still, but does she really look li... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? If Philip Glass becomes underrated, I think the world is in some deep doo doo. | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? Here is what a square wave is and what used for:Square WaveRise and fall time relate to attack and decay times, transient response, ringing and other aspects of accurate sound reproduction as well I am sure. | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? "Problem I have with Ellington is you never know what was written by Strayhorn.Sorta like Beethoven publishing Schubert work as his own."YEs, but few in the musical "genius" category achieve all their accomplishments in a vacuum. Nor should they b... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? I'm guessing digital done well in theory is better able to "pass a square wave" than vinyl, again due to the absence of natural physical damping factors like inertia, FWIW, similar to how wave bending (as opposed to pistonic motion solely as per m... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? I guessing probably some well known composers of music in eastern culture totally unknown in the west, much less underrated?Duke Ellington is far from unknown, but still hugely underrated as a top echelon 20th century music composer overall IMHO.I... | |
| Re-manufacturing of 45 singles Well, singles are still quite popular these days, way more so than entire albums. I download .mp3s these days for less than I used to pay for a 45 as a kid. Of course, you got two songs on a 45 but usually only one you really wanted.CDs and lp are... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "Interesting take on 'warm'. But, that does not explain why digital into tube amps produce 'warm'. Any thoughts on this?"TUbe amps, with their soft clipping nature and unique impedance characteristics among other things also tend to have a "roundi... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? Yes, that is a pretty good analogy! | |
| Mozart Fans Only Renee Fleming... just did the national anthem at the SB the way it should be done, maybe for the first time ever there. Maybe there is hope.... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Geof,Unfortunately, whatever the facts may be about fancy fuses, it doesn't make the crap you sell any more credible. But keep on trying, you never know. | |
| Something similar to Mahler "If you say so Map. About like saying you need some rat-poisonto top off a yumpous piece of NY cheesecake to me."Rat Poison - way less calories, sugar and saturated fat. Mahler - Pine Nut Roll, perhaps?:^) | |
| Dynaudio contour with 30 watt amp There is good 87 db and not so good.More power and current = better 87 db with dynaudios.Tube amps best apply elsewhere. | |
| Something similar to Mahler We need rock music like Captain Kirk's yin needed his yang in order to function as he should in that old Star Trek episode. |