Mike Lavigne's SystemCyrus,no, my heart will be in San Jose following my Dawgs, and i'll also be pulling for the Zags in Buffalo (who'd you guys piss off?), but no NCAA sub-regional in Spokane for me this year.... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJim,no problem, don't worry about it.best, posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemGallant Diva, it was great seeing you again and enjoying another listening session together. i thank you for the kind words and for taking the time for the detailed feedback. also f... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemforgot a picture i especially liked.....T-Fusor, dim light, tt's posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemok, here are room pictures with the painted T-Fusors;room with painted Auralex T-Fusors posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemmy T-Fusor paining project....very boring except if you want to paint them yourself. hopefully you can learn from my struggles.Saturday before Gallant_Diva arrived i did finally get to Home... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Steve,WOW! thanks for the kind words and your perspective on my system. i wish i had the wordsmith skills to communicate my observations like you can.it was great to finally meet... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemmy second Reed (with approx 60 hours on it) is on the Rockporttypo---i meant my 2nd A90, not my second Reed (even though i do have 2 Reeds) posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemA90 Alert!!!!no, nothing wrong with my A90's. relax.i would like to bring attention to an issue we discovered this past weekend we had 3 different A90's on three different tt's at t... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Mjcmt,thanks for the kind comments on the Rockport, i do enjoy listening to it. if you are ever in the Seattle area you would be welcome to come by for a listen.btw, i checked ou... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemZargon, i have no idea if it is the same, you'd need to contact Steve and ask him. posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Henry,thanks for the kind words.i've known about Steve's tt project for the last 6 months or so, but i'd not seen it heard or it before. he was trying to intro it at CES but it w... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systembtw, The Beat motor is very high adjustable torque direct drive (higher than the Mk3), it's built like a tank, can be finished in any automotive color, and is made in the USA. the platter is copper... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemok. here's a curve ball. i've fallen in love with a (new) tt. here i'm having my best all time reproduced-music weekend.....and Steve Dobbins brings out his new 'The Beat' tt from Kodo. one meaning... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhere are a couple of down and dirty T-Fusor low light pics.having some fun listening to an unobtaini... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhere are some pics of the Dobbins Garrard 301 with the new 'copper-top' platter and new Reed 2P arm with Silver cryo'd wire and Silver WBT rca ends..... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systembtw, some might notice that in the first picture above the Dobbins Garrard has the new Dobbins 'copper-top' platter (oh my gaaawwwd!) and the a new Reed arm (oohhh!).more to come and some p... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemsome pictures of the Auralex T-Fusors;Auralex T-Fusors, 6 per sidenote that each individua... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi did recieve the 12 Auralex T-Fusors yesterday and late last night i installed them on my side walls. i used velcro to attach them to my walls. before i installed them i listened to some o... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Gary,you can ask jtinn how often i ask him about how soon my 7.5m pair of the Evolution BNC's will be ready.....almost every day!!! the reason is that i heard what a difference having bo... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,thanks for the kind comments, and thanks for taking the time to drive down, it was great to listen with you as always. every party needs a Canadian to attain legendary status, ... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's System.....have you ever tried active/digital room correction?no. my precious analog sources will never suffer DSP. and i'll be damned if i will re-digitize my... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi forgot to mention that after all the bass trap replacement work had been completed my much more dynamic mid and deep bass revealed quite a bit of room reasonances. the extra energy caused the roo... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemlast weekend i had my first visitors since the work on the bass trap replacement was completed. i had three visitors Friday night (until after midnight), then another 4 Saturday night (till arond 1... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSam,it sounds like it looks. alive. as i mentioned above, surprisingly it is not 'slappy' or 'busy' sounding.....it's airy and has that limitless decay of notes and bed of ambient energy wh... posted over 16 years ago | View comment |