mapman
Responses from mapman
| Thiel death do we part . . . Get a pair of good headphones as a supplement. Can't go wrong with most any decent Sennheiser. | |
| Vandy or Maggy? No doubt higher quality drivers made under tight tolerance and high quality standards will get you further, pound per pound, wherever they happen to be made. They will also tend to cost a tad more accordingly. That's a big reason I consider Dynaud... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report For Your Ears Only | |
| Vandy or Maggy? Like Dynaudio, hard to go wrong with Totem I would say. | |
| World's largest vinyl record Vinyl lives! | |
| Hi Fi Dealer in New York City? Lyric has a wide range of good sounding gear and I have found the staff friendly and helpful both times I've been there. | |
| Tweeter type and brightness Interesting article, but of course it is marketing and not sure I'm buying the value of the pitch completely. THere is no distinction between the hearing of young and old, which is generally considered to not be the same in regards to hearing high... | |
| Tweeter type and brightness A BEnchmark DAC is widely regarded as fairly reference quality in regards to jitter and in fact would make a good "benchmark" for that. There are also reclocking devices out there designed to minimize jitter that that can be inserted between sourc... | |
| Tweeter type and brightness Electrostats and ML in general will be hard to better for your purposes I suspect.I'd give careful scrutiny to the digital source, the DAC, and any potential issues iwth higher levels of jitter than might be possible otherwise.JItter is usually th... | |
| DC Metro -- New I'm still out there in Northern Maryland area and always interested in all things audio, especially if local. | |
| Does sensitivity matter in powered subs? YEp, power=bass pretty much. Still different flavors, but that's the main ingredient. No getting around that. In addition to the demand that higher volumes put on a speaker for bass, power requirements increase EXPONENTIALLY I believe as the targe... | |
| Vandy or Maggy? Tj said it well! | |
| "Slam"--what is it, is it really accurate? Lots of info here on various threads regarding Class D amps.I've been using Bel Canto ref1000m monoblocks for a few years now and think those to be rock solid still and a very good value used. That's really the only ones I can vouch for based on e... | |
| Vandy or Maggy? ML is not a bad option to consider in this case I'm thinking.I've read bass integration with the ES panels has gotten much better with some newer MLs than used to be the case. I last heard a serious ML demo (in comparison to Focal) about 5-6 years... | |
| Is computer audio pushing up the price of CDPs? Python musical interlude called for... to lighten things up a bit. |