mapman
Responses from mapman
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D I am an audio rebel in that if I had my way, all high end audio kooks would be listening to funky looking omnidirectional speakers based on the Lincoln Walsh's design principles. ALso, everyone would shun most portable audio devices in that these ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I am routinely blown away by both the artistry and sound these days in older recordings from the 50's, 40's and even 30's that I would never have enjoyed prior that now sound exhilarating (often in quite unique ways compared to most "modern" recor... | |
| Objective vs. Placebo relating to system changes "shielding against RFI and EMI can make an audible difference in a high end system"That's a good one that often relates to ICs.Encompassing my low level phono set up transformer device with a makeshift external mu metal surround is a clearly audib... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? There are so many great jazz, blues and similar genre recordings originally issued on various forms of vinyl, including 78s, that are gloriously compiled remastered and released on CD these days that sound absolutely glorious. It seems to be the r... | |
| Best Recording of Scheherazade I have an RCA Red Seal Shaded DOg vinyl copy that is my favorite. I think the conductor was Fritz Reiner. I also like This a lot. | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? C'mon...we know you're out there!!!!!! | |
| Objective vs. Placebo relating to system changes "I think a lot of my skepticism is directly related from understanding enough of the related science, or having friends that do, to understand how misleading a lot of the "science" manufactures give to support their products."Yea, that's all part ... | |
| Objective vs. Placebo relating to system changes Audiophiles care a lot about subtle things, a lot of which cannot be easily measured or quantified. It s kind of like The Twilight Zone. Hard to know the difference between what is real and what is not. One hears something, the next does not. A lo... | |
| Objective vs. Placebo relating to system changes Stirring up the mice again, eh?I am confident I can tell when my analog ICs change between the 3 I have tried at least: dnm, MIT, Harmonic Tech. Each is clearly radically different in design. Not all are so much so. I would not say I could always ... | |
| New speakers for an old receiver 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... | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? There are devices available that use very high quality clocks that can be inserted between digital source and DAC to help assure accurate timing and reduce jitter. Such a device with most gear can probably only help and not hurt. How much in each ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? CDs/digital is exhilarating for me these days. Is that a strong enough adjective? Bad digital is fixable and should be made old news by one who cares. The only question is how good can it get from here and what else might still be around that can ... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Audio Fan ravagedTaken out by oddus orderus harmonicas no doubt. | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited I'm in the camp that says being able to track records designed to be an obstacle course does not mean better performance in general.Thank god Redbook CD specifications put practical if not ideal limits on what is possible so we don't have to worry... | |
| When is a Listening Room Too Big Good point by John regarding how one may have a preference for a certain size room that has nothing to do with sound quality.I have 3 rooms running speakers off my main rig using in-wall speaker wires that run from the room where my gear is locate... |