Mike Lavigne's System

is that actual "artwork" i see on the side walls of your"audio asylum"?? very tasteful. i see you have succumbed topublic pressure and done something about those bare walls.just kidding...

posted over 16 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

i might mention here, notwithstanding that vinyl playback has maintained a superb reputation even to this very day, that i overheard a very interesting conversation years ago about cd playback even...

posted over 16 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

hey i am really sorry for the diarrhea of the laptop, but i heard a really good alblum the other day thanks to parlocha- gonzalo rubalcaba- AVATAR on blue note- he's an amazing pianist, so check it...

posted over 16 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

as far as i can determine peter m. had advanced from the ML-5 to a NAGRA-D2to make multichannel tapes. i heard a recording of a local orchestra playing through a reference system at his store, ...

posted over 16 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

hey, i'm just trying to touch on a few "different" areas along with equipment purchases. such as a table radio that sounds truly unreal on vibraphone recordings, or magnetic tape, live recordings d...

posted over 16 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

bob parlocha turned me on to another alblum you might consider if you like jazz guitar- Martin Taylor- Artistry.available as an sacd disc from linn records.he is a wonderful guitarist (almo...

posted over 16 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

hey mike, it's french fries. how're you doing? btw, i need to ask you- do you sleep in the same bed as your wife? OK, HOLD ON, it's an audiophile question, honest! because you need to try MY audio-...

posted over 16 years ago

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"F" the TV...

the rugs look outstanding. i think harley's make 5X more noise than they should, coming from someone who hates motorcycles. but that is a great looking bike, i'll give you that. but... what does th...

posted almost 17 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

Dear Mr. Loxodrome, please recall the wisdom conveyed by the bumper sticker- "mean people suck". Mr.Lavigne deserves to be treated with the same respect that you would want to receive. OTOH, i...

posted about 17 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

mike lavigne is one of the most generous people/audiophiles i know, and personally called me to help me set up my von schweikert vr-9se's. we talked and wrote on other occasions as well. however, m...

posted about 17 years ago

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Equipment collectors are prententious people

instead of educating and enlightening people, you would rather specialize in eminating bad karma. also, that may be the room that you choose to listen in, but it's a poor excuse for a listening roo...

posted about 17 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

well, i, for one, feel that mike's ongoing experiments best serve the people that read these commentaries, so i thank you first of all for making SOTA 2-channel audio just as interesting as my subs...

posted over 17 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

TO JOEY V.-as a vr-9se owner i can offer a brief description of the speaker:finish- could be alot smoother. speaker could be a whole lot prettier. (i have piano black gloss).otoh, quali...

posted over 18 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

in my discussions with transparent audio's representatives they do offer some scientific explainations (resistance, conductance, impedence, etc.) in addition, they admit that carbon fiber was part ...

posted over 18 years ago

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