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Responses from mapman
| 6Moons.com vs. Stereo Times I was very sad to learn of John Potis' passing a couple years back and even sadder to learn afterwards that we were practically neighbors and I never had a chance to meet him, though he responded to a few email inquiries I had about amps for OHMs ... | |
| I can't handle digital after analog light my fire I was that way with CDs/digital from about 1998-2007. Then one day, a light bulb went off and I figured I must be doing something wrong. So I started a concentrated and past due extensive system upgrade to get my digital sounding as good as my vin... | |
| 6Moons.com vs. Stereo Times "But, as is typical of many 6Moons.com reviews, where twists and turns and tangents abound,"Ain't it the truth!6moons is kinda like a lot of journalism these days, part entertainment, part factual/news.As such it can be entertaining enough if you ... | |
| companies that modify equipment...opinions "Since you named names, why dont you read the review of the AR DAC8."I'll grant that digital is clearly not the forte of Audio Research. Not the first place I would look for the best nor best value digital solutions. I'm sure there are people quit... | |
| companies that modify equipment...opinions "Mapman - you talk like the engineers at the larger high-end audio companies are gods and somehow know all"Well, I had a SOny CD player once and it was fair at best.Don't care for proprietary expensive Apple stuff much either.The mhdt DACs I use a... | |
| companies that modify equipment...opinions "I agree totally with audioengr in that it CAN be a great way to go but you better do your homework."Amen to that!TO do the homework, one best be sure they are qualified or able to do it correctly as well!I have no doubt Audioengr is qualified and... | |
| companies that modify equipment...opinions " a simple tweak almost everyone can do is to replace the cheap cap in series with tweeter with a really high end ones. I replaced the mundorf silver/gold with teflon v-cap in my avantgarde omega duos. the difference is dramatic "How would that af... | |
| Genesis Revisited Overall, I found the sound quality to be quite good, definitely above average. I'd give it a 7-8 out of ten overall. Some cuts even higher perhaps. Acoustic guitars in particular sound fabulous in this go round and alone worth the cost of admissio... | |
| Advice on Equipment Upgrade Different ICs might help or make a difference.I'd recommend DNM Reson ICs for this application. THey are extremely clean and coherent with fantastic transient dynamics in my rig. If they do not help in the areas of concern, then probably no IC alo... | |
| Genesis Revisited Disc came yesterday. Got to listen to a good bit last night.In a nutshell: I loved it! THis time around Hackett has elected more to polish up these tunes for today's listener rather than attempt to embellish the originals with new arrangements or ... | |
| Class D amps? Here is the Stereophile writeup on teh BEl Canto ref10000M Class D monoblocks that I use. These were very well received in all aspects and I would agree that the sound overall at least with my gear is hard to fault, though the biggest strengths li... | |
| companies that modify equipment...opinions I suppose its a lot like tweaking except not as easily reversible if things do not work out for the better as intended. There is always more performance that can be squeezed out of anything. THe question is always does it add value? And what are t... | |
| It's All in Your Head "as i said, there can be two totally different perceptions of the same event"I'd be willing to take it further and say that there pretty much always will be to some extent. | |
| Do the laser cleaning CDs do anything? The scenario that has come up that prompted me to use my Discwasher device was when a player was already having problems playing discs reliably, ie skipping, dropouts, etc. and cleaning the disc itself did not help. At some point, if a player is a... | |
| Do the laser cleaning CDs do anything? I had such a device from Discwasher once. NEver could discern any difference using it. I stopped using devices like this in that they appeared to do no real good and could potentially do harm if say residue was left in place that might affect the ... |