mapman
Responses from mapman
| What is your preference, Records or CDs? 7) use an appropriate template or similar device suited to the table for setup and alignment of cart on tonearm. How did I forget this one? For example, Linn provides a printable paper template that can be used to properly align a cart on their ta... | |
| What is your preference, Records or CDs? 5) would be to make sure phono amp section is well isolated from any nearby external EM fields, such as those created by motors or transformers in nearby appliances, electrical cables, etc. Low level analog phono signals, devices, ICs are especial... | |
| What is your preference, Records or CDs? Most important things:1) good speed control - should not be an issue with most good tables but worth confirming2) isolation from tt motor vibrations, various designs to accomplish this, 3) isolation from vibration casued by music playing, a solid/... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? "It's expensive and you sit on your arse to do it. "Bingo???? | |
| Room acoustics in a former church sanctuary? I'd get a feel for the room acoustics somehow beforehand if that is a major decision point for you. IT will not likely sound like a typical home listening room, but rather have its own unique charms that can be leveraged to unique effect if done r... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Dancability factor is a very useful speaker metric that is often overlooked.....:^) | |
| Why does most new music suck? 40 years ago it was pretty much all about exploration. Where is the new frontier these days? Listening to some Johnny Hartman, damn those Beatles for taking music over! | |
| Why does most new music suck? The "classic rock" era was a great time for white guys singing the blues and hippies singing bout peace and love. Also a time when electronic instruments, guitars and keyboards mainly, came on board and broadened the horizons immensely from prior ... | |
| Why does most new music suck? I find that these days I tend to like a lot of specific songs or pieces of music that I hear, but do not levitate much to many new artists in particular. I think that being older and more interested in the music than the much younger people making... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Jwc, I also have a pair of small Triangle Titus XS monitors. These have been acknowledged by many over the years as champions at low volume and I would agree. They convinced me that dynamic speakers could be as fast and detailed at low volumes as ... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? "Dear Mapman: Agree that are many other persons that are thinking and experienced audio subjects " out of the box ", I never said I'm the " only ": not."No, but when you talk about AHEE in such broad general terms, it gives the impression that it ... | |
| LS50s and room size I really like the LS50 design.THey've gotten a lot of good press, I'm still waiting for someone to say anything really bad about them. Good omens! | |
| Avalon Eidolon Diamond vs Revel Salon 2 I've heard the Avalons in very limited audition only and in less than ideal setup in a very small and cramped room. For sure, I can say they are a unique breed of sound with some unique charms. Lots of mid-range energy and a sound that was more le... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? ITs funny (or not) how the AMerican way is to encourage more and more buying as a means of keeping the economy going.What's needed is more and more learning combined with high standards so more people can actually earn more as opposed to just spen... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? Quad-man,Welcome to the new world order.I suppose as more and more Chinese become wealthy and inflation kicks in there accordingly, the next less developed economy out there will come in to pick up the slack when it comes to low paying jobs that h... |