mikelavigne
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| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other @rauliruegas Mike I don’t know if I’m missing something on your statement so please tell me if it’s that way:Your statement really " disturb " me in the way we can read it because for me you are in reality telling that the vinyl experiences is be... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? if i consider the 10 best listeners i know, which i view as meaning they seem to be able to listen, know music, and determine what is happening and be able to process what they hear for others to understand, 3 of those 10 are also technically savv... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other It was pretty brave having him over given his reputation and you can’t win all hearts.the time he came for the meeting related in his comments, i never invited him or knew he was coming. we had already locked horns by that time and so his viewpoi... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other As an aside, I think you were quite brave on taking that controlled cable (or was it messing with your mind?) challenge. Especially with the results posted online. brave.....or stupid and naive. that was 13 years ago.....but Amir drug it up to ge... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other Not everyone who has heard Mike’s system loves it: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-visit-to-mike-lavignes-home-and-sound-g... to be fair.....over the years, there have been plenty of well-intentioned criticisms of my... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other What happens if we consider albums that were recorded digitally? As I understand it, most music has been recorded digitally for the last 40 years. Let’s say it was recorded digitally at 96/24 and I have a download or stream at 96/24. Is it missin... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other Somewhere out there Mike, there is a guy called George who would say your amplifiers are crap because they don’t double in power output when you 1/2 the speaker impedance :-) ... and no I am not the one saying that and I don’t agree with him. eve... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other I just compared Fleetwood Mac Rumours on audiophile vinyl (Pallas pressing) versus SACD. I used an EMM SACD player and ARC Reference level preamplification. The SACD had better and clearer highs (guitar fills mostly). The vinyl had a denser and m... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other well; i have lots of digital and vinyl masters from the same tape source.my darTZeel amplifiers have steady state and peak watt readouts on their face plates. readable from the listening position.i can play the same recording back to back and see ... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other i agree that these threads seek some sort of objective result, but that unless you are weapons free to approach these questions with unlimited resources we are going to have multiple "valid" if "not too useful" anecdotal based viewpoints. which is... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other Wow, three turntables and $160k in digital hardware? Do you mind me asking what you do for a living Mike? i’m about to retire from managing a car dealership. it took 25 years to build up my system. a little each year. hifi is my way of coping wit... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other i have invested high degrees of assets in tape, vinyl and digital. taken each as far as i can go. as far as anyone. and my comments are related to the top level of each format. what happens in each format on the way to these levels could be comple... | |
| What is the order of importance of the parts of an analogue rig? What about SUTs (set up transformers). Should that be a separate category for those with MC cartridges? with 2 of my 3 turntables i have recently added EMIA Silver wound 1:10 SUT's that were trans-formative to the performance. http://www.myemi... | |
| What is the order of importance of the parts of an analogue rig? one more very significant thing.past a certain point......say over $15k-$20k mostly any turntable is good enough that the specific pressing matters more than the turntable.the media is a bigger issue than the gear once the gear gets to a certain l... | |
| What is the order of importance of the parts of an analogue rig? most significant element depends on the level of analog you are at.at the entry level your biggest enemy is NOISE, so motor and platter will dominate the musical limitations. cartridge and arm are less significant, phono stage is also less signifi... |