Mike Lavigne's SystemElberoth2,thank you for the recommendation on the Ancient Audio Silver Grand mono SET's. i will watch for the opportunity to listen to them. they sound like they are worth seriously conside... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Vicente,thanks for the kind comments, and greetings to Brazil. you have a beautiful room and system there.i'm glad you enjoy your MPD-5; i mostly use my MPS-5 as a server dac now... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's Systemsorry if my choice of 'pistols at dawn' caused any panties to get in a bunch. these days i suppose it's understandable that web masters have low tolerances for non-PC sayings, particularly dealing ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert,forgive me for jumping in here......regarding Jazdoc's beautiful Experience Music phono and preamp in my room, and why it did not quite gel.first of all, it's a work ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemand on another note, we are getting a rain and wind storm here in the mountains east of Seattle at the moment, and the lights have flickered 3 or 4 times......but.....with the Equi=tech isolation t... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemin between 'honey-do' stuff i need to do for SWMBO before the gang arrives, i am getting a chance to listen.i just threw the Diana Krall 'Christmas Songs' Lp on the table and wow, that is o... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Audioblazer,and Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you too.congrats on the Savoy Sigs, a very nice speaker. i think your situation is quite different from my Evoluti... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemOh, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too James! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Wilsons, darTZeel, Vinyl and Tubeshi Mike,i see your darTZeel comment above and could not agree more, the dart pre and amp just do everything so 'right' that you just listen to music and don't give them a second thought. so... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi James,you will love the NVS! it is the real deal. the Talea 1 will be super on it, and the A90 too.i cannot imagine a 'bad' cartridge match for a Talea 1 or 2....or the NVS for t... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert,great feedback on the arms, and look forward to more as you go along.looking at pics of the SME and Talea 2 on the Mk3, i predict that your perception of bass energy and arti... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert,nice picture of the NVS with the larger halo. i liked the look with small halo; i like it better with the larger one.glad you finally have the NVS in house, and look forward ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemGary,thanks for your views/raves on the NVS-Telos. as we both are hearing, it moves the reference waay out there. but it also makes us think more about the enjoyment of the music, and how m... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemAlan,i do have 4 other good RTR decks here as references to compare to the A820/King Cello, but thanks for the thoughtful advice. :)and a Happy Holidays to you too. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi've been pretty low key about the NVS and Telos for awhile. adding the Telos to the NVS resulted in an added 38 pounds of (1) larger halos, (2) larger stainless steel arm boards, and (3) much heav... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,systems need to fit our life styles, and you are already at a wonderful level of performance. so enjoy your system and upgrade as it makes sense. and have a Happy Holidays! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,sorry for the delay in my response, i've been out of town since early last week with a convention, a separate business meeting and a wedding in another city. it's great to be home.... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Mike,thanks. everything gets blamed on me. :)i think you have a good plan, de-coupling footers do improve system performance in my experience. you already experienced that with y... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJames,you are most welcome. isn't it great when your system has taken a step forward and you get to hear all your music 'fresh' with a new level of enjoyment. i love that.if i did n... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJames,congrats on the MM2's. the seamless integration of the powered subs does surprise people. looking at the 7 inch mids and the 15" subs it is hard to believe they integrate, but they ab... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJacob,i don't know what i was thinking. i meant the opposite, that i prefer the new CJ amp's to the old ones.you don't miss much, do you?when i sold my Rockport i took a set... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemKostas,i have made a few of my own 1/2" dubs from various sources just to play around. and i'm getting Series 3 from the Tape Project in 1/2" instead of 1/4". if i do any live recording in ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemDavid,sure; i could be more politically correct and simply hide behind matters of taste, and that i've not heard everything in my system. maybe that would have been better.however; ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhey Guys,thanks for all the feedback. from each specific perspective i think i mostly agree with the comments....even thou they maybe appear to conflict a bit.regarding my perspecti... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemCyrus,i sure agree that VAC amps are excellent sounding. no doubt VAC would sound very nice in my system.however; the purity of an SET with tube rectification (particularly mercury ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment |