Mike Lavigne's Systemhello Lohan,sorry for the delay in my response; I'm not looking at my Audiogon page often enough. as far as answering your questions;the Wave Kinetic NVS compared to the Rockport; i... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Harvey,it was a pleasure to meet you, and thank you for the kind words. it was a fun session, and I hope you can visit again with some of your B.C. audio friends. let me know when and we... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi David,great to hear from you, i sure enjoyed your visit. i am well and trust you are too. sorry for the delay in response, i don't check on Audiogon every day to see what's happening. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI've owned 4 Ekones Stressless chairs, and own one now. I also currently have a great Ekones sofa. the posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Finally getting somewhere....Looks great Keith, bet it sounds great too!darTZeel powered Zu's, i'll bet a very nice combo. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systempictures of the one-in-the-world pre-production darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp. front 1 posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSpirit, no hurry; when it happens it happens. thanks. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemSpirit,I'm open to listening to the Entreq if given the opportunity, and if you can push it on your end to make it happen i'll be glad to seriously investigate it. I hope it works out.<... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemHow much $$ for the NHB-18NS upgrade?Before NHB-458, were you using 2 NHB-108? How did they compare to the NHB-458? NHB-458 is superior but how much superior? posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Spirit,yes; it is likely that i'm at an 'end place' in system development based on my particular view of what i like.regarding over-the-top grounding products such as the Entreq ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI ordered it Saturday. I hope my box is within the first 1000 gold foil numbered versions. Once I saw the master tapes were 1/2" 30 ips, I knew it was going to sound spectac... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, I was up in Redmond for 14 years but never heard your system. We moved down to Portland in December and I'm finally getting around to putting my room together. I know I am ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemThanks for the review Mike. I have been on the fence with this box set. I guess I better get off. :-)yes...you should. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemafter the last few days with the new pre-production (one only in existence) darTZeel preamp, I'm not looking forward to the 'separation anxiety' when it has to ship out. the line stage clearly has ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemTexas Hurricane; SRV 45 rpm box set, 1st listen it was supposed to be released on June 10th, but I happened to be looking at the Acoustic Sounds website on Wednesday night and there it was ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemsometimes stuff just works out. God smiles on you and you thank your lucky stars!!!looks like i'll have the one-in-the-world, 'pre-production', newer than new, darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp in m... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemI remember that Lloyd, sometimes the timing is not right. best wishes on your search. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Rick,Kevin did spend time on the speaker positioning which is very very important; but it's doubly important when you have 2 massive towers which are time and phase coherent. that is a l... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemI loved my TA Opus MM2 speaker cables, very sexy sounding and does bass like no other cable. got to be a perfect match for the Rockports. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemfurther thoughts about the results of the set-up after a few days of listening. this is a considerable shift in the presentation of my system, for the better. I've been going thru lots and ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemat last; final set-up of the MM7's.Kevin Malmgren, the designer of my MM7 speakers, and Jonathan Tinn, his partner with Evolution Acoustics, arrived at my home Monday night and with the pla... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Alex,regarding the A10 U8 footers, I have found that over 50 pounds that I got better results with 5 or 6 than 4. (my dart pre and dart 108 amp) and that if I'm using them underneath hea... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemsome months ago I posted about getting the prototype version of the Durand Telos Sapphire which I have been enjoying since. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Fred, my current Audio Desk RCM (my 3rd one) dries 100% drip free. I've not tried (re-agent grade) de-ionized water, just distilled water only so far. I only use a cap full of the cleani... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemlast night I hosted a local PNWAS (Pacific Northwest Audio Society) club meeting in my room. we had 30+ people attend (36 had RSVP'd). We started playing music at 6pm, the official meeting ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment |