mapman
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| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D I suspect our ears "dynamic level response" characteristics are not linear and are not able to detect subtle loudness differences at very low volumes as well as at louder volumes in general, so higher volume levels on average in general associated... | |
| Best Speakers You Have Ever Heard In Your Home Current OHM 5 series 3. | |
| Have you gotten great sound in a small er room? I have very good success in my 12X12 room using corner approach as described above + assymetrical and fairly wide placement of speakers relative to the corner. Works very well with both my smaller OHM omnis and Dynaudio Contour monitors. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report In my current playlist. Bob marley Teres Hammond the mills bros with count Basie social distortion Barclay James harvest collective soul ray Charles king crimson reverand organdrum moby | |
| Replacement for Squeezebox Touch? Logitech may yet come back around again and offer a wireless device suitable for use with hi fis like SB that uses their newer server software. Old LMS software used with SB was getting cluttered and problematic to maintain I think. Their new radi... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance One review I read indicated Daedulus were champs in the "tonality" dept. at RMAF. Probably not a coincidence...Speakers are kind of like wind socks and amps like the wind. The wind has to deliver enough air to keep the thing properly inflated. Rea... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance Which comes first, the speakers or the amp? :^)Guess which way amp makers tend to lean?And those who make speakers?The rest of us are more "moderate" and less extreme in our leanings I suppose.I am more in the "speakers" first camp. Just make sure... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? Wolf, you get your choice of who is in your corner: 1) me or 2) Kate Upton. I know this is a very "difficult" choice..... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? "The Dutch Mountains Messiah" Bo Versus "Lone" Wolf_garcia.Wrestlemania XXX! "No Sounds Barred" match! Special quest referee: Nipper, the RCA "Wonder Dog". Vince Mcmahan...make this happen! We will all be listening.... :^) | |
| Calling all Horn lovers "In my experience, good engineering is a necessary starting point but what distinguishes a good from a great sounding component is the musical sensitivity of its designer."Based on my experiences, I think there is a lot of truth to that when appli... | |
| Tube amps that kick ass? I heard a system once with DCS source, VTL pre-amp, and hefty VAC amps driving Magico mini speakers in a smaller dealer demo room. THis combo was uniquely striking and reference quality in particular in its ability to deliver orchestral strings fr... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? The truth! Finally! Lots of people looking for that. Bring it on..... :^) | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Also note that good full range hi efficiency horn systems will tend to be large and often quite expensive. But if you have the room to set them up well and the patience needed to get things integrated and set up just right, they are one of the ult... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Playing music through very high efficiency horns is the musical equivalent of looking through a microscope. Every minute detail will be more apparent, be it the music, noise, whatever. So lots of tweaks both large and small in scope may be needed ... | |
| Emerald Physics CS2.3 MkII Where's all the post RMAF buzz this year on Agon? I know the site is posting on teh show in its new hub section, but not seeing much discussed here in the forums this year compared to recent years. Am I missing out by spending time here rather tha... |