mapman
Responses from mapman
| new to streaming- help! Give Roon a try. | |
| Great song to test bass “Bad guy” Billie Eilish. | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? If they fit your room and budget, kef ls60s and done. Couldn’t be easier. | |
| New Speaker advice Those are all good options. Your choice! I’d want one of each. | |
| Room Too Dead I have a room like that downstairs. Acoustically it’s a nightmare. In cases like that smaller is often better. Also you need a lot flexibility in how things get setup. So smaller speakers and separate sub or subs as needed is probably the way... | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature Hmm I might strongly consider another tube preamp that allows me to bypass those sometimes PITA tubes. Good to know. | |
| Preamp for a GaN-FET amp... No mention made of what kind of sound is being sought so I am calling insufficient information to be able to make any recommendation. | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? Accuracy is way overrated. Out the door and who needs it? Long live inaccuracy and all its faults. | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? The future of Class D is extremely bright. We’re talking North Star magnitude. | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? Personal preference. I like it real. Studio recordings are surreal by nature. | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Get your information from a wide variety of available sources. Do not think more money necessarily means better results. Start off smart but modest and go from there. Take your time and do your homework. Or go cut to the chase with one of the ... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Have fun. | |
| How do you add color? I know if I like it when I hear it. Could be colored, but my preference is not. | |
| How do you add color? I’d wager Mr Spock would call this topic “illogical”. Then Dr McCoy would bawl him out and Kirk would give a speech about being human. This would be an episode called “The Color of Sound” where a strange alien probe makes the crew have mind wi... | |
| How do you add color? Don’t mind me. I get it it but just find the topic amusing. Carry on. |