mikelavigne
Responses from mikelavigne
| To spike or not to spike, that, is the question. you have a few issues going on here.a suspended wood floor as you describe has two main challenges; it will transfer footfalls to your gear and also transfer the acoustic feedback from your speakers to the rack.with a suspended wood floor the best... | |
| Break in time for Nordost Valhalla i have owned Valhalla since 2001; and at one point used 6 sets of Valhalla interconnects in my system. i now have three sets.i purchased a Nordost CBID1 (Cable break-in device) when i first purchased my Valhalla and have always used that for break... | |
| emmlabs into wall outlet or into shunyata hydra? Michael, i have had very good performance from both the Jena Labs Fundamental one and the Evolution Acoustics power cords.both have in-line conditioners that both quiet the circut and provide a filter than eliminates back feed of noise back into y... | |
| Do 1M iCs sound better than .5M? Chayro, any change in length that small would likely result in a slight measureable difference on an oscillosope, but it is doubtful you would ever hear it in an analog cable assuming all other parameters are identical. a digital cable is more sen... | |
| Best subwoofer for a Wilson Puppy i have a pair of JL Audio f113 Fathom subwoofers arriving this coming week. my original intent was for the LFE channel of the multi-channel i have added to my 2-channel room (no video....just hi-rez multi-channel). i am now planning on trying to i... | |
| Cost no Object but Small Room Marten Design Coltranes would be hard to beat in performance/size. i seriously considered them for the rear channels of my 2-channel room.other possibilities would be the Kharma Midi and Mini Exquisites. those would be my top small 'cost-no-object... | |
| The best mini monitors you have heard? i just purchased the Marten 'Dukes'; a small stand mounted 2-way, for the rear channels as i have added multi-channel to my 2-channel room.read about them herei have not yet listened to them as 2-channel speakers but i am quite impressed by how th... | |
| Listening chair? i own three Ekones Stressless chairs. they are comfortable and nicely built. i used one for three years in my listening room (1996-1999). the only issue is that the back rests are broad and somewhat cupped. they will definitely effect the sound to... | |
| How to evaluate preamps? Gethe; i've spoken to Guy at Placette regarding the passive verses the active. when a system is optimized for passive then the passive is 'as good, but different' than the active. the problem is that most systems are not optimized for passive.you ... | |
| How to evaluate preamps? Scott; your musings on this issue have a familiar ring to me. 6 years ago i purchased a pair of Tenor OTL monoblocks with integrated resistor based passive volume controls and input selectors. at that time i owned the Levinson #32 preamp and loved... | |
| Best CD player money can buy ? MBL, Nagra, Naim? i would like to add for clarity; my EMM Labs SE redbook performance is better than any other i have heard.....in my system, to my tastes, to my ears. i have not heard everything out there and at the top of the heap the differences are not large.YMMV. | |
| Best CD player money can buy ? MBL, Nagra, Naim? Newly; just curious.....is there something about the EMM Labs SE gear that causes you to want something different? i understand the desire to have the best and am not being critical. i've owned the CDSD SE and DAC6 SE for the last year or so and i... | |
| What Mobile Fidelity lp or cd is your fav ? UHQR DSOTMRickie Lee Jones-LpTraffic, The low spark of high heeled boys-Lp | |
| Review: Acapella Triolons Speaker Fred, congrats on the delivery of the Triolons.....that is most definitely 'an event'.be careful not to hurt yourself moving those beasts around.i will anxiously await your initial impressions 'in-room'. i had missed this thread earlier......the T... | |
| Obsessed with room acoustics you sound perfectly normal to me. i can't see what your problem is.:) |