mikelavigne
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| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Dear @rauliruegas , thank you for the kind words my friend.i do need to add the Saskia to my system page. i’ve not yet really directly compared it to my direct drive NVS. the Saskia is really something to hear, so we shall see how that plays out.b... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? @cd318, thank you for your comments.and i hope you noticed i specified '1/2"' A-820. i have three A-820's and the 1/2" is pretty much as good as reproduced sound can get.FYI; the Saskia model two is not a vintage product; my particular example was... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? recently i’ve acquired a Saskia model two idler. the Saskia model two has a 180 pound one piece slate plinth, a 40 pound platter, and uses a 3 phase Pabst motor designed to run large film reels for colorizing film for days on end in a commercial a... | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad Btw, for your system pictures looks as your seat position been at near field but maybe it's not. I love to listen at near field position that I don'tdo it as often I like it in my system and only when I'm testing or fine tunning something criti... | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad mikelavigne, how did you find not one Studer but three.....? Oh so lucky. Glenn, i was very early to the tape revival. i bought the first (1/4") of the A-820's from a Studio in Austin, Texas in 2007 before anyone else was out looking. the sec... | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad Cal and Elliot,thank you for the kind comments.Elliot, i'm in the Seattle area and you would be most welcome to come listen any time. | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad there are really 2 questions.1---looking at your picture, would it be better to move the rack to the side?2---in a perfect situation, is it better to have the rack between the speakers or on the side.answer 1---in your case it’s better to keep the... | |
| Rare find Blowtorch Audio Preamp in October of 2003 Bob Crump was doing a ’tour’ with the Blow Torch preamp + Vendetta phono stage and visited me in my old room. he had been traveling demo’ing to various people. he left the Blow Torch with me for a couple of days and i compared i... | |
| RCA Living Stereo Respighi Pines of Rome 1S pressing in UK? the Classic Records 45rpm 4 disc single sided reissue from the late 90’s (mine is now 22 years old) smokes any 33rpm original pressing.make sure you get the Classic Records 4 disc version. it rocks!http://www.discogs.com/Respighi-Chicago-Symphony-... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? i wanted to add my perspective on the Taiko Audio Extreme server, to what Bob from Rhapsody posted above. the Extreme server is a game changer.and also agree with Bob that the MSB Select II is also the best digital i have heard.the combination of ... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? @worldwidewholesale when you, a distributor of brands (CEC and Rockna), are posting about them relative to other competing products and starting your post as follows; Hi,One of our stores in NY, Rhapsody Music, did do a direct comparison and here... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? @worldwidewholesales here is what Bob (Rhapsody) said to me regarding the MSB, CEC and Rockna.>>>i did not go into any drastic back and forth comparison. But once i got the CEC i just never went back to the MSB because i was just totally ... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? @mikelavigne--What does the rest of your system look like if I may ? like this;https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/615 my pictures and gear list are about a year old. it's mostly the same......but soon i will be updating it regarding recent addit... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? What DACs that were much cheaper than the Select 2 have even grabbed your attention? Say something under $20k?i’m not sure i’m the right guy to answer that question, as it’s been a couple of years since i was really paying attention in that dac m... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? @smodtactical--i was at Axpona in April, and RMAF in October, but don't recall hearing the Rockna Wavedream dac specifically; sorry. but i sometimes go in rooms and i don't immediately connect, and move on. i take pictures of most rooms i enter, a... |