mapman
Responses from mapman
| Ohm Acoustics Walsh F-5015 speakers The only way on Audiogon I know of is to create a virtual system and post them there. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? A big room like that is likely one that you want to leverage, and not fight, unless you are up for major sound treatment expense. Omnidirectional speakers lend themselves to that with their tendency to fill a room with sound rather than fire it di... | |
| Your jaw dropping cables My jaw drops when I see the asking price for some cables.o-o\_/I get a smile on my face when I listen to my gear with the DNM Reson ICs. | |
| Magnepan durability Also, with Maggies, definitely be sure they cannot be knocked over in that they have some weight and there might be potential to injure a playful toddler if that occurs, which is even worse than any potential equipment damage that might also occur... | |
| Magnepan durability If you like the Vandy's, I'd stay put with newer, bigger better ones. Magnepans can be toppled easily as mentioned plus are likley to be damaged if that occurs. Plus I would expect a different sound with Maggies, so be sure that is what you want i... | |
| Are all external hard drives the same? Whoops, I meant Tb, not Gb above.Sorry. | |
| Are all external hard drives the same? Reliability is the thing I would worry about the most.I've run the Seagate 1.5 and 2 Gb USB drives from BEst Buy for a few years now and have found them to be most reliable and essentially trouble free. They also come with backup software installe... | |
| interesting article about turntables and vinyl Most people buy turntables these days because used vinyl is cheap and a turntable is a novel device these days. Also they hear about how great vinyl sounds compared to digital, which is of course debatable. But the availability of cheap used vinyl... | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? I think whether the 120 w/ch Luxman would cut it or not with the less efficient speakers would likely depend on listening habits, volumes, type of music, etc. Having powered subs in the mix would help if needed. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? I've heard the Anats in a decent sized room. Very nice, at least with the acoustic vocal jazz recordings demoed.The audiokinesis and Classic Audio suggestions are probably a good one for use with the integrated amp. Less efficient speakers may nee... | |
| the viability of hi end companies "Who buys $50k products from two or three people operations?"i suppose there is probably 20 out there somewhere if one can find them. | |
| Can speakers be tested? Rodman got it right as I recall. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? WHoops, sorry, I of course meant to say 8500 cubic feet, not 8500 square feet.Sorry. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? John Strohbeen at OHm Acoustics has recently been touting some new models in the $10K range that incorporates large 15" powered subs into the model 5000 design that otherwise is advertised for up to 8500 sq. feet or so (and costs ~ $6500 or sowith... | |
| Opposite of Thiel Harbeth. Maybe Dynaudio.OHM or other omnis for a completely different kind of presentation, at least in terms of sweet spot and listening flexibility. |