mapman
Responses from mapman
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? Yea, I guess what I am trying to say about the Triangles is that they are very fast, transparent and neutral sounding and do what they do extremely well. They would certainly allow the inherent sound of the vintage Marantz to shine through. What t... | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? Assuming different modules used, like ABletec or Pascal or Icepower, make a difference in the sound, which I would expect to be a reasonable assumption, it bothers me that D-Sonic is not more forthcoming about what goes into what models that they ... | |
| Digital Source with Tube Amplification When I record vinyl to CD or digital CD res .wav file, I am generally not able to tell that CD or digital file is now the source.I'm not saying my vinyl playback rig is the best out there, but it is pretty good, better than most, and sounds wonder... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D It's not always clear on this site who is in "the business" or not, so I have no problems with that being pointed out.In the case of Atmasphere, it would be silly to question his credentials, and he obviously knows what he is doing. He is in "the ... | |
| Digital Source with Tube Amplification This is like the scientist teasing the mice...... | |
| Digital Source with Tube Amplification Well, that makes it a little easier...Someone who likes old style "analog" sound will probably enjoy older analog recordings remastered well to CD (there are many such recordings to choose from these days) and played through a tube amp of choice b... | |
| SS Pre-amps that can beat an Audio Research sp16 Tin, was it the newer BEnchmark pre/DAC device that you heard or the older version that has been out for a few years?I have read a few things indicating the newer version is not "dry" or perhaps as "analytical" sounding as the older version, perha... | |
| When is a Listening Room Too Big You are right about sometimes less being more, especially in the case of a very lively larger room.I think large rooms work well with Maggie in particular. The best Maggie setup I ever heard (and among the best I have heard anywhere) was at Jim SM... | |
| SS Pre-amps that can beat an Audio Research sp16 Tim,Spread Spectrum is an impressive looking beast. A bit large and pricey for me at this point though.Can you compare or contrast it to the BC or BEnchmark or others from what you have heard? In what way/ways is it better/different?Thanks. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Atmasphere, I suspect you are somewhat of a rebel at heart as well! I respect that! | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D "You are confusing taste (for which there is no accounting) with actual perceptual rules, which vary over the entire population by about 1%. IOW there is a big difference here."Hmmm, not sure how far "rules" get you in lieu of "tastes" when it com... | |
| New speakers for an old receiver With the less efficient small speakers/monitors, expect some extended bass response at low to moderate listening volume, but also to run out of gas quickly if/when the volume goes up.Worth considering if you prefer to go louder and clearer and giv... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D "Yes, if one considers that to be a good thing even though it is accomplished at the expense of other things. "Frog, wondering what other things specifically?Pinpoint imaging maybe?I might agree with that but I tend to think of pinpoint imaging ab... | |
| New to Audiogon. selling my whole system I read in his NY Times obituary he was apparently quite a talented character! | |
| New speakers for an old receiver That's a beauty, but only 20 watts.The good news is that if it is in good condition, it will probably sound better than ever with the right pair of modern speakers.SO look for high efficiency speakers, 90db+, the more the better, that will enable ... |