mapman
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| Pubul57- audiophile, philosopher, and friend Very sad to hear that.I really did not know him outside audiogon but I live very close to Paul and we had discussed hooking up to audition each others gear not too long ago. I regret we did not have the chance to meet. My impression was he was a v... | |
| Converting Flac to Wav & Upconversion "With most DACs, this type of upsampling from 44.1 to 96 can be very beneficial."YEs, it can, but it all depends on what specifically is done during the upsampling and that is done correctly and that the playback system is sufficiently resolving a... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? My dog seems to think a lot of what he hears me play is real, especially animal sound effects, which he reacts to the same way as if real.A good omen. | |
| New Rogue Tube/Class D Hybrids I think I read the input impedance of the new Rogue amps is 200K ohms, which would make it most well suited for use with most any tube or ss pre-amp. | |
| Could use your advice re: tube gear River, I worked at Radio Shack for years years ago and I have a pair of weather-worn walnut Minimus 7s running off my main rig still out on my deck. They are hard to beat for their size and original cost ($100/pr or less when on sale). They used t... | |
| Bel Canto REF1000M vs. Simaudio Moon 400M It appears a bit larger and heavier being Class A/B rather then Class D. That would probably account for larger power supply. Also probably not as energy efficient I would expect. I've not heard the Sim so cannot compare the sound, other than to s... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved "Just because you find it relaxing, doesn't mean the Fishfeel relaxed as well."That's a great line Petty.Just so I understand, is what you are recommended to battle the tyranny rained upon us that we only play our CDs on CD players and not rip the... | |
| How long daes it take your gear to warm up? "Mapman, Your SP-16 is not warmed up in a matter of seconds. It has merey stabilized enough to be used."YEs, perhaps I did not say it clearly, but it warms up enough so that the relay switches on and "good" listening is possible as per ARC design.... | |
| Expensive Condo - Expensive Audio Last night's episode of "Million Dollar Rooms" on HGTV featured an audiophiles multi million dollar a/v room featuring walls of vinyl, large McIntosh tube amps all over, and some very large speakers. They'll probably show it again sometime. ALso t... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? TBG,That's a recording I am not familiar with but has appeal to me.Maybe I'll pick it up and see what I can hear.I see there are multiple CD versions/masterings on amazon. Which CD version specifically are you referring to?I do have this CD (one o... | |
| New Rogue Tube/Class D Hybrids "Not that science has anything to do with it."Wouldn't science say that lots of high gain tubes in the output stage of a power amp are more problematic in general from a maintenance and cost perspective, both of which affect the end user? Making t... | |
| How long daes it take your gear to warm up? My stuff generally sounds good from teh start but warm up does not hurt. Its important to me to be able to sit down and enjoy without a wait. Even the ARC sp16 tube pre-amp, which has a relay that turns on once the device warms up after power on i... | |
| Could use your advice re: tube gear What speakers are you targeting again? OR is that open as well?The pre-amp/amp/speaker combo together along with good quality source material is the key to max out what you seek.If speakers are open, getting something that will physically integrat... | |
| New Rogue Tube/Class D Hybrids Is Rogue the first to do this?Can't think of any other straight power amps I know of but this approach makes so much sense with so many speakers out there from what I can see that I'm surprised if no one else has done this yet. I just got done pre... | |
| New Rogue Tube/Class D Hybrids Sounds intriguing.I would expect something similar sounding to a good tube preamp/Class D power amp combo, but more for use with an existing SS preamp to help deliver a combo of the strengths of both tubes and Class D in a single relatively small ... |