Mike Lavigne's SystemJason and Harel,i must say that overall i agree with your perspectives. i want the 2a3 amps to work so i'm searching for what they do that i love. and yes, there is plenty to love. and no, ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemHarel,regarding the Telwire, both HC and non-HC. i still have both my Telwire power cables which i use from time to time on temporary gear in my system. i agree, an excellent value in a pow... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemHarel,one point i forgot to make about power cables.my viewpoint changed on what type power cord i needed before and after my Equi=tech 10WQ isolation transformer/distribution panel... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemHarel,great choice of gear! congrats!agree on the Evolution BNC interconnect cables; they are amazing and when used with the dart 'zeel' interface are unsurpassed.recently i... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemDavid,thanks for the kind words.the only gear i leave powered on 24/7 is my digital player/dac, the active amps in my Evolution Acoustics speakers, the darTZeel preamp, and (when i'... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike and Charles,no doubt these particular 2a3 amps are special, even for 2a3's. especially now that these amps have around 200 hours on them. and from a particular perspective they do now ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,thanks. i'm glad you like the pictures...they were long overdue.and yes, three watts. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemEd,my speakers are 93db efficent, with a 6 ohm load. my speakers have active bass amplification. the 2a3's are marginal for my system; but most people might think three watts has no chance.... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemIsh, thanks. i've always wanted to have a tube amp as a different view on the music; but until i heard the 45 tube amps last winter in my room nothing had really got me excited enough to pu... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPeter,thanks. honestly i'm going to try and take better ones. but this morning i just wanted to get it done to clear out all the outdated information.....and get the gear list updated.<... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Joe,thanks. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemEd,thanks for the kind comments.i've got about 150 hours now on the Found Music 2a3 monos. and i've been listening to them for the last 4-5 days exclusively. i love the amps. there ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPeter,the dimensions are; 29' x 21' x 11'.the room is somewhat an oval.....with curves and angles and no 90 degree corners. the length is from the door surface to the deepes... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSam,thanks.excellent news on the 1/2" A820. i'll watch for your comments on how you think it differs from the 1/4". posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSystem edited: updated main system pictures today to current, long overdue. next i'll work on changing equipment pics. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMikelakers,sorry for the delay in response...it's been a busy week.i don't have any of the special plugs yet to connect the Nagra IV-S to any other gear. so i've not yet listened to... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemGary.Amen. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi'm re-posting the Nagra IV-S pics from above (yesterday) after photoshoping them. i posted them quickly and had not taken the time to correct them. i deleted the links to the other pics. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi David,in my post just above i somewhat answered your question. all three D... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, my wife told me the same thing 30 years ago & we've been married 32 years.let me know how that works out?i've been married to my wonderful wife... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemWanna wager a nice bottle of Scotch on that? ;-)no. ;-) posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi've been watching ebay auctions for Nagra IV-S tape decks for awile. knowing i could not really rationalize spending money on one, since what would i really do with it? but they continued to attra... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPeter, you are most welcome. the Beat is an excellent turntable and only the NVS kept me from likely owning it a very long time. you can't go wrong with it.and yes; i'm a DD guy (and idler ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPeter,yes; i did have the Talea 2/A90 on both The Beat and the NVS. and the last few months with The Beat i was using the darTZeel phono stage which i have used with the NVS/Talea 2 too. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemsometimes (maybe more than sometimes :>)) I get pretty caught up in the excitement of a new addition to my system. that's why we do this stuff; right? And when that happens I might write or say som... posted over 14 years ago | View comment |