Mike Lavigne's System

Why is it Mikes fault people may be jealous of his system? Should people not drive their supercars in public because it is "showing off" to everyone in an econobox? Get real.Mike-...

posted over 12 years ago

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Living Room: Dunlavy SC-III

Thank you for the reply. I ended up emailing BAT and got a response from Victor. I have since corrected the problem.I am currently using late 50s Pope 6V6GT and Russian 6922s from Upscale A...

posted over 12 years ago

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North Florida Office

Lapierre-So have you bought a B2? I remembering speaking with you a couple years ago and I believe you were considering adding a sub back then. As you may already know the B2 is awesome, definetly ...

posted over 12 years ago

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Sonus Faber Guarneri system

Interesting opinions. Thanks for the link.

posted over 12 years ago

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Sonus Faber Guarneri system

How would describe the differences between the homage's and memento's?

posted almost 13 years ago

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Sonus Faber Guarneri system

It was the Guarneri Memento, I haven't had the chance to hear your version.

posted almost 13 years ago

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Sonus Faber Guarneri system

I know what your getting it, I too feel resonance with my T2. I believe it is a matter of the price bracket. I don't feel my B2 resonate like my T2 does. It can be hard to determine if the sub is r...

posted almost 13 years ago

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Pure Enjoyment!!

Wow, it has been awhile since anything has been posted on my system. I have since moved, added another sub, upgraded power conditioning and power cables. One of these days I will get around to upda...

posted almost 13 years ago

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Sonus Faber Guarneri system

When you say the cabinet is very resonant, are you sure you aren't over driving the sub and hearing the driver break up? In addition to my B2 I also have a T2, during some movies when the sub was r...

posted almost 13 years ago

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Sonus Faber Guarneri system

I would like to add that I recently added an upgraded Speak-on cable from Signal Cable to my Mc-275 Rel B2 combo. It was a very worth while investment. The sub appears to go an octave deeper and is...

posted almost 13 years ago

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Living Room: Dunlavy SC-III

I am a proud owner of a 3iX as well, have rolled tubes and now out of the blue have ran into a balance issue. You talk about adjusting the trim pots, could you please go into further detail about t...

posted almost 13 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

Thanks for sharing the pictures of the Equitech, that is a great looking piece of gear. Best of luck hoisting it into place.

posted over 14 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

I'm sure we would all enjoy a few pictures, if you have any would you please post them? Thanks.

posted over 14 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

Mike,I beleive I saw you at Music Matters last night, I wanted to hear your thougths on the different systems. I was very impressed with the Vandersteen Model 7, to my ears they were making...

posted almost 15 years ago

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North Florida Office

Lapierre, Thank you for your reply. Before purchasing your stand what were your amps on? Did the tonality of the amps change like it was stated over at 6 moons? My amp is currently on a che...

posted about 16 years ago

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North Florida Office

I am looking for a cost effective amp stand for my MC-275 and am interested in your thoughts on the Core Audio Designs stands you have. Did you try any others before deciding on them? Any thoughts ...

posted about 16 years ago

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Always Adjusting

Rhohense-What do you think of the new MM2 technology? I recently attended Music Matters in Seattle where Transparent unveiled the new technology. Needless to say the demo was jaw dropping. ...

posted almost 17 years ago

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Moving up

If the opposite wall in your room is full height you should have better depth too. Allow you to optimize the rear tweeter as designed. Im interested to hear you thoughts on an all tube system if yo...

posted over 17 years ago

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Pure Enjoyment!!

System edited: I decided to ditch the one rack and go to two lower ones. I really like the look and the functionality of them as well.

posted almost 18 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

Mike,I have enjoyed your thread ever since discovering hifi and have learned a ton reading your posts and replies to others questions and remarks. Please dont let one snob get under your sk...

posted almost 18 years ago

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Moving up

Your excused :) , i was just curious as to what your view of "better" was. Thanks, Justin

posted almost 18 years ago

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Moving up

Bartinmi, Thanks for the response. now when you say a better top end, what traits are better? More transparent, better extension, more airy? Did it become analytical? Was it still musical? ...

posted almost 18 years ago

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Moving up

Nice system Bartinmi!I am curious about your pre amps. What were the differences you heard when swapping tubes in your old VK-3i? and the differences between the two pre amps? Im starting to th...

posted almost 18 years ago

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Pure Enjoyment!!

System edited: Here is my new listening space, a little small 11'x14'x9'6" especially for vons but it sounds great to me. It has almost everything i like in my music, the right tone and timbre, the...

posted almost 18 years ago

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Pure Enjoyment!!

Jayson-thanks for the kind words, and your not bothering me, and i am kind of a newbie myself. A little background on my gear may help with having you understand how i have mine connected. Since my...

posted about 18 years ago

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