mapman
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| Don't read you'll be sorry I do not pay a lot for wires (compared to some at least) so I am not sorry I read this.FWIW, my recollection from selling audio gear many years ago and having seen a lot of vendor cost versus sell price data is that accessories like wires and othe... | |
| bipoles/dipoles for music... Nice summary by Johnnyb53. | |
| bipoles/dipoles for music... Not a fan of multiple drivers firing front and back. | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved Mishegas! | |
| bipoles/dipoles for music... I would use the terms focused versus unfocused imaging to realistically assess imaging performance.Bipoles and dipoles are capable of a focused presentation I believe as are omnis, however the presentation is often (not always) different from say ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Agree with Z that very lively room is a challenge with most any speakers, omni/OHMs included. If you hear a reverb effect/echo when speaking or clapping in general, that is usually something worth addressing with the room acoustics.Rug under and/o... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Live and learn...Customer service matters. Clear and concise communications always helps expedite things.Its unfortunate but I'm not sure this case is all that unusual. Maybe other companies could do better, maybe not.if they can then bravo. I wou... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved This could go on forever.... | |
| A Capital Audiofest 2012 thread "Nice, mapman.You are the Kirk, the creator."Cool.Bring on the green Orion slave girls....... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Magnepan has a good rep as far as I know. My experience in the past sending things to them for repair or refurbish was good, but that was a few years back FWIW.It is a small company so things might go slower than desired from time to time maybe?I ... | |
| A Capital Audiofest 2012 thread "the problem with audio "shows" is the many variables which to create poor sound."Audiophiles focus too much on what's not right or perceived to be less than perfect."My name is Nomad...you are not perfect...you will be sterilized....."I have not ... | |
| Review: CH Technologies X15 power cord Power cord Krell,Your consideration is appreciated, but don't worry. My comment was more just a quick reaction to what I found to be a particularly ironic statement. That expensive wires please ANYBODY is something I find interesting. I would clearly agree t... | |
| Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better?? Strength of Class D is when lots of power is needed in a small and perhaps affordable low maintenance package.Class D may or may not be a good option in other cases, however those will be weaker cases for Class D ie cases where the unique aspects ... | |
| Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better?? "It boils down to having the right tool for the job."Thank you for that answer that "hits the nail on the head".What hammer works best? Screwdriver? Amplifier?Audio is not so complicated anymore as some make it out to be. The basic problems have b... | |
| A Capital Audiofest 2012 thread Rifleman,Thanks for that.I have the sheet that was handed out for the DIY open baffle speakers but have not had a chance to read yet.$850 sounded high for the speaker parts alone. That's a very impressive price point for amp and speakers. I notice... |