mapman
Responses from mapman
| Fuses that matter. "Thank you, Roger, for bringing the expertise of a distinguished designer to this issue."Amen.My best opinion is that a fuse that effects the sound in a significant manner is defective and should be replaced by one that is not. | |
| Clearwave Speakers? Acurus,Noted. THanks.The reviewer in this case seemed off the mark to me in his approach. I am not familiar with details of the Accuton but have heard some good things and have read where RAAL ( or perhaps even just ribbon tweeters in general) may... | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? My latest discovery that is stuck in my head is "Mr. Saxobeat" by Alexandra Stan. | |
| Prog Rock Enough fantastic Steve Hackett solo music already since he left Genesis years a go around to get lost in for quite some time alone. Steve seems to always have something a bit different and unexpected up his sleeve.... | |
| Name your 5 favorite Led Zeppelin tracks. Can't pick just 5 or even decide which I like best. Too many! Too varied! Sorry. | |
| Prog Rock IF you like classic Renaissance, you might also give "Blackmore's Night" a listen. I'd start with their "Shadow of the Moon" album.And yes the guitar player is THAT Blackmore and the vocalist is his steamy and talented wife Candice Night who's voc... | |
| Clearwave Speakers? I am very skeptical of inexpensive designs built around expensive SOTA tweeters these days.THe reason is that I started out in audio with a tweeter fascination and soon realized that was a bad strategy. Why? Because very little in music occurs in ... | |
| Floorstanders with a large sweetspot Yes, agree with PSB for something more conventional that I have heard that also excels. I could probably live with those! From my experience, those still sound best a couple feet out from the walls. Most speakers do, though some are designed to go... | |
| Where to go after Bel Canto Ref1000MKII Doggie,THe BC ref1000m has very high damping factor, 1000, perhaps the highest of any amp I know of. That was a selling point for me in my application with my large OHM 5 speakers that are known to benefit from high damping.Do you know damping fac... | |
| Is anyone thinking about building Walsh drivers? "Living presence indeed! You need a Walsh to get it."Yes, would have to agree.I just received the 51 CD MLP box set and am in process of ripping to music server. I am looking forward to quite a treat!If you take a good MLP recording to the limit w... | |
| Floorstanders with a large sweetspot How close to the rear and side wall? Ohms are made to go somewhat close but flush is not a good idea. 1.5 to 2feet or so canwork quite well. More will tend to deepen the soundstage mostly. | |
| Components that you regret parting with? "von schweikert vr-1 monitors--traded 'em to my dimwit dentist"Maybe not so dim in hindsight????? :-)I sold my Philips 312 to my crafty cousin.The Tandberg found it's way back home to a buyer in Norway.The Akai went to VHS heaven finally after pro... | |
| The ideal auditorium? Blank canvas Mani+ Marty have pretty much nailed it.I'd only add listen first before adding treatments. They are easy to add and may or may not be needed.Also I find any wall adornments/decorations, including even block style picture frames with an inch or so ... | |
| Components that you regret parting with? - Tandberg tr-2080 receiver - classic looks and great performance- Philips 312 turntable - sexy beast with surprisingly good performance- Akai HiFi VHS player/recorder - the only VHS player/recorder I ever owned that an audiophile could love | |
| Clearwave Speakers? Nope.The review leaves the impression that the value statement for this design revolves around the RAAL tweeter, if that's what floats one's boat. If the rest can keep up and deliver as well, this might be a contender. 90db sensitivity is a plus a... |