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03-16-10
Ok, here are room pictures with the painted t-fusors; room ... Mikelavigne
03-16-10
Forgot a picture i especially liked..... t-fusor, dim ligh ... Mikelavigne
03-17-10
Gallant diva, it was great seeing you again and enjoying a ... Mikelavigne
03-17-10
Mike, dim light pics looking good. will you be spraying the ... Joneill
03-17-10
Mike, please disregard my post. i see you have painted! may ... Joneill
03-17-10
Jim, no problem, don't worry about it. best, Mikelavigne
03-17-10
Mike, are you coming over for the ncaa? Cyrus
03-18-10
Cyrus, no, my heart will be in san jose following my dawgs, ... Mikelavigne
03-18-10
Last night my audio desk systeme vinyl cleaner, lp cleaning ... Mikelavigne
03-18-10
Mike, sounds goood. if the huskies win their first game, i ... Cyrus
03-18-10
Cyrus, i'm not thinking past 4:20pm pdt today....and i hope ... Mikelavigne
03-18-10
Mike , i will be watching the huskies today at 420. i think ... Cyrus
03-18-10
Hi mike, new to audiogon posting, and have greatly enjoyed t ... Spiritofmusic
03-18-10
Hi spirit, thanks for the kind comments. i don't really kno ... Mikelavigne
03-19-10
Hi mike, great system and love to follow what you are doing ... Supergroverd
03-19-10
Thanks supergrooved. i guess steve is quite busy then with ... Mikelavigne
03-19-10
Mike: i have an lp by the same chinese vocalist. i will see ... Gallant_diva
03-19-10
Diva, if you can direct me to a source for that vocalist i'm ... Mikelavigne
03-22-10
Mike, thanks for you contacting steve on my behalf. i'm pret ... Spiritofmusic
03-22-10
Hi mike, i am wondering if painting your t-fusors changed t ... Elescher
03-22-10
Elescher; the short answer is that i do not hear any change ... Mikelavigne
03-22-10
Marc, you are welcome. my listening certainly supports t ... Mikelavigne
03-22-10
I'm going to syracuse n.y. to watch my uw huskies play the w ... Mikelavigne
03-23-10
Mike: you stated: "my listening certainly supports the ... Jtinn
03-23-10
Mike, funny that the analog/digital debate rears it's ugly h ... Idos
03-23-10
Idos, i agree with jtinn that in some ways digital (throug ... Mikelavigne
03-23-10
Hi mike, what record cleaning machine? and congrats ! Jfrech
03-23-10
Jfrech, my post from above on march 18th describes my ini ... Mikelavigne
03-23-10
now come on mike you know that's all because of the tel wir ... Cpk
03-23-10
i agree that the tel wire power cord did improve the perfor ... Mikelavigne
03-24-10
Hi mike, that's great that your rcm is performing brilliant ... C1ferrari
03-24-10
Hi mike, thanks i just went back and read your earlier pos ... Jfrech
03-24-10
just a little bit of light-hearted embellishment on my part ... Cpk
03-25-10
I will note that tbg had the unit in his system and conclude ... Fcrowder
03-25-10
Hi this is what we did at albert's recently. cleaned using ... Jfrech
03-25-10
Fred and jfreh, from others using this machine i've heard t ... Mikelavigne
04-01-10
Sometimes you just get lucky. tonight i brought home 2000+ c ... Mikelavigne
04-01-10
Congratulations mike. i am sure many of the 1500 are a gem. Gallant_diva
04-01-10
Ooh...40 cents/album - sounds great, mike! now, i need to f ... C1ferrari
04-01-10
Mike, a very happy easter to you. can you go into a bit more ... Spiritofmusic
04-02-10
Sam and diva, thanks. i've been enjoying the collection. it ... Mikelavigne
04-02-10
Marc, i've been thinking since yesterday how to answer your ... Mikelavigne
04-03-10
Thank you mike for such a detailed 4 way comparison. i had b ... Spiritofmusic
04-03-10: Mikelavigne
Marc,
i have no experience with the Townshend, nor have i heard about it or read about it....so i can't really comment one way or another. my personal experience with a dampning trough was that it limited life and dynamics in the music....but whether the application used on the Townshend potentially could cause that i have no idea.
i've heard the Caliburn a few times. while i consider it possibly the most detailed tt i've heard; ultimately i hear what it does not do (as well) compared to the Rockport or other better direct drive tt's. music is timing. period. the best tt's at keeping the time are the one's i enjoy the most. i still enjoy lots of very good belt drive tt's, just not as much.
as far as high torque; i do hear what higher torque contributes in terms of leading edge energy and bass performance. i've not ever heard the same exact tt with low torque and high torque myself; so who is to say what is causing what. maybe it's not so much high torque as the exact correct torque that is the issue.
The Beat not only has high torque, but also it has the ability to adjust the torque. my Loricraft UPS-301 AR power supply for my Dobbins-Garrard 301 has adjustable torque. i've watched and heard the effect of fine-tuning the torque on that baby, there is a performance improvement in nuance with torque spot on.
high torque does provide the drive to overcome the effect of groove modulation. during musical peaks the friction of the greater groove modulation can slightly slow down the platter. whereas our ears are not that sensitive to slight changes in volume; the tinyiest amount of change in speed does distort the sounjd and reduce coherence. you can hear this stuff.
ultimately these technical approaches only matter if a tt/arm/cart communicate the music effectively. i love the way all my tt's put a smile on my face and involve me with the music. i do think that direct drive/idler drive, done right, brings me closest to the music.
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04-04-10
the rockport simply digs deeper into the grooves and 'commun ... Microstrip
04-05-10
Microstrip; i have a good friend with a forsell, i think i ... Mikelavigne
04-05-10
Hi mike, is the benefit of high torque direct drive on a lou ... Spiritofmusic
04-05-10
Marc, it's difficult to clearly assign specific characteris ... Mikelavigne
04-07-10
Greetings, mike, i'm curious of your sonic impressions pert ... C1ferrari
04-07-10
hi mike, the system is looking better than ever and i have ... Drajreynolds
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