mapman
Responses from mapman
| Absorb or Diffuse in between speakers? "As a rule of thumb, I usually absorb between box speakers and diffuse between dipoles and bipoles"Omnis diffuse naturally and save having to deal with directional issues for the most part. | |
| Fuses that matter. "Time comes when design engineer has to be shot so that design can be released to production"I like that!The fact is that in the real world, designs have target dates and/or deadlines so product can be brought to market and designers move on to th... | |
| HasCD sound exceeded expectations since 1983? Seems like every 30 years is the cycle when music format experiences a major change.CD has matched 331/3 lps and hifi in general prior to it in longevity. The music indistry is pretty saturated these days and there is more competition for entertai... | |
| Idol fans weigh in Steven tyler and aerosmith performed. | |
| Idol fans weigh in Yep.. It's philip. | |
| Idol fans weigh in Jlo... In the spotlight again. | |
| Idol fans weigh in Philip is. Singing with john fogerty and sounding good together....... | |
| What happened to the "Recent Discourse" under "Discussion Forums" takes you to all the latest and greatest words of wisdom. | |
| 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... |