mikelavigne

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most beautiful (looking) speakers
it’s not close, the B&W Silver Signatures....super classy....not really expensive. just the definition of elegance in a speaker. https://www.bowerswilkins.com/en-us/blog/products/story-of-signature the B&W Nautilus is not chopped liver e... 
Top linear trackers
in September 2019, i did receive the first CS Port products in the Western Hemisphere. i contacted CS Port in Japan to inquire and they referred me to the UK distributor. it was another year before anyone else in the US bought any. why i pursued ... 
Top linear trackers
another vote for the CS Port linear tracker. i own the CS Port LFT1 turntable which has the linear tracker. what is special is it’s low pressure low flow which results in amazing subtlety and nuance. and the air box is completely silent. great bas... 
How do you arrange the order of your records?
mike -- if he’s there, go about it the right way and start with contemporary Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. @edcyn zero Michel van der Aa in the collection. the collection is classical, not sure he does classical composition. i'm into modern... 
How do you arrange the order of your records?
holy cow. Was this from an estate sale or an individual abandoning vinyl for digital? No matter, what a find. @lowrider57 just one of those things. i happened to be looking at ebay and saw this classical collection for bid. the guy lived in N.J... 
How do you arrange the order of your records?
have around 12k records. i break it down a number of ways; i have a separate section for 12" 45rpm pressings, and a separate section for Mono pressings. also box sets are mostly all together. the bulk of my collection; my non box set stereo 33 r... 
Axpona: Who's going & when?
21 years here (on AudiogoN) for me. not around here as much over the last 10 years as i was back in the day. i'll be at Axpona....  
Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good?
no simple answer. it depends on why (we think) the recording is bad. a great system can unravel some recordings that a less capable system might interpret as hash or distortion. a couple years ago, a friend of mine was listening with me, and i s... 
SME New Turntable Presentation
the ONLY problem with the Model 60 is that it’s under-priced to be taken as seriously as it ought to be. people will be slow to recognize it, because of that. over time some will buy it, in spite of that. such is the high end tt market and realit... 
Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room.
thanks guys!  
Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room.
OP, has this equaled or surpassed your analog setup? If no, how much has it closed the gap? @kren0006 with the Wadax Reference dac and Reference server my experience is ’like’ vinyl. i get no sense that i’m not listening to good vinyl. i can ... 
Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room.
hi Steve, i will try to help as best i can. you are welcome to email me so we can take this off line as your Audiogon messages are not set up.  mplav@comcast.net  
Amplifier for desktop near field system
how serious are you about desk top audio? if you are ’all-in’ the Sony SA-Z1 is the way to go.....not the cheapest, but ’real-high end hifi’ on your desk top. https://www.stereophile.com/content/sony-sa-z1-nearfield-active-speaker-system https:/... 
Ready to Pull the Trigger on a Record Cleaning Machine...
if you want to know everything there is to know about record cleaning machines, read this thread. in the first post there are links to other related threads. whatever answer you are looking for will be there somewhere. https://www.whatsbestforum.... 
The best phono cartridge alignment tool
@holmz I usually use a table and then move it to the rack and relieves it. Is this method fraught with issues? (Other than a long set of interconnects) nothing wrong with moving a turntable to a better spot to easily set it up, and then moving ...