Mike Lavigne's SystemPeter,not yet. Kevin has not had a chance to get up here to do the final set-up on the MM7's yet. and frankly they sound so good i've not worried about it or pushed him to get here. the spe... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemLawrence,my MM7's price is $200k.my old MM3's were in the area of $70K.as we all realize, n... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemHello Lawrence,a little shit-stirring is ok with me. i'm happy for my friend Albert and hope/wish all the best to him that the big Focals scratch his itch fully. maybe others see Albert and... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Paulo,yes, i am very much enjoying the system these days. really, really amazing to listen to.i do not own the EA MMMicro One's, nor have i had them in my system. i have spent a ... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSystem edited: deleted Ampex ATR-102 and Ampex 350-2 RTR decks. both are sold. posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemLew,the garage door (to the right of the people doors) in the barn was formerly for access to the sawdust storage for the horses. when I converted the barn to my audio room and the upstairs... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Hakan,thank you for the kind comments.it's hard to generalize about interconnect lengths, since there are so many variables with gear output and input gain and impedence, environ... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPradeep and Lloyd,while i enjoy a wee bit of Single Malt from time to time, i'm a relative newbie (6-7 years) with that particular affliction. i do have one very interesting 30 year old Mac... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, have you ever tried the Furutech DeMag device? The claims are pretty high and it costs a bit less than $3K, I think. I wonder if one can rank the importance of these variou... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Ilia,i respect your perspective on the price of the record weight; i can only say that it does things in the context of my system which do justify it to my ears. like the difference betw... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMiguel,the NVS is made by Wave Kinetics, and they have designed their own isolation platform for the NVS. which works great, btw. i compared it directly to the air suspension on the Rockpor... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPradeep,the Wavac SH-833's are wonderful. with 150 watts you would think that it can get the job done with the Rockport's. the Avior's at 89.5db 4 ohm, should do fine with them.i lo... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert,Congrats on the new speakers. the big Focals never fail to impress me at shows when fed properly. which you no doubt will most certainly do.i'm very happy for you and... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Peter,i was using an Xtremephono mat (a 2 part mat; carbon fibre upper and foam lower) prior to the Durand Record Weight. i prefer the weight without the mat. i do not use the washer, al... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Ilia,the Durand Record Weight is $3500.very nice system, btw.best regards, posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJames, i prefer the weight without the mat. however; i prefer the mat to the NVS clamp and washer, and i prefer the clamp to 'nude'. posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemHi Miguel,i agree about the wood. for whatever reason when wood is effectively used in audio gear good sounds seem to happen. maybe such as your Tripoint gear which uses lots of woo... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemi would characterize and quantify the change caused by the Durand Record Weight as a small (not tiny) effect with large consequences. when you are already at high resolution something that makes pe... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemover the last year Joel Durand has brought over prototypes of a record weight he has been working on a few times, trying various designs and various materials. as i understanded it; his intentions ... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPradeep,yes; Teck is a frequent visitor and friend....and he has assisted me in tweaking the new MM7 speakers. he mentioned that you will not be able to resist the Telos. i think he is righ... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhello Pradeep,thanks for the kind comments.the Talea 2 tonearm you are enjoying is amazing in it's own right, and really digs so much musical nuance and listening pleasure from the ... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemjust got the May/June issue of Absolute Sound, which has a Jonathan Valin review of the Ortofon MC Anna cartridge.it seems he thought it did not suck.enjoyable read; and the MC Anna... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Marc (Spiritofmusic),thanks for the info on the Entreq/Tellis earthing system. no doubt that it has the potential to bring sonic benefits depending on the system, and it certainly is mor... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemGeoff,thanks for the catch. i'm not the best I.E. navigator. when i went to post that, mother Audiogon 'said' i had to log back in, so i cut and pasted my post. somehow when i did that it s... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Chris,nice to hear from you.i'm doing great. my new speakers and new amps have mostly broken in and i have dialed them in to a degree, my vinyl set-up is 'out of this world' good... posted about 13 years ago | View comment |