mapman
Responses from mapman
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? "There has long been a market for very expensive equipment new, by the standards of the day, and this equipment passes down to lesser mortals as the flavor of the month makes those pieces 'obsolete.'If true, and it well may be, then this essential... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? "If you like them and are happy to pay $25k for a pair of "entry level" monitors, great"Well, they are no doubt expensive and well built, but not sure I'd consider them "entry level" just because they are relatively small, if not light. They do wh... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? ALso, when I upgrade, I try to do it one reasonably small step at a time. That provides a better chance of getting it right and retaining value without overspending.Once you dump megabucks into that one silver bullet upgrade, cost being no object,... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? "Many vendors were focusing on the $25-32k range"Can a show targeting consumers in Newport Beach/Orange COunty California possibly be regarded as indicative of the world in general? No doubt this show would be targeting the high concentration of u... | |
| Best Inexpensive Preamp for DENON 103? Which Denon 103?I use 103R. It is a low output MC cart that has greater phono amplification requirements than many. I use a phono step-up transformer device with it and my ARC pre-amp to enable proper volume with low noise. If you have turn the vo... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Yes, I picked up my 5s this time of year a few years back before John closes up shop for July when he ran a sale on certain refurbished models. Definitely worth checking into. | |
| Fuses that matter. I am not an EE ( though I do have expertise in other areas of engineering) but what AL says makes sense. I would tend to think that if a fuse did make too much difference in sound quality that this might be an indicator of certain design elements ... | |
| "Best" 80's HiFi System Tandberg. OHM. Audio research. Magnepan. Kef. Klipsch. Nakamichi. Linn. Mc. | |
| What makes music so congested? Ok, i'm listening to the 1994 gastwirt remaster on cd of fragile off the triangle titus speakers in my rig. . The recording is quite good and sounds both lovely and powerful at times as if should! Not congested at all. Pretty close to the best vin... | |
| Magico Q7 . . . wow I noticed recently that a used pair of magico minis were going here for the same price as a pair of avantgarde trios. Just found that interesting. | |
| Need help fixing a Linn Axis Agree, thanks! I hope to never have to replace it but everything wears out eventually i suppose. | |
| Need help fixing a Linn Axis No problem i know of but it is 25 years old. It sounds the best ever still after my most recent round of tweaks including cart, pre-amp, etc. | |
| Need help fixing a Linn Axis Based on what my axis cost in 1987 when i bought it plus inflation plus other factors relating to the turntable market since, i suspect the actual cost to equal or exceed performance could be even higher. The axis with the denon dl103r is pretty h... | |
| Fuses that matter. Hilarious? Deceptive? I don't get it. Heavy, maybe but rings true. Let me activate my really clever little egg timer that i've been tinkering with to recalibrate the time decoding of my thoughts and see if that helps me get it maybe. | |
| Fuses that matter. Especially if it's their job and it's at least as hard or harder for anyone else to prove them wrong. Games people play.... |