mapman
Responses from mapman
| Jerry Garcia, A Legacy? I heard the Dead live once in 1981. | |
| Zu Omen or Tekton Lore I heard Zu for first time recently at Capital Audiofest.I heard the Essence speakers. I thought these to be promising but appeared to be run off an underpowered amp at the show which limited what they could do. The demo seemed more about how few w... | |
| Totem speakers and others that I should consider? I heard a few Tidal speakers at Capital Audiofest recently among many others.WHen I heard Totem Elements at a local dealer shortly after, I found the sound overall reminded me most of the Tidals of the speakers I had heard at CAF but of course muc... | |
| Jerry Garcia, A Legacy? "No other guitarist could take my spirit and make it SOAR!"I know many including leading local clergy who feel the same way. So there must be something to it."American Beauty" in particular side 2 is the only Dead album I can think of that can reg... | |
| Ohm Walsh Microtall or Vandersteen 1C "Grace Under Pressure"That might most simply describe the thing I like best about the OHMs. Nothing seems to phase them ie they are seemingly NEVER the bottleneck, however they will easily reveal shortcomings upstream, in recordings etc. | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Bryon,I do not recall the details of how your computer is connected to your audio system, but assuming it is via wires, then I would most likely attribute the difference to a change in the computer generated noise domain resulting from a configura... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Geoffkait (esoteric tweak vendor), OK once again you've impressed me with your world class mastery of the insignificant. I'll take that for what its worth. | |
| Speaker Placement Issue/Thoughts Some amps like the TAD Hibachis in my 2 channel a/v system have output level adjustments on-board which can be very effective for providing left/right balance when needed for whatever reason.Placing speakers to match volume levels is probably not ... | |
| Why has Avantgarde Quality Slipped ? One specific case does not necessarily mean that product line quality overall has slipped.Specific issues in any particular case may be real but jumping to that conclusion immediately is not very credible. | |
| Totem speakers and others that I should consider? I run 2 pair of OHM Walsh, a pair of Dynaudio monitors, and a pair of small Triangle monitors in different rooms off my central system using a speaker switch and in-wall wiring from when the house was built.Each of the three lines have a very dist... | |
| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? Using wireless LAN connection (Wifi) provides the best solution for physically isolating sensitive audio playback gear from potentially noisy computer gear as an insurance policy for best results. I would recommend everyone use this approach to co... | |
| California Audio Show 2012 I find myself growing extremely skeptical of megabuck small monitor speakers. Once cost goes beyond that of say a Totem Mani or Dynaudio C1, is there really anything more accomplished to justify other than uber-build quality and aesthetic appeal p... | |
| Best Place/Way To Sell My CD Collection? The going price for average demand used CDs at the only remaining local B&M record/CD shop that deals with them is $6-$7 max. "Budget Bin" titles go for as little as $1.00 up to about $5. Rare still in demand hard to find titles (mostly import... | |
| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? Kijanki is correct. | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? My recollection of Magnepan service when I called upon it a number of years back (in the relatively prosperus 90's) was it was reliable built not necessarily fast even back then.Home audio is a luxury, not a necessity so FBOFW my experience is tha... |