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 Mike Lavigne's System

room from doorway
looking back
i hope i don't wake up

sit down!
enough power.
NVS, (2) Telos Tonearms, Dart pre, Playback Designs (1 of 1)
  Mike Lavigne's System
  Evolution Acoustics MM7's Speaker  pic
  darTZeel NHB-458  pic
  darTZeel NHB-18NS  pic
  Evolution Acoustics 7.5 meter 'Zeel'
  Playback Designs MPS-5  pic
  Merging Technologies Emotion DA converter  pic
  'Clone' music server using an Intel Dual Core processor
  Wave Kinetics NVS  pic
  Durand Telos  pic
  Ortofon MC Anna  pic
  Durand Sapphire cartridge plate for Telos Tonearm  pic
  Durand Telos  pic
  Miyajima Premium Be Cartridge
  EMT 948  pic
  Studer A820 Master Recorder  pic
  Studer A820 Master Recorder  pic
  King/Cello tape repro/phono
  Equi=tech 10WQ Tweak
  Furutech GTX-D Rhodium duplex outlets Tweak
  Absolute Fidelity power interfaces Tweak
  Adona Zero GTX 4-shelf rack Stand
  Adona Zero CS-2 Stand
  Acoustic Dream equipment rack Stand
  Box Furniture amp stands Stand
  Wave Kinetics A10 U8 decoupling footers Tweak
  Auralex T-Fusor diffusers
  RPG Skyline diffuser
  Audio Desk Systeme Record Cleaning System Tweak
  Acoustic Revive RL-30 mKIII CD-LP demagnatizer Tweak
  Furutech DF-2 LP disc flattner Tweak
  Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Anniversary Ed. Tweak
  Winds ALM-01 Stylus Force Gauge Tweak
  i-Tower by Koncept LED floor lamp Tweak
  Quietrock THX 545 drywall Tweak
  view...... what i look at...  pic
  Barn.... ......room is....  pic

Mike Lavigne's System
this room and system is the result of 10 years in High End audio. my system has been stable for a couple of years (except for transport and amplifier upgrades within the same brand). the room has been in the planning stage for about 18 months and i actually moved in a little over a month ago.

my audio philosphy is to have the system get out of the way of the event. i like as pure and simple a signal path as possible and, at this point, prefer passive to active gain stages. i love all the formats and enjoy having lot's of music.....vinyl is my favorite but i listen to at least 60% digital. the new room really reveals the benefits of SACD over redbook.

the system and room truely allow the event to be recreated before me. i love the way the speakers disappear and i am transported to another place/time.

i have choosen my cables, sources, amps, speakers to have as little of their own sound as possible.

recently, i upgraded my digtial transport from the modified Philips SACD 1000 to the new emmlabs CDSD.....this was a significant step upward in performance.

i have written an article in Positive Feedback regarding my room building experience.....here is a link;

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue16/lavigneroom.htm
Mikelavigne  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

11-03-02
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12-11-11   James, you are most welcome. isn't it great when your syste ...   Mikelavigne

12-12-11   Hey mike, i have been still dealing with barry and he has be ...   Mikeduke

12-13-11   Hi mike, thanks. everything gets blamed on me. :) i think ...   Mikelavigne

12-14-11   Not blaming you mike :). you are not putting your hand in m ...   Mikeduke

12-19-11   Mike, sorry for the delay in my response, i've been out of ...   Mikelavigne

12-20-11   Cool. no offence at all :). i think part of is that i am i ...   Mikeduke

12-22-11   Mike, systems need to fit our life styles, and you are alre ...   Mikelavigne

12-22-11   I've been pretty low key about the nvs and telos for awhile. ...   Mikelavigne

12-22-11   Hi mike, you may want to get that studer a820-king cello c ...   Unoear

12-22-11   hi mike, regarding the nvs, telos, & a90 combo... no need ...   Grr6001

12-23-11   Alan, i do have 4 other good rtr decks here as references t ...   Mikelavigne

12-23-11   Gary, thanks for your views/raves on the nvs-telos. as we b ...   Mikelavigne

12-24-11   Have a good christmas mike. i have treated myself to the nvs ...   Vicks7

12-24-11   Hi james, you will love the nvs! it is the real deal. the t ...   Mikelavigne

12-24-11   Oh, and merry christmas and happy new year to you too james!   Mikelavigne

12-24-11   Wishing you pam and family a very merry christmas. enjoy the ...   Rugyboogie

12-24-11   Hi mike , merry christmas & a happy new year. 1 am getting ...   Audioblazer

12-25-11   Hi audioblazer, and merry christmas and a happy new year to ...   Mikelavigne

12-25-11   In between 'honey-do' stuff i need to do for swmbo before th ...   Mikelavigne

12-25-11   And on another note, we are getting a rain and wind storm he ...   Mikelavigne

12-25-11   Mike - congrats on your new amps. your experience with low ...   Elberoth2

12-26-11   Mike, u got it right. i thought you were using both amp. rea ...   Audioblazer

12-27-11   Elberoth2, very astute and interesting observations regardin ...   Charles1dad

12-29-11   I heard mike's room several years ago (playback design/tt/rr ...   Glory

12-30-11   Glory, interesting perspective, we`ll just disagree on your ...   Charles1dad

12-30-11   Hi mike, hope all is well with you. out of interest, are y ...   Vicks7

12-30-11   Glory, you are right on the money about the dark side of aud ...   Agear

12-30-11   Hi glory you have some very good points in your post but i h ...   Jasonparmenter

12-30-11   I was also transported with set but imo in my system it stil ...   Glory

12-30-11   Jason, that 'live event' experience you speak of is exactly ...   Charles1dad

12-30-11   I have a subset of friends who have graduated onwards from s ...   Agear

12-30-11   People move on from set to ss and others do the opposite. it ...   Charles1dad

12-30-11   Hello agear when you say graduated onwards from set amplifie ...   Jasonparmenter

12-31-11   Hello mike, congratulations on you great system!! i bough ...   Vn101606

12-31-11   See, advertising works...   Unoear

12-31-11   Hi vicente, thanks for the kind comments, and greetings to ...   Mikelavigne

12-31-11   Elberoth2, thank you for the recommendation on the ancient ...   Mikelavigne

12-31-11   Audioblazer, the 2a3's are not really able to fully power m ...   Mikelavigne

12-31-11   Charles1dad and glory, great points both. i suppose i agree ...   Mikelavigne

12-31-11   Agear, the yipslon is one product that does have my interes ...   Mikelavigne

12-31-11   Jason, i will be continueing to investigate set's and where ...   Mikelavigne

12-31-11   And i love my speakers. no 100db efficient speaker can move ...   Mikelavigne

12-31-11   Hi james, yes, i do use a clone pc digital server (with 3+ ...   Mikelavigne

12-31-11   hi agear, bias is definitely a variable and should not be ...   C1ferrari

12-31-11   hi mike, analog r2r...vinyl...digital dsd 64/128 (read: no ...   C1ferrari

01-01-12   Hi sam. thanks for catching my funny. in the heat of all t ...   Agear

01-01-12   Sam and sonny, the best to both of you for the new year, an ...   Mikelavigne

01-01-12   Agear, thanks for the kind comments. when i think back to t ...   Mikelavigne

01-01-12   Dear mike, thank you very much! i will look for the telwire ...   Vn101606

01-01-12: Cdk84

Good Evening, Mike,

Did you write up your comparative reflections on the Telea Two and Telos arms? If so, can you offer an approximate date for that entry?

Hope it's a wonderful New Year for you,

Best Wishes,

David
Cdk84  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)



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