mapman
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| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? Hmm well I would likely not recommend a $500 streamer and a $25000 DAC. Having said that what evidence is there that spending more necessarily means better sound? You would hope that would be the case but price alone assures nothing. Has anyone... | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? No matter what streamer used, assuming it is of good quality, which can easily happen for just a few hundred dollars these days , absolutely comparing a common dac to an Uber expensive dac is absolutely a valid thing to do. If you don’t hear a ... | |
| New Speaker advice They are all very good. You have to decide which are best for you. | |
| Integrated Amp ideas for a very young audiophile You would think Fisher Price would have this covered. 😉 | |
| Integrated Amp ideas for a very young audiophile Take a look at Vanatoo or similar maybe even lower cost. Whatever your budget, I would keep it as simple and cost effective as possible for a 4 year old. If he tires of it before long then at least you have a nice sounding and flexible second sys... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? Goto. | |
| Tune of the Day Windsurfer - Roy Orbison. | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? No two most anything ever sound exactly the same but the good news is that it’s getting harder to find a bad sounding DAC these days. It’s more of a personal preference thing. Digital streaming technology overall is very mature these days and the ... | |
| John Henry Strohbeen III Love this! JS was a giant in his field and people should know all about it. He will be missed tremendously. There is a lot one can learn about audio and speakers at the link provided above to John Strohbeens articles he published on the Ohm site ... | |
| Tube sound is not about warmth. It's about correct presentation. Disagreed. Also assuming tubes provide “warmth” then that’s a problem because warmth might be nice but it’s definitely not “correct”. So the logic of the assertion proposed is flawed to start with and that kind of puts a damper on things r... | |
| John Strohbeen from Ohm Acoustics passed away @bsohne I do remember you and your enthusiasm at that show and recall having a nice demo and chat with you and JS for about 45 minutes or so. First time ever meeting JS and first time ever I heard Ohm demo at a high end audio show, so overall it w... | |
| John Strohbeen from Ohm Acoustics passed away He was a brilliant and seemingly down to earth sincere person who loved music and good sound. I exchanged emails with JS on several buying occasions and met him only once at Capital Audiofest a few years back. He was also technically my boss f... | |
| What’s the most underrated used Audio Research gear? sp11 a very good ARC tube pre-amp value IMHO, Enjoyed one for many years. | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, Lots I’m sure but Ohm Walsh series 3 and newer come to mind. Probably series 2 as well. It’s only the originals that came about in the early 80s that I can assert with confidence were not current big-league competitive. Those come up a bit short o... | |
| At what price is one considered an Audiophile. My price for proclaiming an audiophile is $10 on sale today only. I accept PayPal. Yes, you can be considered an audiophile for only $10 bucks! Cheap! You can’t even buy an audiophile fuse for only $10, eh? Maybe used….. |