mapman
Responses from mapman
| What is your experience with amp power? In general smaller speakers with extended bass, which tend to be the most popular and the least efficient, require high power high current SS amps to sing. Larger and more efficient speakers may be easier to drive but often lack of extended bass i... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Some speakers benefit from current and damping. Not all watts are created equal. Most good SS amps deliver a lot of current and have corresponding high damping. Not a fan of lesser built high power SS amps that deliver lots of watts but not m... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Some speakers benefit from current and damping. Not all watts are created equal. Most good SS amps deliver a lot of current and have corresponding high damping. Not a fan of lesser built high power SS amps that deliver lots of watts but not m... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Most tube amps soft clip. Most SS amps hard clip. Many newer Class D amps also soft clip. Soft clipping gives the illusion of going louder overall (like “loudness wars”) but the dynamic peaks are suppressed. Clipping is public enemy #1 of good s... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Depends mainly on how far you are from speakers and how loud you want to go. Some speakers will benefit from higher damping factor in particular , others less so. Having said that, more power in a line of amps will never hurt. Much like a bigger ... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus “The Crystal Ship” Doors tribute band many years ago. Only concert that had prolonged negative effects on my ears. More recently, The big screen at M&T Bank Stadium where the Ravens play routinely shows db levels above 120, which is not a goo... | |
| Need advice on building a system from a mishmash of components! Take your time and try the different combos and compare. Older gear is always somewhat more unpredictable regarding how well they work and resulting sound plus in the end what sound one prefers is always highly subjective to start with. | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align “Awaken” by Yes on their 50th anniversary live release. Recorded in Philly I believe. Awesome in every way. | |
| Is Imaging Worth Chasing? Yes it is worth pursuing to have it all and if you are not getting it something is wrong that probably would not be a big deal to fix. These days it’s mostly about having just good quality gear including speakers that fit the room and are set up... | |
| New Class D amplifiers You will get all kind of opinions but bottom line is you have to try it and see if a class d amp works for you. It has for me for many years and I have heard it all at shows, dealers. Etc. Everyone has a spin. Bottom line is class d is as viable a... | |
| My opinion; @dayglow Are you really equating the sound of rap on a good hifi to that on a boombox? Oh my…… | |
| My opinion; I think a lot of hifi enthusiasts have it out for rap specifically because their systems melt down trying to deliver the bass in a lot of rap music. Just my opinion regarding rap hate posters here. It is what it is ie music. Some relate others not... | |
| Ray Charles - "Rap is not music" Reader take note that title of this thread gives you fair warning what to expect in regards to people who think something is true just because that is their opinion. Rap is music. Look it up! Cheers! | |
| Female vocalist recommendations Check out Aurora. | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs @larsman yes I agree. Can’t handle record noise anymore now that we are well into the digital age. I just got an ultrasonic cleaner and finally I can stand to listen to records more once again. |