Audiophile Heaven AntwerpHi Mike, the GPA magnesium composite platter is 12.5" in diameter and my DV507II measures just over 12" including cartridge. I'm no expert, but I am told that the Dynavector arm is relati... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpHi Underdog, thanks for your nice comment. I like the simplicity of your room/setup very much too. Nice balance of room/components/source.I only heard the Evidence Master powered by the big Cho... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJF - I'll have to read up a bit. Is that also where I'd find some technical info on the APL amp? posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room but Good SoundDarren, buy the best speakers you can afford and then start auditioning for amps, pre-amos, and sources ... and lastly cabling. Try out different brands within your budget, read up online on some o... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, I wonder if you ever heard the Accustic Arts hybrid tube DAC II. I have, and I found it quite good (vs the CDSA SE), in fact it was abundantly clearly better in many aspects, most importantly... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpMikeduke, you can start with a basic between the speakers against the front wall by the floor, and a silver 12 inches above the tweeter on between the speakers on the front wall. That's the minimum... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, that tweak that you recently discussed is that the same one as Brian Kyle is selling now? posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, I apologize for my somewhat incorrect vs categorization, thanks for sharing that detail ... maybe JT can post some general technical specs on his website for everyone to read. So have you cal... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, don't worry, I'm on JT's list... just obviously can't get a sense of performance if not listened & compared myself. I'll probably fly over to Barry when he gets his. But the barn where this s... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, et all, both players are at the top of their game. At that level its about subtle nuances and likely at best very subjective preferences. 24bit vs 32bit DAC architecture, VDRS NEO vs VDRS dri... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's System"...But your point is well taken. It would be awkward to compare two products with the mfg. present, especially if the results came out in favor of the other brand..."Even more awkward if t... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike, that's great news on the PBS CDP. Can you pls take a pic and post it? Would love to see what it looks like! posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpYou know the room dimensions are significantly different from before. Going from 220 sqft to 1000+ sqft naturally requires a different spacing between the speakers. The whole acoustic property of t... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpYou're going to be in for a treat at in Macungie ... I don't understand your non-critical components comment, ALL my components are isolated in some way or another on decent racks/stands. I... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpVegas, yeah, planning for it already ... hope to meet lots of great people, fellow audiophiles, and of course fun products & superb music. Maybe some entertainment on the side, we'll see! posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpPatience is good, especially in this hobby :-)) May see you in Vegas then? Looking forward! posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpIf its automatic and outside the signal path, fantastic! Saves fiddling about with it. I should ask Herve if my amp can be upgraded with that feature ... although now I've figured it out it really ... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpHi Mike, you'll love the GPA Monaco racks ... light and stunning, both visually and sonically. On the DC compensation, when its on it biases both left and right channel automatically, when off, you... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpHi Bart, good to hear from you! Thanks for your nice comments, I'm glad you like the pics. Its worth a day-trip, my invitation to you still stands. Just send me an email. posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpUpdate: DC voltage drift compensation circuit turned off. Whoaw, what an improvement in the performance of the power amp. Its a bit of a pain getting the toggles such that you stabalize each channe... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpMike, it takes the room effects largely out of the listening equation besides adding subtle overtones, adding real three dimensional soundstage, lowering the noise floor, and managing other acousti... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemWow Mike, that's a very interesting account of your experience there. I can see your enthusiasm for this tweak. I heard something similar described to me in a commercially available product here in... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
This is not a System! But getting there.Mihalis, if you have the opportunity I would advice you to visit Mike Lavignes room for a listening session, then you'll know why so many seasoned audiophiles have gone for the MM3/Dart combination... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpJoey, its a pleasure to hear from you again! Are you still in Chicago? I apologize for moving even further away, as I remember I invited you over to Exton, PA where I used to live. If you're ever i... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Antwerp"Warm Tenor", Zoot Sims, Jimmy Rowles, George Mraz, Mousey Alexander a Norman Granz record for the Pablo label in 1979. If you love the lush sound of a tenor sax, there is almost none bet... posted over 17 years ago | View comment |