mapman
Responses from mapman
| Audiophile newbie Going "all NAD" for electronics is a pretty safe and easy way to go. Many people have done it that way for many years and for good reason. Tried and true, fewer decisions to make. Simple is often better. | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers "You can see in the specs of any amplifier (solid state, class D or tube) that the distortion is indeed higher driving a lower impedance load. "That is true, but still all relative, and 4 ohms does not mean many amps stop performing well.Needless ... | |
| "Against design" A good overall design that fits the listeners needs best will perform best, hardwood or not. | |
| Audiophile newbie Give some thoughts to your listening habits. Where in the room will you be listening from? Where will/can the speakers go? How far away from walls?Get speakers that will work well in your room and sound good where you listen from. Different kinds ... | |
| Best car audio, Burmester? highly disapointed BEst car speakers I ever had were MB Quart.BEst electronics: NakamichiTogether this 90's era combo was the bomb and a fantastic value. Nothing else I have heard close.MB Quart is still around, but have not heard any in quite some time. | |
| about Magnepan and power My experience with Maggies has been they need power to go to suitable volume, whatever level that may be, but not so much current accordingly, in order to deliver balanced sound. THey are surprisingly tube amp friendly as a result and correspondin... | |
| Zu Omen or Tekton Lore The only inherent limitation with an efficient speaker the size of Lore is probably low end extension/flatness.A sub or two could fix that if needed.I wouldn't worry about the cost ratio between speakers and the rest at all if things are sounding ... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers "Im shocked at how much tube monoblocks go for new."Its a reasonable response I think.Especially in the case of low power tube amps like SETs costing 5 digits. These use only a few tubes, and often claim to keep circuitry simple towards the end of... | |
| Do It Yourself Hallographs Oh my..... | |
| "Against design" Its all much nicer looking than what most would get at Walmart.Its all relative.Not sure exactly what is being complained about.Markets speak for themselves in regards to what sells. | |
| D-Sonic vs Wyred vs .... D-Sonic is a very secretive/murky product. Not much you can bank on other than price. Maybe that's enough? I wonder how much sound difference/variability from unit to unit, series to series. No way to know really. That's a negative unfortunately.S... | |
| The sound of my new electrical service: Day 1 YEs, I suppose a spectrum analyzer as opposed to an oscilloscope would be the right tool for the job of measuring AC line noise/distortion. | |
| Stopped looking for the best system Jmcgrogan2,I agree with you that no one system can sound great all the time with all recordings.All it can do is deliver what its fed accurately or in some similarly pleasing manner.All recordings are different. There are two many permutations to ... | |
| The sound of my new electrical service: Day 1 "But can they, or any other manufacturer of such products, predict with any confidence what sonic benefits and/or side-effects will result when a product having those kinds of specifications is used in an arbitrarily chosen system powered by AC ha... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers I'll agree that benign speaker impedance curves makes it easier to find an amp that is likely to sound really good with said speakers.But lower and more challenging impedance curves are more the norm these days, and with just a little care, one ca... |