mapman
Responses from mapman
| Audiogon's most knowledgeable PC Audio gurus? Yes, gotta admit I thought of Pettyofficer too when I first saw this thread. Almarg and Steve Nugent are good choices. Kijanki is another whose posts on the topic I generally take to heart. | |
| Ideas for Krell-ish sound, but less heat? I've heard some very good and very bad systems with Krell amps. The common link among the good ones have been use with Martin Logan speakers. I have heard similar sound with MLs using Classe amplifiers. Have also heard Krell amps sound very good s... | |
| why do we argue? "accepting the validity of other people's point of view requires great humility."Agreed. Humility is a virtue!One thing I have learned over the years is that often the most valuable insights come from those who look at thing from a totally differe... | |
| Fuses that matter. "Yes I know full well about priorities but it seems you are posting more and therefore possibly listening to music less."Nope. Listening to music and working out take up the majority of my leisure time. Posting is a distant third and does not take... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? FWIW, I'd be willing to bet that if someone did a study, there would be a strong correlation between age groups and the kinds of systems that they think sound best or worst. Less so for the ones they think just sound good. | |
| decware err radial speakers Yep, omnis/radials are the minority. Conventional more directional speakers are somewhat in the same fold as a shiksa from the minority perspective.Those of us in the tribe know what can happen there!:-) | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? "I know, I'll just get me a 20 something year old girlfriend. No, that won't work either. My 50+ year old plumbing would probably prevent me from enjoying that,too."OR the other way around....(insert smiley face).Viagra would be the right tweak ma... | |
| why do we argue? The Classic Monty Python Argument Sketch | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I acquired my 100S3's second hand first as a test. THese may have been somewhat broken in by the prior owner but nit certain. Totally foreign sound at first listen. Then I gradually got tuned in and tweaked. Based on that, then eventually I bought... | |
| Magico Q7 . . . wow Here's some info on Luxury Goods. Magicos qualify I would say. CLearly, so do "luxury cars".It is what it is. Value is in the eye of the consumer.I love my Toyota Avalon! | |
| The Problem with Synergistic Research "It is worth noting, that not all companies have such a short product cycles. "Glad someone pointed that out!FOr example, OHM Walsh speakers have been around for over 30 years and are currently in their 4th revision level I believe. I have owned t... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Moth my current OHMs sounded totally foreign to me when I first hooked them up despite having owned Walsh 2s for years. The thought that they sounded like crap at first listen probably crossed my mind. It's a combo of the speakers breaking in and ... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? "Anyone over 50 years of age can not tell the difference between $10K and $100K of speaker. It is a fact of aging."Not exactly. Ability to hear high frequencies diminishes with age usually the case with those over 50 like myself, but most can stil... | |
| Fuses that matter. "Hey with all this continuing banter about nothing.When do you guys have time to LISTEN to the components you know so well, let alone tweek them "I can only speak for myself. I often banter while I listen.I'd much rather listen than dabble with fu... | |
| Fuses that matter. Sorry, Geoff. I'd consider that a form of obfuscation so it does not seem appropriate to me. You are much better suited to the task than me. I'd recommend picking a specific topic per thread not 9 seemingly random ones at once for best results. |