mapman
Responses from mapman
| A Capital Audiofest 2012 thread Pops, I recall the sound in the room with the Devore's being promising and I would have spent more time in if I could. Unfortunately, I had only enough time to pop in, listen for a minute or two and leave. | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved Chad,May I send my Jack Russell Terrier for some lessons?You will probably have more success educating him. He is very smart AND a good listener. :-) | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Sailcappy,FWIW, one thing that can help somewhat that I do not see mentioned in your story, is learning how to leverage component specifications into the buying decision. This is the only way to inject anything objective into the complex decision ... | |
| Jon Lord Deep Purple Sad to hear.Yes, will definitely crank up Highway Star tonight in honor! | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Sailcrappy,I drive a 1996 Toyota 4Runner. My wife drives a 2004 Toyota Avalon.Recently, we had to replace the key for the Avalon. Cost: about $300. No fooling!Why? The car has to be reprogrammed for the new key to work.The key essentially opens an... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? There should be a thread where all frustrated audiophiles get to bare their soul. That could provide some interesting reads. Maybe this thread is the one? | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? At Capital Audio Fest, I got to finally hear high end Atmasphere amps driving the Classic Audio field coil speakers, which has been on my to do list for a long time. Two Words: very nice!Everything I heard was sourced from vinyl, mostly acoustic m... | |
| A Capital Audiofest 2012 thread Gsm,I agree with your second paragraph in particular. Too much information to process in too little time under less than ideal circumstances. That is why I try to not be too judgmental at that point. Even the three rooms whose sound was below par ... | |
| Diana Krall Survey Contraltos in general are a relatively hard sell for female vocals I think. Contralto is the lowest normal range for a female singer I believe, making it the least distinguished from male vocals. A contralto has to up the ante in other complimenta... | |
| Imaging Demo Songs? Echoes is a good one from Floyd for this. | |
| A Capital Audiofest 2012 thread Trel,I'm not sure our assessments are all that different. I was very pressed for time and attempted to hit all the rooms. Other than the ones I mentioned, which for various reasons I spent more time with, I was mostly just assessing pass/fail. If ... | |
| A Capital Audiofest 2012 thread Sal, Some of those you mentioned might have caught my ear more had i more time to absorb. Some rooms i was in and out of very fast if nothing caught m eye or ear uniquely. The audio note room was one i was interested in and spent 20 minutes or so ... | |
| Searching for better 2 channel performance? TO nail the imaging use most any recording on the Mapleshade or vintage Mercury Living Presence labels. Try some mono recordings also to get a sharp focused centrally located image which is usually a good omen then for stereo.Usually, some distanc... | |
| Imaging Demo Songs? Check out Mapleshade CDs. Their recordings are specifically designed to do this well.On the vintage side most look at Mercury Living Presence label recordings on vinyl or CD.Surprisingly, mono recordings are useful for this. Generally a well focus... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved If PO's argument is based on the general dummying down of America's mass market consumers, then I think he has a valid argument.Luckily, that has been going on forever, and where there is enough market and interest (like hopefully in good sound) t... |