mikelavigne
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| Tonearm adjustments on the fly Mike Lavigne, I’ve always admired your system and your knowledge and experience. Thanks for contributing here. I’m assuming you are referring to the Durand (at least in part). I’ll look into that once again thanks.my room was used for some early ... | |
| Bye Bye Puppy! owned WP6's from 1999-2001, and really enjoyed them. i can relate to missing them when they are gone.it's a serious speaker that delivers. congrats on your new Sasha 2's! time to turn the page. | |
| What percentage of the time do you listen to records vs. digital sources? i think to really understand how listening time goes, you first have to know how much average total listening time a person does in a week.for myself, i average at least 30 hours of listening a week in my dedicated room sitting in the sweet spot. ... | |
| Tonearm adjustments on the fly mechanical complexity can also be compromise. the more adjustments involved, the higher the material quality and precision requirements for the same level of performance. no free lunches. some of my earlier arms did have VTA adjustment on the fly ... | |
| Analogue from Digital it’s just not that simple to paint all vinyl from digital with a broad brush. or even that simple to view redbook disc or file with a broad brush.it really depends on the original recording, and the digital and vinyl mastering’s. some digital reco... | |
| How Do You Learn? there is no one ultimate source. in 1994 when i got seriously into hifi system building and music collection building, the internet was in it’s infancy, and there were zero on line forums. it was hard print Hifi magazines, the occasional show, and... | |
| Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners! ’audio science review’ occupies an alternate universe.best kept at arm’s length, possibly wearing oven gloves.YMMVsee the first paragraph of my post on the Midfi-Hifi thread.....https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/hifi-vs-midfi | |
| Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners! @whart As I understand it, splitting the power before the main panel and connecting the Generac downstream of the system should eliminate that issue much more involved than just splitting the power, although that is one thing they did. in essence ... | |
| Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners! before you throw money at the second, third and fourth things.......try the first thing first. watch this video and see whether your money is better directed here.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGhfdpn9bsY&t=10sEd and Rex are local friend... | |
| HiFi vs MidFi mid fi is more a state of mind. some objectivitists poh poh the idea that some gear sounds better than other gear. their engineering professor said that’s the way it is, and so that’s gospel. any perception of better sound is delusional, and not w... | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard two come to mind......’Peace Piece’, Bill Evans......says it all with no words.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv2GgV34qIg’Positively 4th Street’, Bob Dylan.....everyone thinks it’s about them. | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k i own swiss electronics; darTZeel preamp and mono blocks. i consider them SOTA. minimal parts count in the signal path, no global feedback, battery powered preamp, built like a swiss tank. i've owned darTZeel since 2004, with many other amps tried... | |
| An. Prod. reissues: 45RPMs vs 33RPM test pressing. Raul my friend,,note that the post from "eziodoc" is 13 years old, from 2008. then farther above you can see my old post too.it’s always a bit bizarre when someone resurrects a 10+ year old thread. readers just scanning the posts do not always rea... | |
| Need a high-WAF stand solution the best WAF high end audio racks i’ve seen are from Box Furniture. they are not closed cabinets. you are not going to find high end closed cabinet racks. but most brick and mortar audio dealers will have closed cabinet options (local custom cabin... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear Lew; of course, this is exactly why we own multiple turntables, or move from one to another. it’s to find the exact musical equation that brings us the most listening pleasure. or maybe some just like collecting?plinth shape in and of itself a dom... |