mikelavigne
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| What does the term "Speed" mean in a speaker? i think speed in a speaker mostly refers to the mid and upper bass 50hz-250hz region which are the power frequencies where the music lives. vocals, drum kits, pianos, cellos, horns.....they all fall down or rise in this area.leading edge precision... | |
| The best place to listen to music?? @soundsrealaudioi do have a modest collection of scotches and whiskey’s, and a fridge down the hall with some other choices. a man (or woman) does not go dry listening in my room.mostly i drink water myself, but a sip of neat single malt seems lik... | |
| The best place to listen to music?? @tooblue you would be welcome any time you are in the neighborhood.....the mountains 30 miles east of Seattle.message me and we can work it out. | |
| The best place to listen to music?? i spend 30 hours a week in my room (click on my name to see) listening and it’s where i most enjoy listening. my room is in a barn, separate from my house, in the middle of 5 acres, in the mountains, so i can play music as long as i want, whenever... | |
| MSB Reference or Audio Research Reference 10 ? garbage in <-> garbage out.........your post is a bit obscure as far as exactly what question you are asking. as best as i can determine, you are wondering if a dedicated preamp upgrade to the Ref 10, keeping the older Platinum V MSB dac as ... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? @normansizemore , thank you for the nice comments. at this point Saskia model two’s are quite scarce, and have not been shown at an audio show since 2015 i think.currently i’m using the new Durand Tosca tone arm;http://www.durand-tonearms.com/Tosc... | |
| 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-... |