Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, a personal thanks to you from me and my wife for having shared all your knowledge and experience on this and your other threads. All those are a testament to what a great person you are and t... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallBob, love what you're doing. I'll be following your progress from across the pond.RgdsHenryPS: yes, you'll want the 3's... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Exton, PASystem edited: Sunday 10/14. Updated some more pics & comments. Enjoy and let me know what you think :-) Henry posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Tommy, shame you couldn't drop by when you were in the area recently. Now that you haven't and the little experience I have with my new setup I am glad you didn't. Since that week the improvements ... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Exton, PAJust posted an updated pic that will last 2 more days. As all will be packed up starting monday. I've updated what I have today. I'm very excited about the GPA Monaco turntable which I will set up ... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Exton, PAHi Joey, long time no hear...:-) I have put about 150 hours on the MM3's by now and don't forget I changed my Levinson pre & power amps for the Dartzeel's. So the Dartzeel's are alos burning in at ... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Exton, PAHi Chad, it was great to meet you too finally. Speakers and amplifier continue to break in. Started hearing the magic recently with an XRCD from Diana Krall.Drop me a note if you're interes... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Exton, PATfrumweiller, funny you mention that. It was exactly my wife's first reaction when see saw the picture of the MM3 for the first time! I guess it depends whether you're left handed or right handed..... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Exton, PAGarryh, I indeed have taken scrupulous advantage of other peoples experience. But if it wasn't for people like my dealer, I would never have believed what people put in writing. He really showed me... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Exton, PAaudio insanity at its best... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI've just made the commitment to go vinyl. I will not pretent that I have any knowledge in this area, to even begin a meaningful discussion about tables, arms and cartridges. But I'm intrigued and ... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert, new turntable, as in replacing the Walker or complimenting it? Congratulations! Can't wait for your, no doubt, excellent pictures.Henry posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Upgrading Into Audiophile HeavenJean, if you have chosen it its got to be the right choice, because its your ears that hopefully decided. The Esoteric is a great player, will likely have lots of resolution. Just make sure you tri... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Upgrading Into Audiophile HeavenHi Jean, how much are you willng to fork out? I love the Emmlabs CDSA SE, traded my Accuphase in for it. Also great is the Meridian 808 Reference and Spactral CDP, although they are more expensive ... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Upgrading Into Audiophile HeavenHic, I love the sound of the EMM a lot, very analog, very revealing in micro-detail. The workmanship is less desirable. Particularly the drive is low quality, the remote is limited in functions and... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallCindy_bob: you must be in audiophile wonderland with your current system. Congratulations. Can you share your opinion on why you chose MM2 vs MM3?Jonanthan, these pictures above show what t... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Upgrading Into Audiophile HeavenThank you Mike for your kind words and suggestions. However, the very good (read best) MIT cables are priced out of this world, not quite Transparent Opus levels, but close. At this time I'm not re... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Upgrading Into Audiophile HeavenCorrection: I guess not beats but combines posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Upgrading Into Audiophile HeavenChris, I live in the USA, but yes I am Dutch by nationality although I haven't lived in The Netherlands for a while. Still have family there, so I visit occasionally. The Leolux couch you see in th... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Upgrading Into Audiophile HeavenChris, don't get me wrong...I LOVE the Stradivaries, they look FANTASTIC and sound extremely seductive, they have easy WAF (Wife Approval Factor)! They are very coherent from top to bottom, superb ... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJtinn, Mike, thanks a lot for taking the time to provide above clarifications!Jtinn, I agree with you about the fun factor. And as evidenced by the many posts and visits of Mike's system, a... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, I'm not a vinyl guy either (at least not yet), however I am a little confused here. If the point was that 5 of 5 personal music choices in ones own system could be distinguished between digit... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, I'm in complete admiration! You called the challenge, you conceded that you lost by missing the third recording, and with the grace that only true gentlemen are bestowed with. Disrega... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemHenry, I heard the same gear on Wilson Watt/Puppy 7 speakers. And I was amazed by the detail, imaging, soundstage, but the dynamics and speed were suboptimal...to me unacceptable. Isn't it strange ... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Upgrading Into Audiophile HeavenSystem edited: I guess my system is ever evolving now, so I moved it from the startup section OK. So I auditioned the Evolution Acoustics speaker cables last weekend. For those of you who don't kno... posted about 18 years ago | View comment |