mapman
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| OHM 5000 V. 4000 Please confirm with John Strohbeen but I believe 5000s have 4 separate 3-way on-board adjustments to help tailor the sound to the room, similar to the older 5s that I own. They enable the 5000s to go into a wider range of room sizes but also provi... | |
| Why does better power = better sound? "I'd love to attend a shootout of top power conditioners like Audience, Shunyata, Synergistic Research, Tripoint, etc.."Yes, me too.Ideally this would occur in my room and with my power.I'd settle for a/b testing of any of these with my setup comp... | |
| Speakers sound best facing wall???? "It ain't supposed to work, but it does."I'm assuming you are referring to reflected sound?If so, it absolutely does work! Just listen to any live un-amplified acoustic performance for proof.Its also at work in most any home setup through speakers... | |
| Best beer "Brew Free or Die IPA" is the one I have had recently that sticks out in my mind. An outstanding and very distinctive tasting IPA. | |
| Absorb or Diffuse in between speakers? "Unfortunately, I think the real answer is - try an inexpensive method to test both and wee shat works for your situation before you buy something more permanent. Every room is different."Good answer. Agree with that. | |
| Why does better power = better sound? "With the Audience aR6-TS in my system, it’s as if I can walk through my speakers and literally shake hands with the musicians. "I have a lot of problems pulling the trigger on power upgrades in my case.I know cleaner power can make a difference. ... | |
| Early digital recordings on vinyl vs. CD? There was a box of free records to pick through at the last audio show I attended. One of the ones I picked was a mid 80's digital classical recording on Angel records. Ughh. The price was right! Not horrible really, but definitely below par.So ye... | |
| Speakers sound best facing wall???? You can orient your speakers any way you want. IF it works for you, then that's really all that matters. Congratulations on an innovative solution that likely also saved you a lot of $$$$s otherwise.I can relate to some degree. When I sit at my de... | |
| Explain Class D amps to "non audiophile friends" Tony,If you are not accepting due to a pre-conception about what a good amplifier looks like, or even how it works, then I might venture to say you are on the wrong path.IF you have heard a Class D amp and are not convinced, then I would say your ... | |
| Explain Class D amps to "non audiophile friends" "Semiconductors are getting much faster every year including high current Mosfets."Exactly!Much technological progress over the last half century has evolved around the speed of semiconductors as evident in the myriad of increasingly functional el... | |
| 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... |