mikelavigne
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| Newbie, old timer or returned to analog? into vinyl in my youth until the kids and CD's came along in the early 80's so was out of it until 1995. but more my life was kids and not a music focus.then the kids left and I got into high end audio and vinyl and i've been back and big time int... | |
| MSB Sig DACIV plus or EMM DAC2x Fluffers,are you all PCM, all dsd, or both?if you are PCM 'only' and considering dacs in that price range you should at least investigate the Trinity Dac. what the Trinity does for PCM files is astonishing. I've had mine for 4 months now and abso... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Ddriveman,I just bought a pair for my Golden Gate dac from member 'Valvesaglowin'.TubesUSAGeorge was very patient and helpful on the phone. my pair are suppose to arrive on Tuesday. he is located in New York State. | |
| Sgt. Pepper's. remastered Mobile Fidelity there is no problem with the recording.the 24 bit/44 kHz file of 'Sgt. Peppers' is the best sounding digital that I have heard. that came from a USB stick of the whole catalogue. it's better than the 'quite good' re-mastered CD Beatles box (mono a... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes I have also been a silent observer of this thread. I own a Lampi SE Golden Gate DAC and so have been very interested in what tubes might be best for me. today I called George Lenz and ordered the Elrog 300b's. he was very helpful over the phone.cu... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable thanks for the comments Calvin. I have enjoyed my ride. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable 4orrel,you are welcome. and I'd agree that few high end cables are high value purchases on an objective basis; Tara included.the concept of 'overpriced' is a relative term based on a person's priorities.OTOH based on my experience with the very to... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Audiolabyrinth,Hi mikelavigne, did you know Dan D'Agostino invented the cable interface you have?, Dan did this when he was still with krell back in the late 90's, it is called krell castwrong.the Krell CAST system has nothing to do with the 50oh... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Calvin,thank you for the kind words and comments in the 'spirit' of this thread,@mikelavigne, you are slacking on your cable game. You got to get better ones. Lol. I'm rolling on the floor again laughing. On a serious note you seem to have an amaz... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Calvin,thank you for the kind words and comments in the 'spirit' of this thread,@mikelavigne, you are slacking on your cable game. You got to get better ones. Lol. I'm rolling on the floor again laughing. On a serious note you seem to have an amaz... | |
| What's a contender to an Audio Reference 5 SE? I would recommend a used darTZeel NHB-18NS. not cheap but likely close to the price range. it's battery powered, Swiss built like a tank, very low noise, and has a great phono stage standard. and it's sound is very natural and smooth and so gets c... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable just for clarification, I don't use the $42k Tara Grandmaster speaker cables that Audiolabyrinth refers to here;.....Mikelavigne's Grandmaster original model speaker cable's retail for 42,000.00 8ft, his system may be better for such cable's......... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable if someone posts that they have an expensive Watch collection, or Wine collection, everyone has a positive reaction. it's cool. even a sailboat or toy car.but if someone who has worked hard to assemble the best possible audio system finds that one... | |
| Solid State Amplifier Advancements In A Decade darTZeel NHB-458 monoblocks.no negative feedback. only 6 active devices in the signal path. astonishingly low noise floor. 500 watts into 8 ohms. all the circuits are suspended inside the chassis for excellent built in isolation from feedback.amaz... | |
| Interesting project started by Michael Fremer hi Sam,I will be sure to mention that to Jonathan. I think he knows that people will have great interest in the details. I know how much I love these Quad dsd files, they are superb sounding.Mike |