Mike Lavigne's SystemWas there anything that really peaked your interest in relation to vinyl,i mentioned above the crazyness of my previous week leading up to the show. what... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemDev, sorry for the delay in my response to your questions.did you go to the show?i did attend RMAF and really enjoyed it other than the fact ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMicrostrip,thanks for the heads up. although i must admit the technical concepts go right over my head.i'm not sure if i was clear enough in my description of what i'm doing. my cho... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi have some visitors today, a set of Lamm ML 2.1's loaned to me for a few days by a friend. they are warming up now. i have not yet biased the tubes. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemLyubo,i am in the middle of the 'internal dart--'latest H3000' comparison now. with the former H3000 the dart, when properly matched to a cartridge, was superior to my ears. the H3000 was m... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemKip,you are welcome. i need to contact Robin Wyatt to see what i need to do to get the retip on the Miyajima. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemKip,Steve did mount the new Allnic cartridge and we listened for awhile. it only had maybe 5 hours on it. i was very impressed and seriously considered tradeing my A90 for it.speaki... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's System'The Beat' arrives.yesterday Steve Dobbins drove up from Boise with my new tt, The Beat, and arrived about 4pm.here's a posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemCarl,i will never be 'out-of-town' for a month. :^)OTOH you are welcome to visit and i'll buy the pizza. but no crusts on the Rockport, please.btw; Mr. Dobbins should be her... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemKip,your point is well taken. my standard speach to vistors is to be brutally honest. every visitor comments based on their level of comfort communicating. my system does create expectation... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMark,thanks for finding time to come over and provide some 'independent verfification' for my changes. and thanks for the positive comments.it was a great pleasure meeting your Dad,... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Sam,you and Sonny were a couple of the listeners who heard the room with the out-of-phase driver. sorry it was not right when you heard it. i guess you have no choice now but to return a... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMicrostrip,thanks, and good advice to test from time to time....and even better, test one channel at a time.one thing that, looking back, made figuring things out more difficult was... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemIt's "Wave Kinetics" not "Waveform Kinetics" :)sorry. :^) posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJim,i must admit i do have one 'hole' where i accidently allowed a spike (with the 600 pound speaker attached) to rest on the hardwood floor. the spike qickly pentrated the wood floor to th... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Mike,you are welcome....and yes, i'm very happy with how things have turned out....finally.glad you are enjoying those LED lamps, and i'll see if i can get up to B.C. sometime so... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemBrian,of course you are right. for various reasons we did not consider 'attributing' the problem to the speaker. re-reading Shadome's post he inferred that too. why did we not think... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemand btw; i've submittted Scott's name for Sainthood.....or at minimum 'audio buddy of the week' for finding the 500 pound gorilla in the room. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemthanks Mark. i feel better already coming clean. :^)btw; i'd love to get your 'independant verification' this weekend if your family obligations allow the time....or whenever. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemBrave of you to admit this. We all make mistakes and have had one of those big "Duh" moments from time to time - don't feel bad.thanks. actually i mostly... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemroom update; peeling the onion.my whole ceiling is one large bass trap. there are 6 recessed areas (2 forward, 2 center, and 2 rear) flush to the 11' ceiling and then the 'drop ceiling' ext... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi've heard the SME 20 numerous times and it always sounds very good. i'll check your system page for your comments.as i was a Kharma owner (Exquisite 1D's) and fanboy for a number of years ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemAndromedaaudio,the SME 20/2A should be a very nice and well considered upgrade over the VPI Scoutmaster Signature, congrats. although the VPI is an excellent performer in it's price range, ... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systembtw; i have a much higher resolution version of that picture of the Kodo 'The Beat' tt i can e-mail upon request. the low res one i linked does not really do justice to it. posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemtonight i found out that i will be recieving my new Kodo 'The Beat' tt very soon (about 10 days) from Steve Dobbins. here is a pictu... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment |