mapman
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| It's All in Your Head BTW, this is a hobby whose main purpose is entertainment, so there is nothing wrong with spinning through gear, tweaks, etc. regularly if that is part of the enjoyment factor and budgets enable.The problem scenario is when one who is a music lover... | |
| Advice on Equipment Upgrade FWIW I run an ARC sp-16 pre-amp with Bel Canto ref1000m monoblocks (1000kohm input impedance, unbalanced).I was listening to this running my small Dynaudio Contour 1.3mkII monitors for hours last night (did not get much sleep). The sound is a magi... | |
| How to get the impact of a live concert? DUke, thanks for that. I generally find your posts some of the most informative and best thought out on A'gon. I have never heard your speakers, but they are very high up on my want to hear list! | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips How does one know if the chip is working properly or if defective?How is the customer support with these products when results are not heard and a defective device a possibility? | |
| In what price range do I need to go for a Dac ? DACs are intersting in that I find that very good performance can be had for not much these days most likely as a result of increased maturity associated with a large commercial market for products that use DACs. High end audio is a drop in the bu... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Lord help us!..if your not too busy with more important things.... | |
| What is your favorite 1 hit wonder from the 70's? "Oh Babe" ... one of my favs. | |
| In what price range do I need to go for a Dac ? There is a lot of variety in how DACs sound. You might just need a different flavor of DAC, not necessarily a better or more expensive one. I think the mhdt DACs are very good values and a great place to start to set a baseline to see if more is n... | |
| Fav. recordings that fell flat in a hi-end system For a while, until I got things tuned in, "Fear Of A Blank Planet" by Porcupine Tree fell flat in the dynamics department on my new OHM Walsh F5 speakers compared to my 35 year old custom modded OHm L bookshelf speakers (on stands), which were fil... | |
| Genesis Revisited Am I that predictable?o-o\_/ | |
| Recordings with BASS Thisand Thisand This | |
| Three recent, key learnings "Mapman, did you check and confirm all the math?"Hang on......The biggest challenge would be quantifying recording quality accurately. That's a largely subjective thing.But in my gut estimation, FWIW, I think its true that most recordings tend tow... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips "But if they are quantum mechanical in nature wouldn't that be big news?"Maybe. It all depends. The devil is in the details which apparently are not being disclosed in this case. So as presented, it cannot be assessed as anything beyond a marketin... | |
| Genesis Revisited The link: GEnesis Revisited II free stream | |
| Three recent, key learnings Most recordings are, well, average! No surprise there, assuming a Normal Distribution!Then there are a small % of really good ones and a small % of really bad ones. No surprise there either.However you achieve it, that is the best you can hope for... |