mikelavigne
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| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Calvin,thank you for the kind words and comments in the 'spirit' of this thread,@mikelavigne, you are slacking on your cable game. You got to get better ones. Lol. I'm rolling on the floor again laughing. On a serious note you seem to have an amaz... | |
| What's a contender to an Audio Reference 5 SE? I would recommend a used darTZeel NHB-18NS. not cheap but likely close to the price range. it's battery powered, Swiss built like a tank, very low noise, and has a great phono stage standard. and it's sound is very natural and smooth and so gets c... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable just for clarification, I don't use the $42k Tara Grandmaster speaker cables that Audiolabyrinth refers to here;.....Mikelavigne's Grandmaster original model speaker cable's retail for 42,000.00 8ft, his system may be better for such cable's......... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable if someone posts that they have an expensive Watch collection, or Wine collection, everyone has a positive reaction. it's cool. even a sailboat or toy car.but if someone who has worked hard to assemble the best possible audio system finds that one... | |
| Solid State Amplifier Advancements In A Decade darTZeel NHB-458 monoblocks.no negative feedback. only 6 active devices in the signal path. astonishingly low noise floor. 500 watts into 8 ohms. all the circuits are suspended inside the chassis for excellent built in isolation from feedback.amaz... | |
| Interesting project started by Michael Fremer hi Sam,I will be sure to mention that to Jonathan. I think he knows that people will have great interest in the details. I know how much I love these Quad dsd files, they are superb sounding.Mike | |
| Interesting project started by Michael Fremer Mike...thanks for the heads up about the Wave Kinetics Music release. Do you know who is going to be selling it yet? Any info available?Brad,nothing yet other than as soon as within 30 days.I will ask about it and when I get that info I will post ... | |
| Interesting project started by Michael Fremer as a format junkie I applaud Michael's efforts to bring greater clarity to cause and effect with native formats and media. and I hope he makes a bit of money on it too. no doubt he has been important to my own audiophile path for many years.anothe... | |
| best transparent pre amp I just received the brand new battery powered solid state darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp. I owned the previous model for 9 years. it's astonishing how 'not in the way of the music' it is. and also the super low noise floor and amazing dynamics. the thin... | |
| What would you do? does anyone really ever buy anything at auction?in my 15 years on Audiogon and hundreds of transactions I've never participated in or even paid attention to an auction. it's all just 'for sale' stuff......so there is no relevancy to these comments... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable earlier in the thread I had some comments about my recent experience with 'crazy expensive' Tara Labs Grandmaster Evolution 1.5m XLR cables. one thing I mentioned was that they 'got out of the way of the music'.Devilboy writes;One thing they DO NO... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable I've recently jumped into the very deep end of the pool with interconnects for my 2 new dacs.I purchased a set of Tara Labs Grandmaster Evolution w/HFX 1.5m XLR's for my Trinity Dac. these are the ones with the floating shield design and dual mono... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I have 17 Quad dsd files so far. done right (native) they are remarkable through the SE Lampy GG in my system. the native PCM through the Trinity is also remarkable.original analog remastered through Quad dsd will be a crap shoot.....with variable... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD As it stands I believe I am the first in the world to have this system and I am utterly disgusted at al of you for not thinking of it sooner. It is the proverbial "No Brainer".Matt,I enjoyed your 'poke' at all of us audio nerds who take ourselves ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Is it just laziness?most high end forums are run by audiophiles....and use generic software which gets updated as part of the licensing.Audiogon is a business with a closed/unique piece of software. the forum part is an 'expense'....and not a 'fun... |