mikelavigne
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| Considering Revising My Tonearms. Input On This Option Considered @neonknight looks like you have an assembly of nice arms and a couple of nice turntables. they can all do the job. but........if you are trying to go to the next level, debatable whether switching around combinations from your current collection... | |
| Tube vs Solid state for Preamp i’d say it’s a mistake to try to generalize about tube or solid state preamps having better or worse bass. amplifier-speaker relationships would be more dominant for bass performance than particular preamps. easier to make a case that past a cert... | |
| Glanz toners for dummies don’t know about the 9 inch versions, but last year i purchased a Glanz MH-1200S for my Sumile Mono cartridge. it’s mounted on my Esoteric T1 turntable as the 3rd arm. https://glanz.tech/e/collection/mh1200s1000s900s/ build quality is superb, an... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... is it possible to break down or quantify the importance of the different components and room design and tuning? For example—and I am just throwing out numbers as examples—would it be 30% room design, acoustics and tuning (to get a holographic im... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... +100 on over treating being better than under treating. Especially in smaller rooms where control is even more important. @ronboco i spent years optimizing the imaging in my large dedicated room, and holographic imaging is very important to m... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... Martin Logan’s do space and purity, but like omni’s are not ideal for organically solid full frequency imaging. one reason is that the mid and lower bass uses dynamic drivers, a different type of driver, so the coherency in the low frequencies is ... | |
| Music first or sound first? @patrickdowns it's always important to not take ourselves too seriously. and have fun. life is short. | |
| Music first or sound first? @patrickdowns you are welcome any time. it will be fun, then i can use the Neuralyzer on you. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14947464 | |
| Music first or sound first? i think @grislybutter had his tongue firmly in his cheek. :-) | |
| Music first or sound first? in my experience our love of the music pushes us to want better sound. then as we pursue music, and our tastes expand, the improving performance of our systems enables us to enjoy a wider and wider musical horizon. so the better sound opens up mu... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. @calvinj today a friend asked me for a dac recommendation below the Wadax and below the MSB Select II, and i did mention that i’ve really enjoyed the Infigo digital at the Seattle Show last June, and also at Axpona 24’ too. i cited that Axpona r... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. to properly judge a dac, you need to also consider the server feeding it. and the quality of the A/C power grid, and even the power supplies of the dac and the server. it all matters when you are chasing ultimate performance. the best dac i have ... | |
| AXPONA 2024 @botrytis i absolutely respect any listening opinions and did not in any way claim you were wrong. i agreed with you. when i sat down to hear the Gobel/Wadax/Riviera room on Friday morning and heard it do energetic music it was a relative mess. ... | |
| AXPONA 2024 @jayctoy i did not go into the Borenson or Raidho rooms at Axpona 24'. | |
| AXPONA 2024 @botrytis you are refuting my perspective, by claiming expertise on hotel hifi system room set-up. i am asking you to support that claim. how would you have overcome those room challenges? you did not need to throw my perspective back in my f... |