mapman
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| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Coot,I might consider a tube amp if not for the cost and maintenance issues. Teh tube amp would haveto have way more tubes than I would care to tend to to have a chance of maxing out the OHMS at higher volumes. Using a sub and offloading much of t... | |
| Upgrade question - speakers or integrated? Which Triangles did you have? | |
| Upgrade question - speakers or integrated? Why would you change if nothing is wrong?Seems like good pairing. Are speakers maybe undersized for your room? Are you looking for deeper bass or bass with more authority maybe? | |
| Squeezebox dropouts - another question Al,Thanks for providing the bandwidth details for Wireless G relative to high res audio format. I did those estimates awhile back and reached a similar conclusion, though the numbers had long since gone in one side and out the other of my head.SO ... | |
| What's with 4 ohm speakers? Drew + Duke + Ralph = lots of good info.The thing with voltage paradigm is, it represents the vast majority of products out there today whereas power is perhaps having a renaissance in high end circles but remains distinctively as more of a niche ... | |
| Music Server AN emerging class of products that I think will take off over time for this is inexpensive multipurpose media devices that happen to serve up quality audio along with teh rest, as opposed to being audio only. I have seen some interesting new Andro... | |
| Anyone enjoy their amp's sound more than music? Sound effects sound great with my amp. BTW, well recorded sound effects of things we are naturally familiar with are a great test for a rig to see how well things are coming through.WHere I draw the line is I do not enjoy sitting and listening to ... | |
| Does Mc Intosh make reference gear YEs, tube amps were the dawn of high end audio civilzation, especially driving large high efficiency horn speakers.THen came the middle ages of largely eh Class A/B SS amps that opened up some new doors in terms of getting bigger better sound out ... | |
| Squeezebox dropouts - another question I think I did the math a while back and determined that bandwidth of wireless G was potentially problematic for high res files, which is one reason I have not tried it. I do not think SB touch can use newer higher bandwidth wireless protocols, but... | |
| Does Mc Intosh make reference gear In the beginning....No Al did NOT however invent the Klipschorn or found ALtec or JBL, which is probably where the high end really started, with large high efficiency speakers that worked quite well with the tube amps that were predominant in the ... | |
| Does Mc Intosh make reference gear Regarding origins of the high end, I would say it started to reach its peak back around 1970 or so with the introduction on the OHM A and F, large full range speakers capable of lifelike presentation and dynamics on a large scale. THat is of cours... | |
| Does Mc Intosh make reference gear "I'm guessing that those who bash it have never heard it."Maybe, but I gotta say I have heard a lot of poorly set up Mc based systems in A/V shops that target the wealthy in general (certainly not audiophiles, though a lot of the gear they sell is... | |
| Squeezebox dropouts - another question Obviously, high res files require greater network bandwidth than regular CD redbook resolution. SB touch works very well for CD resolution. Have not tried hi res yet, so I can offer ideas only.SB normally converts stored file formats to lossless c... | |
| Tweak you gotta try. Post your results... " Meanwhile, I'm giving serious consideration to elevating you to Associate Troll."I take that to mean challenging your nonsense is off topic and makes me a troll?How much does the job pay? | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Atmasphere,For the record, I never said you made this stuff up. I would say you are its most vocal champion these days, at least in these parts. Just making an observation. You offer a way that works and these days at least is different than most.... |