mapman
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| Excellent IC's yet a little mellow up top? MIT ICs I have tried are excellent and mellow up top compared to others I use. I think you can find MIT ICs for less than $750 that fit that bill. I'd recommend trying those first before dropping big bucks on wires. | |
| Headphones? Anyone? AKG has always had a lot to offer audiophiles for quite some time now. If I were to add another pair, AKG is where I might look first. | |
| Laying it on the line My opinion is that no two products that are different in design and construction in any way are "the same". They are clearly different.Then the issue becomes how much different and does it really matter?Then things become harder in that the only a... | |
| Review Fantastic 4 - 4 USB DACs Face Off I'd love to read some DAC shootouts that compare some well reviewed <$1000 DACs like mhdt or BEnchmark with others at various price points including a DCS DAC, which I suspect is one of the best.That might really get some folk's dander up thoug... | |
| A dilemma: Modern sound, Musical Bliss or both? I'm not so sure its a true dilemma. Modern sound does not necessarily forgo musical bliss.There is good modern sound and bad modern sound just like there is good and bad vintage sound.So you can have your cake and eat it too but you gotta do the h... | |
| A dilemma: Modern sound, Musical Bliss or both? "the surest sign that a loudspeaker will provide long term satisfaction is if during audition you find yourself enjoying the music so much that you are not thinking about loudspeakers at all"Amen brother. | |
| Laying it on the line Audio is like cooking. All you really need to make a tasty dish is a good recipe and some good quality ingredients that need not be the most expensive. | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. Hey I agree! That's kinda like what I said early on. | |
| A dilemma: Modern sound, Musical Bliss or both? Try to get in as much audition time with the Avalon as you can before buying then decide. Try to audition with the rest of the gear you will be starting with in the same system. Do not discount value of minor tweaks like ICs, clean power, etc. as ... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Well, a belief in magic in its truest sense will certainly come in handy I suspect with a device like that! Magic may be the modern frontier of audio tweaks after all! When all else fails...... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? "The so-called experts - the "many" - still don't understand wire directionality (or dismiss it), why one cable can sound better than another one that measures better, why tiny little acoustic bowls have such a dramatic impact on bass frequencies,... | |
| Does mfg's name/model affect your opinion of sound Personally, there are certain "gold standard" brands for good sound (or at least the companies behind the brand) that carry special weight with me based on personal experience over the years and the general knowledge base out there that I have rea... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? "The problem with many tweaks that can't be explained or have difficult to swallow explanations is that knowledge or expertise in the sciences of electronics and acoustics is no longer sufficient to judge them."Yep, that sure is the problem.When o... | |
| Rethinking my system: Your ideas are appreciated My OHM Walsh speakers are to my Dyn monitors what you describe you are looking for.My Dynaudio monitors are big overachievers for their size and sound much bigger than one might think, but you need bigger speakers (and perhaps more power to go wit... | |
| Does mfg's name/model affect your opinion of sound Isn't the whole idea of having a "brand" to affect people's opinion?I have to think that any concept so universally applied must be fairly effective overall.Of course, we are all smarter than to fall for all that brand malarky, right? |