mikelavigne
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| 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... | |
| AXPONA 2024 @botrytis ok, describe that room (dimensions and layout) from memory. see if you recall just what is going on. | |
| AXPONA 2024 The Gobel/Wadax room is always disappointing as there is so much money there and some of the smaller systems sound way better than this room. People seem to get all goo-goo eyed about the expensive equipment - I went in Friday/Saturday/Sunday to ... | |
| AXPONA 2024 i enjoyed Axpona 2024, and i'm glad i went. i did take pictures of all the rooms listed below. here is a link to those. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/axpona-24%E2%80%99-mike-lavigne-pics.38610/ it was awesome to see the level of attend... | |
| Adona Equipment Racks i owned -4- Adona ’Zero’ GXT racks for the last 12 years in my ’no-holds-barred’ system. you can see pictures on my system page. here is the model i had. two of mine were 4 shelf, and two were 3 shelf. i sold them for 60% of what retail was when ... | |
| Opinions about Daniel Hertz @jjss49 Red Rose was mostly a re-branding of "Audio Prism", made in the USA (by friends of mine noted in the below article from 1999). those USA products were definitely not in that mechanical ’etched’ sounding category. https://www.stereophile... | |
| Opinions about Daniel Hertz @jc51373 i have zero opinion about ML’s Daniel Hertz venture, one way or another. never had any interest to even look into it. OTOH i do have a couple long term friends who were in that group of his "contentious business relationships". i heard ... | |
| Qualities Of An End-game System "End Game" seems like a variable term defined by expectations. reaching expectations is the end. so my 'end game' would be different than yours. OTOH an 'ultimate system' might have certain commonalities, which i would agree include hearing the... |