mikelavigne
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| Why no Virtual System pics?? I would want to come off as a braggart or of being boastful. assuming you meant to insert a ’not’ in there. :-)but honestly this is a hobbyist site. and while i agree posting a picture of expensive gear with price tags plunked down in a room with... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? All one has to do is go back through 17 years of posts and judge for themselves. completely agree. long time posters like you are well known and respected. and it's easy to look at posting history and see what goes with a poster. system pics ma... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? If having no system photos de-legitimizes forum contributions in the view of some readers, then those readers are missing out (and being rather shallow). i don't see that being the case. well founded ideas stand on their own. OTOH if you have r... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? i’ve had pictures of my room on Audiogon since 2004 when i built my room. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/615 it’s the most visited Audiogon private (non dealer) room by far. but relatively little activity in recent years. even though i’ve t... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Dear @rauliruegas thank you for the kind words my friend. it is always a pleasure discussing the finer points of vinyl playback with you. you say that in your 3 today TTs MUSIC flows and spin with speed stability that at least you can’t detect.I w... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive At 53K before tonearm I would hope the Saskia has what your previous DD’s did not. I would love to hear one to compare with my much less expensive set-ups. the Rockport Sirius III direct drive was way more expensive than the Saskia even back wh... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive why servo’s suck.....In order to pick up sound accurately from the analog disc, the rotation of the platter must be rotated at a constant speed without any “fluctuation”. In general, accurate rotation is obtained by servo control by negative feedb... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl well, sam.....one guy in the UK does not speak for the world of vinyl mastering. certainly not for where i get my vinyl. but if you just read his summary....here; SummaryThe short version is – there’s no requirement to get a separate vinyl master ... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl sam here and the fact is record companies no longer make a separate master for vinyl duplication claiming it cost too much money? almost all vintage vinyl re-issues are cut from the cd master with brick wall compression for the loudness wars maki... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl thanks geoffkait for the info. they say 99% of new vinyl is cut from the cd master at 16/44 so it looks like new vinyl is fake vinyl? my question is why? there is no other reason for the loudness wars except it’s done on purpose and world class p... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? my Sansui AU 7700 is so good in my room that I will never upgrade...But I read Mike Fremer article about your monoblocks....And ouffff I change my mind.... My best to you.... :) @mahgisterthank you. | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl One problem is see in your comparison Mike, is you have chosen a DAC that euphonically matches what you prefer in vinyl. For you, that is the best sound possible, but to make the most accurate comparison of digitized and played back vinyl, a DAC... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl Mike Lavigne has a nice digital system including MSB Select II.My story is in the link.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/msb-select-dac-vs-vinylThomas hello Thomas,thank you for the link to the story, which i did read. obviously, i think ver... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl I’m not familiar with your system and have no reason to doubt what you say you hear. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/615 Do you know what quality of LP playback renders a digital copy audibly inferior? In your opinion, where would digital ... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl @cleeds You’d be surprised! I can make hi-res digital copies of an LP - played back using a very "high level vinyl playback system" - that are indistinguishable from the original. No special skills are required.I know that can be a disturbing thou... |