Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5Steve,thanks again for being a great host during my visit a couple of weeks ago to your wonderful new room. it was enjoyable and the sound was really wonderful.i also posted a few m... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemlast night i cleaned 15 Lps on the Klaudio, and another 7-8 on the Audio Desk. this was while i was listening in about 90 minutes. both machines are simply so easy to use and all the Lps ca... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Eric,sorry for the delay in my response.thank you for your very kind words. i noticed that the last time you commented on my thread was 2005. nice to see you here again now after... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, Are you saying that if an LP is really noisy, you first try the Audio Desk and then if that does not work, you rely on the Loricraft to get the job done? I thought users we... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemone more thing on the Camera.I use the default settings for the D600 from Ken Rockwell for my D600 and that has also... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi John,yes, I did get a new camera about 6 months ago.....the Nikon D600. but my improved picture taking really came from when I got the Nikon AF-S f/1.4 50mm lens 4 months ago which makes... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systema new guy in town. I am trying out a new RCM. the KL Audio Ultrasonic Record Cleaner. it's a one-button machine like the Audio Desk. actually, it's a 'no' button machine. you place ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Wilsons, darTZeel, Vinyl and TubesThanks on the Beat. You are a bad influence......lucky for me. Take care.completely my pleasure, Mike......happy to help out a friend in need. :)... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemIdos,your point is well taken, it's always possible for different pieces of gear to have negative performance affects on each other and then as you move them that changes. in this case i've... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemTom,reading thru your website, audiopoints.com, did help me to understand some of your perspectives. thanks. it did give me a ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemAnd the airborne energy and the self generated energy of the component itself is trapped inside caused by the high impedance of the so called "isolation" method. All th... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemUsing 3 axis accelerometers to measure the results can put an end to this debate.personally, I prefer my ears as the arbiter. especially since the perfor... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMarc,I agreed completely with your perspective about the Wave Kinetics A10 U8 footers not likely being compatible with the active isolation. but since the top of the dart pre did not allow ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Steve,nice to hear from you again.you are not alone in liking what wood does as rack material. like a speaker cabinet, wood's natural properties do typically do musically friendl... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemAndrew,I actually tried the Halcyonics Micro 40 back in 2006. Norm/Tbg did have a couple of the Micro 40's, but as I recall due to the small footprint of the Micro 40 (16" x 17.6"... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemlast night I did further experiment with the Herzan by adding A10 U8 footers underneath the darTZeel preamp, between the Herzan and the dart pre.then I listened to both digital discs and th... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemPeter,my earlier comments about stands were based upon reading the Herzan website regarding 'site optimization' where they explained what was ideal. but this information was about what 'WAS... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemthis even makes me think about trying the NVS isolation shelf between the NVS and the Herzan.i need to be open minded. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemmore thoughts about the Herzan active isolation, digital, and footers.I did not spend enough time comparing the effect on discs and the server dac performance to say which is effected more ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI've been thinking about how the digital player/dac might benefit from the Herzan, and how I might combine the dart pre and MPS-5 on top of the Herzan. so last night I tried stacking the Playback D... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systempictures of the TS-150 installed underneath the darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp.TS-150 under the dart p... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI've been loving the Herzan active isolation TS-140 under my NVS turntable, so i could not help myself.....earlier this week i ordered the smaller footprint Herzan TS-150 to use under my darTZeel p... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Teck,thank you very much for the help with the speaker adjustments in my system. Tuesday night i listened to all my familiar vinyl cuts. last night i spent the whole night listening to d... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJames,my Son only made those servers for 6-9 months in 2010 and then stopped. it turned out audiophiles required a bit more hand holding to get their servers sorted out than he had figured.... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Steve,thanks.i read thru your well written explanation about the Minus-K platform. very interesting....and not surprising. thanks for the info.there are lots of changes i... posted over 11 years ago | View comment |