Mike Lavigne's Systemthe system has been really sounding fine lately so tonight I grabbed a couple of superb sounding Classical Lps I have not listened to in a long time (one maybe never) and I was transported to anoth... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Focal Grande Utopia EM glory!!ouch!sorry to hear about your 'loss', Ulf.I've done that 2 times over the last 12 years. stuff happens.once to my favorite vdH Colibri; I ended up buying 6 other Colibri's t... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Harvey,thank you again for the nice comments. i'm happy that you appreciated my efforts to optimize things in my room and system. it's been a labor of love. when you have a great... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhello Phil,sorry for the delay in my response; I'm not always paying attention to my Audiogon page.I am using spikes for the feet as I have carpet over concrete and I wanted to make... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhello Lohan,sorry for the delay in my response; I'm not looking at my Audiogon page often enough. as far as answering your questions;the Wave Kinetic NVS compared to the Rockport; i... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Harvey,it was a pleasure to meet you, and thank you for the kind words. it was a fun session, and I hope you can visit again with some of your B.C. audio friends. let me know when and we... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi David,great to hear from you, i sure enjoyed your visit. i am well and trust you are too. sorry for the delay in response, i don't check on Audiogon every day to see what's happening. posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI've owned 4 Ekones Stressless chairs, and own one now. I also currently have a great Ekones sofa. the posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Finally getting somewhere....Looks great Keith, bet it sounds great too!darTZeel powered Zu's, i'll bet a very nice combo. posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systempictures of the one-in-the-world pre-production darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp. front 1 posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSpirit, no hurry; when it happens it happens. thanks. posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSpirit,I'm open to listening to the Entreq if given the opportunity, and if you can push it on your end to make it happen i'll be glad to seriously investigate it. I hope it works out.<... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemHow much $$ for the NHB-18NS upgrade?Before NHB-458, were you using 2 NHB-108? How did they compare to the NHB-458? NHB-458 is superior but how much superior? posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Spirit,yes; it is likely that i'm at an 'end place' in system development based on my particular view of what i like.regarding over-the-top grounding products such as the Entreq ... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI ordered it Saturday. I hope my box is within the first 1000 gold foil numbered versions. Once I saw the master tapes were 1/2" 30 ips, I knew it was going to sound spectac... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, I was up in Redmond for 14 years but never heard your system. We moved down to Portland in December and I'm finally getting around to putting my room together. I know I am ... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemThanks for the review Mike. I have been on the fence with this box set. I guess I better get off. :-)yes...you should. posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemafter the last few days with the new pre-production (one only in existence) darTZeel preamp, I'm not looking forward to the 'separation anxiety' when it has to ship out. the line stage clearly has ... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemTexas Hurricane; SRV 45 rpm box set, 1st listen it was supposed to be released on June 10th, but I happened to be looking at the Acoustic Sounds website on Wednesday night and there it was ... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemsometimes stuff just works out. God smiles on you and you thank your lucky stars!!!looks like i'll have the one-in-the-world, 'pre-production', newer than new, darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp in m... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemI remember that Lloyd, sometimes the timing is not right. best wishes on your search. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Rick,Kevin did spend time on the speaker positioning which is very very important; but it's doubly important when you have 2 massive towers which are time and phase coherent. that is a l... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemI loved my TA Opus MM2 speaker cables, very sexy sounding and does bass like no other cable. got to be a perfect match for the Rockports. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemfurther thoughts about the results of the set-up after a few days of listening. this is a considerable shift in the presentation of my system, for the better. I've been going thru lots and ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemat last; final set-up of the MM7's.Kevin Malmgren, the designer of my MM7 speakers, and Jonathan Tinn, his partner with Evolution Acoustics, arrived at my home Monday night and with the pla... posted about 12 years ago | View comment |