mapman
Responses from mapman
| Best System displayed on Audiogon "With all the $$$ and gear he still sells and buys like most of us trying to find a sound that does not exist. "Its a scary thought to think that so many may be investing so much time and money chasing something that does not exist.How often is it... | |
| Best System displayed on Audiogon While recently visiting a relative who lives in an absolutely gorgeous secluded modern country home with very tasteful spartan decor, with lots of hard wood finishes and glass doors and very lively and open acoustics throughout the home, I noticed... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Adding watage alone with any speakers only means they should play somewhat louder with lower distortion. That is usually a good thing in regards to bass, especially at higher volume, but does not mean anything necessarily in terms of better freque... | |
| Best System displayed on Audiogon I smell a big Bose upset in the making here...... | |
| When do you choose vinyl over digital? Similar to Elizabeth. I have many CDs and lps also but probably not as many as her. My preference generally is CD for easy rip + play via music server. Lps are more time consuming to get/keep clean and play, so I tend to buy those only when dirt c... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "Your chair resents that.... but yet, it puts up with your stinky butt all these years?"Chairs deserve more credit...... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "Mapman, couple questions. Is it a BarcoLounger or a La-Z-Boy? And does it have one of those cool beer holders?"GEoff, I was expecting a refute or at least denial of my "charlatan" comment, not insults directed towards a chair. My chair resents th... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "Mapman, really? Thought I saw ya standin in that over night line waiting for the sale to begin. :)"Maybe my twin brother. Or my evil alter ego who sometimes goes by the moniker "madman". | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." Note that with the analog Y connector approach to connecting computer to hifi, it helps to use a very long wire between computer and hifi. All computers are noisy and you want to keep them as far away from your audio gear as possible. The Audioque... | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." Squeezebox and similar devices are essentially specialized computers optimized out of the box to various degrees for playing music. It makes sense to use a computer designed specifically for good sound quality in high end audio applications. Gener... | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." Kijanki, Yes, I agree and have considered, but hard to justify when things are sounding just the way I want them to already. I may give a re-clocking device a try still sometime in that I am certain I could do even better. It took some time and th... | |
| Choosing a Floorstander by Footprint Size Kixo, two excellent choices for good sound with very small footprint. Let us know how it all turns out. | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." Jitter is bad but I am not convinced that it is nearly as widespread an issue with most modern gear as it was even 10 years ago. YEs, there are always ways to do better, but the question is how much matters to be "musical".I do it with Squeezebox ... | |
| Tandberg 3000a series Still love Tandberg. Probably the best end to end line sold at Tech Hifi back in the day. Had a tr-2080 receiver for many years. Sold it to a guy in Norway. Always sounded good. Just make sure in good working order and do not overpay. | |
| The Irrational But Efficacious CD Tweak Wouldn't surprise me if designed tone bursts change the sound for the better in some cases.I get my Stax headphones to sound their best (loosened up?) by playing at what would be painfully loud volumes for a minute or two before I put the phones o... |