mapman
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| Is soundstage just a distortion? The question about soundstage height is a good one.I am pretty sure this is more attributable to the playback system and room acoustics than how the source is recorded in that I do not think two channel stereo format is suitable for capturing heig... | |
| Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice. C'mon, lot's of nice voices and talent mentioned, but none of these more unusual than Eartha Kitt, right?I'd say pretty uniquely mesmerizing as well. | |
| Will either of the speakers work in 17X17 room. mbl 101e bass was fine, "tight and controlled", articulate detailed, etc. when I heard them , but audition room was fairly large and well tuned acoustically. I would have some concern they might be a bit much in the bass in a 17X17 room out of the... | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time this would be me sitting in the horn section playing Mahler's 3rd | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time If I were a classical horn player, I'd aspire most to play in a performance of Mahler's third symphony !I understand the perspective but would tend to disagree that the greatest composers wrote all forms. In the case of Mahler, for example, I reca... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Tobe,My approach in landing on the Bel Cantos was No Holds Barred, to try and land the best amps I could afford that looked best on paper. It worked out well, but you could be right, and I might have been able to save some dough accordingly. I wou... | |
| Is soundstage just a distortion? I have one old Mercury Perfect Presence lp where the liner notes and graphics provide exact detail on performer's locations on stage during recording, the goal for the recording being to reproduce that, and for the listener to have a clear referen... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? First question for me is what Class D amp modules D-Sonic uses now. Most of what I have read has been speculationReading info on Pascal site again, Pascal may not be the most impressive Class D amp out there on paper compared to other newcomers I ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? BTW, I considered the older D-Sonic Icepower based amps at the time but ended up going with Bel Canto for significantly more cost. THe 10K input impedance rating of those older D-Sonics plus no special robust design for the Power supply to the Ice... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? TObe,10K ohm input impedance may be fine for many tube pre-amps, but I would just note that there are some Class D amps designed to work well with any pre-amp, inlcuding tube, like Wyred4Sound and Bel Canto, that introduce 60Kohm or higher input i... | |
| Will either of the speakers work in 17X17 room. mbl will work but probably are designed for a larger room in order to realize the full value.If you have heard and like mbl it might be worth checking out the OHM speaker line. There are large and small OHMs sized specifically for specific size ro... | |
| Audiogon purchase: too good to be true? Also make sure the device is actually worth whatever you pay.Discounts off advertised retail prices are often not a good indicator of actual value in the end. Retail price may be set mainly for marketing reasons. Then when real value of product be... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? ALso if anyone is interacting with D-Sonic to buy, if you can ask them to confirm what Class D modules their newer amps use, I would really like to know for sure. Pascal Class D modules have been inferred elsewhere where I have read but not confir... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I'd check the input impedance spec of the newer D-Sonic amps.The older ones were stock Icepower, 10K ohm input impedance, not a great match for most higher output impedance pre-amps, like most tube pre-amps. DOn't know about Placette specifically.... | |
| Is soundstage just a distortion? "This is a major reason why so many recordings and orchestras sound more and more the same in this day and age - not only are players all over the world sounding more and more the same, and regional differences are being lost, the recordings thems... |