Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Alex,regarding the A10 U8 footers, I have found that over 50 pounds that I got better results with 5 or 6 than 4. (my dart pre and dart 108 amp) and that if I'm using them underneath hea... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemsome months ago I posted about getting the prototype version of the Durand Telos Sapphire which I have been enjoying since. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Fred, my current Audio Desk RCM (my 3rd one) dries 100% drip free. I've not tried (re-agent grade) de-ionized water, just distilled water only so far. I only use a cap full of the cleani... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemlast night I hosted a local PNWAS (Pacific Northwest Audio Society) club meeting in my room. we had 30+ people attend (36 had RSVP'd). We started playing music at 6pm, the official meeting ... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5Steve,thanks again for being a great host during my visit a couple of weeks ago to your wonderful new room. it was enjoyable and the sound was really wonderful.i also posted a few m... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemlast night i cleaned 15 Lps on the Klaudio, and another 7-8 on the Audio Desk. this was while i was listening in about 90 minutes. both machines are simply so easy to use and all the Lps ca... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Eric,sorry for the delay in my response.thank you for your very kind words. i noticed that the last time you commented on my thread was 2005. nice to see you here again now after... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, Are you saying that if an LP is really noisy, you first try the Audio Desk and then if that does not work, you rely on the Loricraft to get the job done? I thought users we... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemone more thing on the Camera.I use the default settings for the D600 from Ken Rockwell for my D600 and that has also... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi John,yes, I did get a new camera about 6 months ago.....the Nikon D600. but my improved picture taking really came from when I got the Nikon AF-S f/1.4 50mm lens 4 months ago which makes... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systema new guy in town. I am trying out a new RCM. the KL Audio Ultrasonic Record Cleaner. it's a one-button machine like the Audio Desk. actually, it's a 'no' button machine. you place ... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Wilsons, darTZeel, Vinyl and TubesThanks on the Beat. You are a bad influence......lucky for me. Take care.completely my pleasure, Mike......happy to help out a friend in need. :)... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemIdos,your point is well taken, it's always possible for different pieces of gear to have negative performance affects on each other and then as you move them that changes. in this case i've... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemTom,reading thru your website, audiopoints.com, did help me to understand some of your perspectives. thanks. it did give me a ... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemAnd the airborne energy and the self generated energy of the component itself is trapped inside caused by the high impedance of the so called "isolation" method. All th... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemUsing 3 axis accelerometers to measure the results can put an end to this debate.personally, I prefer my ears as the arbiter. especially since the perfor... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMarc,I agreed completely with your perspective about the Wave Kinetics A10 U8 footers not likely being compatible with the active isolation. but since the top of the dart pre did not allow ... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Steve,nice to hear from you again.you are not alone in liking what wood does as rack material. like a speaker cabinet, wood's natural properties do typically do musically friendl... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemAndrew,I actually tried the Halcyonics Micro 40 back in 2006. Norm/Tbg did have a couple of the Micro 40's, but as I recall due to the small footprint of the Micro 40 (16" x 17.6"... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemlast night I did further experiment with the Herzan by adding A10 U8 footers underneath the darTZeel preamp, between the Herzan and the dart pre.then I listened to both digital discs and th... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPeter,my earlier comments about stands were based upon reading the Herzan website regarding 'site optimization' where they explained what was ideal. but this information was about what 'WAS... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemthis even makes me think about trying the NVS isolation shelf between the NVS and the Herzan.i need to be open minded. posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemmore thoughts about the Herzan active isolation, digital, and footers.I did not spend enough time comparing the effect on discs and the server dac performance to say which is effected more ... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI've been thinking about how the digital player/dac might benefit from the Herzan, and how I might combine the dart pre and MPS-5 on top of the Herzan. so last night I tried stacking the Playback D... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systempictures of the TS-150 installed underneath the darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp.TS-150 under the dart p... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment |