mapman
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| An interesting experiment No doubt impedance alone can account for a lot of what one hears different between SS and tube amplification gear. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Haven't used CD player on my system in years....I'm a music server kinda guy. On many nights, when I am too tired to choose, I put it on random track play and let it decide what I hear next. I call it "Mapman Radio". Best variety of music I've hea... | |
| Outdoor speakers Yep, outdoors, in lieu of any "room acoustics" many typical high end considerations go out the door. | |
| Outdoor speakers If not directly exposed to the elements, can't beat a pair of Realistic Minimus 7's, when you can still find them around. I've used mine on my deck for years and they still are all I could want out there regarding good sound out of a small durable... | |
| Coputer or NAS I am also interested in any success stories people might share regarding running Logitech Media Server on a NAS type device with multiple Squeeze clients connected. | |
| R.I.P. Ray Dolby Big and one of the more recognizable names in the history of recorded sound and home audio! Maybe he left me a few bucks in appreciation of all the gear I sold over the years that had the word "Dolby" proudly emblazoned on it. Collector items some... | |
| Power cords? In "medieval" audiophile times, about 40-50 years ago or so, when human understanding of many things audio was primitive prior to later years high end audio enlightenment, there were two main things most people considered when choosing wires.1) ga... | |
| Sub-woofer fast enough for Horns? Not sure how it works exactly but Rhythmik direct servo technology is a unique advertised feature that at a glance sounds like it should make some difference. Looks like a kind of negative feedback associated with the built in amp maybe? Not sure ... | |
| What speakers work best with electronic music? My favorites are the OHM Walsh speakers.In general, the two things needed are 1) speakers that are not undersized for the room and capable of extreme dynamics without breakup or stress2) an amp capable of driving those speakers TO THEIR MAX. AMps ... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? "assuming that the ripping software assures bit perfect accuracy. "That's an optional setting and not a guarantee on some ripping programs, so its possible that read errors could come into play, depending on the implementation of the ripping softw... | |
| Sub-woofer fast enough for Horns? No doubt the room acoustics is the biggest and often hardest factor to get a handle on in regards to bass and overall sound quality. Even more so in teh case of "full range" sound. Optimal placement of a sub or better yet multiple subs makes a big... | |
| Oldest piece of gear you own Al, i also have a newer sangean am fm table radio that is the only modern ss radio whose reception prowess remjnds me of those older models. Maybe not quite a match, but a decent modern example of a good performing table radio in a fairly small pa... | |
| Sub-woofer fast enough for Horns? The advantage of field coil or em type driver motors is these can be made more powerful than natural magnets and make for a faster drive when needed, almost always for large bass drivers. An alternate approach are very light but rigid drivers like... | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? McB,I find my Class D amps to be very revealing of what it is fed. Definitely fertile ground on which to tweak! Thanks for the details. | |
| Oldest piece of gear you own My Air king is all wood cabinet. Darn. I guess I won't retire off that anytime soon. :-) It also needs to be refinished.I used to listen to it a lot as a kid. It has AM and shortwave bands. I recall it being the most sensitive radio I had heard wh... |