mapman
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| Replacement for Maggie's? To me the decision to stick with Maggies or not revolves largely around the types of music listened to and how important associated macrodynamics are to you. Macrodynamics, punch, meat on the bones, or whatever you want to call it matter most with... | |
| decware err radial speakers Pluto,Nice writeup! Thanks for sharing. | |
| Do I have enough power? I think Bggregory is on the right path.Mani's I have heard of McIntosh amplification lead s me to believe the might trend towards being a touch bright with some amps (similar to my Dynaudio monitors) and digital sources. Not a good or bad thing in... | |
| Ohm Walsh 2000 vs MMG vs Vandersteen 2ce Sig? Google search for "real music" comes up with:Real Musicat the top of the list.Maybe, just maybe... :-)I would like to hear some of that music on my OHMs though! | |
| Ohm Walsh 2000 vs MMG vs Vandersteen 2ce Sig? "Please define "REAL MUSIC" for me..."The kind that mmg's smoke OHMs on? :-) | |
| Ohm Walsh 2000 vs MMG vs Vandersteen 2ce Sig? In general, I think OHMs will hold the advantage over Maggies in regards to macrodynamics. So if the music benefits from having really good slam and meat on the bones, especially at higher volumes, the OHMs win. That's what led me to replace my lo... | |
| Ohm Walsh 2000 vs MMG vs Vandersteen 2ce Sig? "I will give you Ohms are better on hard rock, but on REAL musis MMg will smoke them."Agree about the OHMS for rock and pop music.That mmgs will smoke them on other forms is more debatable. ALso there are larger and smaller OHMs all with similar s... | |
| $$$ vs music enjoyment "....you seem to understand that no system is perfect and don't have any unrealistic expectations to what it should or can do. That's what really allows you to enjoy it. "Bingo! | |
| What do audiophiles listen in their cars? A lot of NPR. | |
| What made the biggest, most noticeable improvement Each part made a big difference. My OHM Walsh speakers are perhaps the most unique designs in my system. Nothing else sounds like them, so probably those. | |
| $$$ vs music enjoyment Dollars alone will determine nothing. | |
| $$$ vs music enjoyment Best to focus on musical enjoyment and then do what is needed within your means to acheve it. A little knowledge and experience goes a long way. | |
| How did "Oh Mercy" end up sounding so great? Reb, I I think it boils down to having a vision and desire the realize it, along with a good focus on detail and quality. Getting all that together is unfortunately usually the exception and not the rule. "everything is broken" just came on as i ... | |
| Help me emulate the best speakers I've heard Rp, Good point about Carnegie Hall! Succulent is a pretty good adjective for what i have heard there. | |
| Help me emulate the best speakers I've heard Its hard to compare a walsh driver to a conventional dynamic driver because thd operating principles are completely different. |