mapman
Responses from mapman
| Explain Class D amps to "non audiophile friends" Fascinating technology!The main thing I wonder about is how much better even will it get over time for hifi audio purposes.There would still seem to be some practical upside in maturation of this particular technology though I would say it has cle... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Also I belive a Gundry dip refers to a dip in the 2-4 khz area with which I read some BBC monitors/speakers in particular are associated. Most speakers have crossover points somewhere in there as well but the OHMs crossover a fair bit higher, so i... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Bondman,Have you ever heard your buddy's system? I wonder what it is like?I could make the same observation about my OHMs versus my Dynaudios which both are run off my system concurrently in different rooms. The Dyn's always seem at least a touch ... | |
| Early digital recordings on vinyl vs. CD? Often, the extreme macro dynamics are the most distinctive feature about most early digital recordings on vinyl such as several from Telarc that I recall compared to others, including same recordings on CD, where the format puts a limit on dynamic... | |
| Fuses that matter. Bryon, Next go round try the liquid fuses that i have seen advertised here of late. Just be sure to not spring a leak. If you can't hear much difference with that one then i would punt for sure. I would expect a sound that is more, how to describe... | |
| Magico Q7 . . . wow I want to hear weasels in carnegie hall. "rzzzzz" | |
| Name your 5 favorite Led Zeppelin tracks. Physical graffiti: favorite album.There i made a decision albeit not the one asked for. | |
| recommendations for tube dampers??? I look at them as an insurance policy. The purpose is to reduce or eliminate microphonics which is a form of noise, not signal. Audio research seems to provide dampers with installed tubes and provide them with low noise tube replacement for the p... | |
| Fuses that matter. Bryon, I nominate you for the next nobel fuse prize! :-) Nice job. | |
| $$$Sensitive Speakers with $$Amps? ".. its nice to have some dynamic range available, even if it does not get used all that much."Not just dynamic range (difference between loudest and lowest levels) but headroom in general to go loud as needed even if the dynamic range is compress... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "I find that I forget about right speaker/left speaker as it becomes completely irrelevant."To take that a bit further, once dialed in the physical location of the speakers may be totally disassociated with the soundstage and location of things in... | |
| Magico Q7 . . . wow Assuming I could afford them (bad assumption currently with two kids still to go to college) before I would make a final judgement on their value/performance, I would have to hear them on some different systems.I think even my modest Minimus 7s wo... | |
| $$$Sensitive Speakers with $$Amps? Trelja,Its not clear to me what is the criteria by which you assess the SET versus push pull with the back-loaded horns.At what volumes are you comparing? Are you saying the SETs go both louder and clearer than the push-pulls? How about at lower v... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? No sound from speakers without amp.Amp got it easy without a source.No hear sound without ears, brain.My ears look funny. How about yours? When I cup my hands behind them everything becomes more musical! Cheap tweak! Girls laugh though. Bummer!How... | |
| Idol fans weigh in "I thought this was a hard core Hifi Club!"I get tired of talking about fuses and such sometimes.I'm a big Julianna Hough fan actually. I keep hoping she'll make another cameo appearance!Plus, hey it is live music of a sort that many watch, listen... |