mapman
Responses from mapman
| Wow, everything posted for sale is ''light use''?? I tend to believe most on this site keep their gear in good shape and these represent fair values used for the most part.Of course always exceptions.And sure, sellers always look to put the best spin on a product no matter what or where. Exaggerat... | |
| Tube DAC Conundrum I have a tube dac and pre-amp. Can't practically leave tube gear on. Too risky! So I don't. SS amps, DACs, etc. I often do. | |
| Are CD players dead if it were me, I would have kept the lp format for the packaging at least as an option for those who care and just stuck the CD in that instead of a record. Packaging and overall end user utility took a big hit with CDs. If they would have done th... | |
| Are CD players dead I want it all and I want it now!!! | |
| Tube Life Having an extra reference set to compare to is the best way to know for sure how another set is performing. Or else you might just trust your ears enough to detect a problem that matters when it sneeks in. | |
| Purpose of using same speakers for surround? IF they all sound similar, it makes it easier to tweak teh rest of the system for optimal performance.If they dont', it may well sound good or not, just perhaps harder to tweak to get to a desired result. | |
| Are CD players dead "whoever thought that something would make us nostalgic for CDs"Nothing will make me nostalgic for CDs. They are what they areand are a fact of life. Part of what they are and have always been is lousy packaging that is nondescript, fragile, small... | |
| Just Turned 50... If you are 50 and still hearing up to 20khz like a kid you are part of a significant minority based on what I have read and understand about how our ears age normally.Other than loss of ability to hear higher frequencies, your ears are probably be... | |
| Replacing ARC SP-12 I think you jump brands with tube gear mainly when you clearly seek a significantly different sound. There can be a lot of variability in how tube gear sounds, so changing from something that sounds good already could be risky, especially with the... | |
| Don't Feel Guilty Spending $$$ "Plus if I don't spend it my wife will. "A common scenario. I can relate. I tend to let my wife do most of the spending (within reason) because she likes to shop and gets more pleasure out of it in general than I do so that makes us both happy. My... | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus "Classical music is not a niche market in Europe. It is alive and well."My sister just spent a week in Vienna and when I asked she told me she had no prayer of going to the opera there due to demand and ticket costs. | |
| Too Many Tubes? "tube rolling & DSP are fundamentally different in that tubes may hv additive or subtractive characteristics in specific freq ranges, but they do not introduce addt'l layers of circuitry, s/ware algorithm, &/or other forms of complexity ac... | |
| Don't Feel Guilty Spending $$$ It's all a matter of means and priorities. No right or wrong.Having said that, I tend to feel guilt whenever I buy myself something that I maybe do not really need. Maybe that money would be better spent elsewhere either now or later? My parents (... | |
| Logitech Squeezebox sound compared to CD Player TM, good luck. We'll be interested in your findings. Let me know if I can be of any help with the Touch. | |
| Too Many Tubes? It's funny how many audio people are able to accept the benefits of tube rolling and its effect on sound for better or for worse but cannot digest other approaches to customizing the sound, like digital signal processing, tone controls, etc.The re... |