Mike Lavigne's SystemJean-Fredrick, yes of course i remember you. and your visit as well as your ultimate plans to build a dedicated room once you were more settled in one place. are you building the room in France? or... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemfor those interested; here is a link to a thread on vinyl compared to tape related to my abo... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemthank you Francisco, for the explanation.i look forward to trying it in my system with amps without the BNC/50ohm circuit. posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemto be clear; i do feel that the very best master dubs will still better the best vinyl, the only question is by how much? if i were to pull out my 5 or 6 very best tapes i expect they will ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPeter,agree that RTR has many levels as does vinyl. and the difference between your story and mine, is that i have spent 6 years heavily investing in RTR tape and optimizing that format per... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi've really been enjoying listening to vinyl lately thru the NVS-Telos-Anna-dart and today something happened that put things in a bit of perspective with a small dose of objectivity.RTR ta... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi did not use any BNC T adapter with a 50 ohm plug terminator with the BNC-RCA adapter. i'd appreciate if you could e-mail me a link for the parts to do that and i will acquire them. many t... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSorry for lack of clarity.....what cable do you use from your preamp to your TUBE amps?no problem. i had Scott Sheaffer, of Found Music, who built my 2a3... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Mike,great to hear from you.i agree on the Wave Kinetics speaker footers. i've not used those yet as i already have other speaker footers i like. but when i get the MM7's i will ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJazdoc, thanks for your typical elegant wisdom.and Zephyr, i can relate to enjoying the wonder of fine audio (in a relative sense) at every step too. i remember how i felt on top of the wor... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemNobrainer,yes; i use the EA BNC cables both from the dart pre to the dart amp, and from the Playback Designs MPS-5 to the dart pre. i use the dart BNC's (made by Herve) from my King Cello t... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJlind,i appreciate the support; however i think Actusreus is not intending harm and has sincere opinions (however misplaced and inappropriate for this forum they may be).i have no p... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemActusreus,i think it's fair for you to question whether i should have used the term 'occupy' in my response to you. it is certainly a polarizing term these days. i think yes, it is fair and... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemActusreus,thanks for the kind words.i think it's a mistake to confuse system investment for net worth.....or even more.....for fortunate circumstances. there are wealthy among us he... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemActusreus,hummmm. does a moniker meaning "guilty act" provide any clues to where you are coming from? do you feel guilty about investing in fine audio? and when those with more mo... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Evolution Acoustics and Brazilian TubesJames,congrats on the amps, they look stunning! and i'll bet they sound stunning too.best regards, posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemwow!! double Wow!!i'm listening to a Joe Chambers drum solo from 'Chief Crazy Horse' off the Wayne Shorter, Adam's Apple 45rpm reissue from Music Matters. disc 2, side 4. the whole side. posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, just one thought on your reasonable premise that careful execution counts for more than a unique engineering approach. I'd generally agree with you, but I don't think you f... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemabove a few posts there was discussion about the MM7's and the crossover. i found an explanation on the Evolution Acoustics website which goes much further than i could to explain how Kevin Malmgre... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMarc,i would tend to agree with Agear and Lew as far as absolutes about design approaches. sometimes i've also felt that there was only one approach that was best, or at least obviously bet... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemGreat Sam, see you in June! posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemDavid,thanks. i do recall that you were among the ones suggesting that i needed the MM7's. i guess i'm somewhat predictable. :-)just like the MM3's, the crossover of the MM7's is in... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMarc,no doubt that there are other more cost effective ways to sonic nirvana than my choices. many times i wish that i had taken a more modest path.....then i think....naaaahhh. :-)... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSpirtofmusic,one more thing; i've not heard the Oswald Mills Imperia or Monarch Concrete horns. if i get a chance to hear them, i'll do it and report. all Jonathan Weiss's gear looks fantas... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi cannot edit my above post; so let me say what i should have said is "i have not heard horns have true full frequency range and top to bottom coherence". i can only speak to things i hav... posted about 14 years ago | View comment |