mikelavigne
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| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? my most expensive record? it’s actually a box set, the Classic Records LZ 45 box set. the Holy Grail for LZ fans. cost me $750 in 2006. Currently Discog shows 5 for sale. from $10,645 in Greece, $14k from Italy, $18k from the UK, $20k in the US, ... | |
| Best LP edition of Jazz at the Pawnshop? i have two of them (1) is the early Prophone Records #PROP 7778 from 1990. Pressed at Pallus in Germany, but the better one is (2) the 1977 Propius from Audiosource pressed in Japan.#PROP 7778/7779. there have been other releases since but never w... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? the hierarchy of priorities is not the same at all levels of overall system performance. for low and medium level system performance (1) speakers dominate the performance equation, followed closely by (2) the speaker/room/acoustics relationship, ... | |
| Opening of Audeum Museum @kennyc to be even mentioned in this thread is an honor. he plays in a different league than any of us. all respect to him for such a commitment to our great hobby! likely the only other person in that league related to our hobby is Paul Allen... | |
| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? to me moving to build a dedicated ultimate HiFi room, is like buying a boat, which i did multiple times when the kids were young. except that my investment in that home and the sunk cost of building that room in 2004, which was finishing an 1800 s... | |
| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? for better or worse, i might be the poster boy for this question. i would do it, did do it, and glad i did it. in 2003 after seriously considering adding a dedicated listening room to my previous home, which had a very nice sounding but small de... | |
| What is the Current Guidance on Stereo and AV Configurations combo systems can work well and are real world solutions for sure. personally i have two separate system in 2 different rooms. a dedicated 2 channel room and separate home theater with Dolby Atmos 9.3.6 speaker configuration. if you have questi... | |
| When was the last time when serious new instrument was invented ? Jimi Hendrix kinda did. a few others helped too. but Jimi did the heavy lifting. | |
| Electric Recording Company i guess i'm glad the Electric Recording Company exists. i admire their approach and all analog commitment. they have some great titles. i own one and it's good, but not super. all that said, the sound from ERC pressings i have heard is not nearly ... | |
| Help me understand the current amp market My system is actually in my home office and consists of Wisdom Audio L8i in-wall speakers with a Wisdom Audio SCS-2 subwoofer. the Wisdoms are 91db, 4 ohm. so a medium efficiency speaker. and if your system is in your home office, i’m assuming ... | |
| Sound stage of studio recordings this somewhat depends on the era of the recording. and the musical genre. prior to the mid 60's most studio recording processes were more simple, and it's more likely that performers are where the recording places them, and that minimal or no man... | |
| Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system "Rooster", Alice In Chains, Unplugged Album (much better recording than the original) ’Sounds of Silence’, Geoff Castellucci ’Smells Like Teen Spirit", Trevor Horn/Jack Lukeman need lots of deep, articulate, undistorted bass energy to fully app... | |
| From Rossini Apex to ???? consider a Wadax. no, not the Level 4 $300k beast i have in my room, the new at Munich........Wadax STUDIO PLAYER. get Wadax magic around $35k retail. was the talk of the show. https://wadax.eu/ | |
| Favorite moment with music in your car. spring break from College in 1971, driving down Highway 101 from Grant’s Pass, Oregon to Crescent City, California through the coastal mountains in my 1964 MGB convertible with my college roommate. It had been raining all the way from Seattle, we ... | |
| Need a 4 way electronic crossover right now the state of the art for analog crossovers is the CS Port ACN400. but it’s not cheap. if you want a cheap one it will likely need to be digital, or a cheap pro-audio product from a web site like Sweetwater. https://www.csport.audio/prod... |