mapman
Responses from mapman
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Keys To Ascension by Yes. | |
| Cables more hype than value? Yes. Valuable but way more hype than warranted. | |
| $13K used Budget for new system Lots of speakers will pair well. Buy the ones you've heard and like and can integrate well into your listening room, with space to walls, etc. if needed. | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? So for best odds with single women:1) trim nose hair. Ear hair too!2) impress them with speakers | |
| Non-feedback amplification topology and frequency I won't disagree that there may be incentive in the high end "industry" to not make things easy for buyers. There are still multiple recipes towards good soup that an informed buyer who cares enough can follow to acieve their goals. No one recipe ... | |
| Negative feedback Amp=more faithful reproduction? Kijanki,They are not bad looking. What I mean by very nice is that they appear to be well designed to really deliver the music well at lifelike volumes and with meat on the bones for very reasonable cost compared to many tower or monitor type desi... | |
| Non-feedback amplification topology and frequency Well, at least paper should be able to disqualify the big offenders. THen it is left up to our ears, which I agree with 100%. And and over the years, my ears tell me there is more to it than meets the eye here.... ie it is NOT so black and white. ... | |
| Negative feedback Amp=more faithful reproduction? The Hyperions look VERY nice! Would like to hear them someday. | |
| Non-feedback amplification topology and frequency "The reason I made that comment is that an amplifier that violates one of the most fundamental rules of human hearing will never sound like real music."Is it really so black and white in practice though which designs truly "violate the rule" and t... | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? Ahead of nose hair, behind a uniform. | |
| Non-feedback amplification topology and frequency "Ultimately you have to be more careful of your speaker choice; this is doubly important because a speaker that requires the amp to have feedback will never be able to sound like real music- it will at best sound like a good hifi."Absolute stateme... | |
| Negative feedback Amp=more faithful reproduction? "Mapman:The answer to your question is to do away with reproduction altogether. Sell all your equipment and go to stadiums, concert halls, jazz clubs, auditoriums, amphitheaters, subways, bathrooms, etc. Go live!"Agreed! Live is the reference stan... | |
| Negative feedback Amp=more faithful reproduction? OK, so I will go out on a limb and agree with Kijanki that educated application of NF = more faithful reproduction, in a pure technical sense, though as we all know, no solution is perfect and there are always potential drawbacks to deal with. In ... | |
| Negative feedback Amp=more faithful reproduction? "What sound you like has nothing to do with original question. "It does in that there is no concrete objective answer to the question possible. It is a subjective question not an objective one to start with, so an objective/quantitative answer can... | |
| Machina Dynamica GEoff will rightfully tout that his scifi products are very reasonably priced compared to many high end audio trinkets. He will also recommend you put one on everything, including your cat's tail, for better sound. |