mapman
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| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance One review I read indicated Daedulus were champs in the "tonality" dept. at RMAF. Probably not a coincidence...Speakers are kind of like wind socks and amps like the wind. The wind has to deliver enough air to keep the thing properly inflated. Rea... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance Which comes first, the speakers or the amp? :^)Guess which way amp makers tend to lean?And those who make speakers?The rest of us are more "moderate" and less extreme in our leanings I suppose.I am more in the "speakers" first camp. Just make sure... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? Wolf, you get your choice of who is in your corner: 1) me or 2) Kate Upton. I know this is a very "difficult" choice..... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? "The Dutch Mountains Messiah" Bo Versus "Lone" Wolf_garcia.Wrestlemania XXX! "No Sounds Barred" match! Special quest referee: Nipper, the RCA "Wonder Dog". Vince Mcmahan...make this happen! We will all be listening.... :^) | |
| Calling all Horn lovers "In my experience, good engineering is a necessary starting point but what distinguishes a good from a great sounding component is the musical sensitivity of its designer."Based on my experiences, I think there is a lot of truth to that when appli... | |
| Tube amps that kick ass? I heard a system once with DCS source, VTL pre-amp, and hefty VAC amps driving Magico mini speakers in a smaller dealer demo room. THis combo was uniquely striking and reference quality in particular in its ability to deliver orchestral strings fr... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? The truth! Finally! Lots of people looking for that. Bring it on..... :^) | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Also note that good full range hi efficiency horn systems will tend to be large and often quite expensive. But if you have the room to set them up well and the patience needed to get things integrated and set up just right, they are one of the ult... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Playing music through very high efficiency horns is the musical equivalent of looking through a microscope. Every minute detail will be more apparent, be it the music, noise, whatever. So lots of tweaks both large and small in scope may be needed ... | |
| Emerald Physics CS2.3 MkII Where's all the post RMAF buzz this year on Agon? I know the site is posting on teh show in its new hub section, but not seeing much discussed here in the forums this year compared to recent years. Am I missing out by spending time here rather tha... | |
| Advice for new Integrated amp please. Rogue SPhinx would be a nice fit into my second system if needed someday. By the time I need to change there, I'm expecting affordable tube/Class D integrateds to be even better and more common than today.Personally, I would also love to build a s... | |
| Volume seems too low Not unusual and may actually be a good omen to have to turn the volume way up before things actually "sound" loud.What matters is can volume be turned up enough to satisfy and do dynamics continue to expand as well as the volume goes up. If dynami... | |
| Viagra for Your Ears? I believe it's "earection".Tost, copyright that, ASAP!!!!!! | |
| KEF LS 50 I think I read somewhere that the ls50s are based on older nearfield monitor designs and that some of teh best listening results have been reported from those listening in a more near field type setup. My experience with the ls50s was pretty consi... | |
| How does one "Get lost in the music"? How?Eat some Oreos. |