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07-21-11
Hi mike, that's a bonus, when you really think about and ho ... Dev
07-22-11
...."i also have two separate phono's in my pre but i o ... Eddiesudz
07-23-11
Mike, i would love to see some photos of your new nvs table ... Peterayer
07-23-11
Here are few fresh pictures; the new look longer view ... Mikelavigne
07-24-11
More pictures; closer to the side another perspectiv ... Mikelavigne
07-23-11
you really nailed it. you're a very perceptive writer and i ... Hiho
07-24-11
Great pics mike, yup sure looks different and defiantly free ... Dev
07-24-11
Mike, very nice. one concern, i would like you to address. ... Rhbblb1
07-24-11
Rich, i've had that chair for 12 years; i'll likely get bur ... Mikelavigne
07-24-11
Hi mike i really like the look of your new turn table plus t ... Jasonparmenter
07-24-11
Thanks for the photos mike. the table and arms look great. ... Peterayer
07-24-11
Hiho, thanks. for the garrard to earn it's place in an envi ... Mikelavigne
07-24-11
Jason, having three tt's did present logisitcal challenges; ... Mikelavigne
07-24-11
Peter, yes; content is a good word, also re-focused on the ... Mikelavigne
07-24-11
And every 6 months when i see your answer i say someday i mu ... Microstrip
07-24-11
When i purchased mine in 1999; you could specify quality of ... Mikelavigne
07-25-11
Hey mike. that is a great looking and i am sure fantastic s ... Mikeduke
07-25-11
Whoops, just noticed a typo. that should be "live line ... Mikeduke
07-27-11
Hi mike, can you give some further opinions on your new adon ... Spiritofmusic
07-28-11
Hi mike, thanks; i am enjoying my new turntable. enjoy the ... Mikelavigne
07-28-11
As far as the adona rack; i'm very happy with both the perfo ... Mikelavigne
07-28-11
Hi mike, the other support i'm considering is one made by sy ... Spiritofmusic
07-28-11
The adona shelves do use granite, but it's sandwiched with h ... Mikelavigne
07-28-11
Thanks for the reply. on good clean records it can sound ve ... Mikeduke
07-28-11
Yes; the wave kinetics a10-u8 footers do improve things on t ... Mikelavigne
07-28-11
Thanks mike. maybe when i get the audience i will see if ba ... Mikeduke
07-28-11
Have you tried the stillpoints ultra ss footers? i wonder h ... Yo2tup
07-29-11
Kevin, i've had 4 different turntables from steve dobbins, ... Mikelavigne
07-30-11
I use the cello tape repro/phono electronics built by charle ... Mikelavigne
07-30-11
hi mike! are you using rca's between the studer and the k/ ... C1ferrari
07-30-11
Hi sam, yes; when ki installed the switch on the heads of m ... Mikelavigne
07-30-11
Mike, are you connecting the wires from the tape head direc ... Microstrip
07-30-11
There is not yet a 'modified dartzeel phono board' appropria ... Mikelavigne
07-31-11
Correction to my last post; pro level is typically +4db, not ... Mikelavigne
08-01-11
Today i had a friend visit who has not been to my room for a ... Mikelavigne
08-01-11
Thanks mike. great post there. i agree with your point liken ... T_bone
08-01-11
Travis, thanks. noise and distortion is something all us aud ... Mikelavigne
08-02-11
About lowering noise floor. my personal experience. there ar ... Mtkhl567
08-02-11
Henry, i agree. there are products that change the sound. s ... Mikelavigne
08-07-11
For years i've been using the nordost cbid 1 cable break-in ... Mikelavigne
08-11-11
Hi mike when are you gona take the pics of rockport down and ... Radhe1486
08-11-11
Hello radhel, you got me there, updated pictures are overdu ... Mikelavigne
08-11-11: Mikelavigne
Radhel,
i just realized i got caught up answering the first part of your question, and did not answer the second.
NVS compared to the Rockport. last summer i first heard the protoype NVS in my room. it showed promise and there were moments of greatness. then a few months later in the fall it was back in my room and at that point it was similar to the Rockport, maybe a bit better in some ways, not quite as good in others. overall at that point i maybe preferred the Rockport.
the NVS continued to be improved and was shown at CES, i did not attend. i was told it was quite a bit better than what i had heard in my room. then the first production NVS (mine) was shipped to the designer in Portland to be tested against the prototype. he told me it was clearly better than the prototype; at which point i drove to Portland and picked it up.
yes; it's better. lower noise, more detail, better bass, more energy, more real. the Rockport still has a similar 'dead solid imaging'. we are not talking 'good and bad' here, we are talking degrees of good. the Rockport still has the vacuum hold-down and is one of the very very best turntables. i don't yet have the isolation platform for the NVS which should improve things.
to be clear; what i'm saying is that the combination of the NVS and the Talea 2 is better than the Rockport Sirius III system.
i did not have the production NVS and the Rockport side by side; but i did have many many reference Lps and my impressions of them, as well as my Studer A-820 as a consistent reference; as well as a number of long term visitors who came to the same conclusions i did.
back on the picture issue; i forgot i also bought another Studer A820 1/2", and some additional power cables.
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08-11-11
Hi mike, what are your loading and gain on the dart phono st ... Lbelchev
08-11-11
As i recall, it's on 63db of gain and 47k ohms loading for t ... Mikelavigne
08-11-11
Of course, one must realize that mike's memory of the rockpo ... Unoear
08-13-11
Thanks mike for me the rockport will always be the greatest ... Radhe1486
08-13-11
It seems despite the ultra engineering aspects of the rockpo ... Charles1dad
08-13-11
Ultimately sound is subjective and systems and rooms rooms a ... Radhe1486
08-13-11
Radhel, alan and charles, there will likely never be anothe ... Mikelavigne
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