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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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08-29-05   Henryhk, thanks for the kind comments. even though you are i ...   Mikelavigne

08-29-05   Blueguitar; i can't imagine a better speaker for my room/sys ...   Mikelavigne

08-29-05   If i have bigger room, then i will be happy to get vr7, whic ...   blueguitar111@

08-30-05   Mikey, i have been salivating every time i see a pic of you ...   Dalton

08-31-05   Blueguitar; i am using the tenor but do have a dartzeel nhb- ...   Mikelavigne

08-31-05   Dalton; thanks. you would be most welcome for a visit.....e- ...   Mikelavigne

08-31-05   Mike, thanks for the open invitation. it is exciting for me ...   Dalton

09-02-05   Hey mike do you "treat" your cd's with anything? i ...   Jlind325is

09-02-05   Dalton, prior to moving into my new room i was fully satisfi ...   Mikelavigne

09-03-05   . mike, . you will love the loricraft. it is a joy to use a ...   Cello

09-04-05   'get the lead out'.... a week ago i was going to 'make smal ...   Mikelavigne

09-04-05   Larry, thanks for the feedback. i do have a furutech rd-1 bu ...   Mikelavigne

09-06-05   Just an observation: you only have one chair in the sweet s ...   Mjcmt

09-07-05   Mjcmt, the pictures show just one chair; but i often have vi ...   Mikelavigne

09-07-05   Andy, thanks for the info. i am very excited to be finally f ...   Mikelavigne

09-07-05   For what its worth i use vivid: makes things smoother and f ...   Henryhk

09-07-05   Mike: yeah, tweaks can be a confusing subject--especially i ...   Hooper

09-11-05   Andy, i know you were kinda kidding......but your perception ...   Mikelavigne

09-13-05   Andy, for awhile a few years back i did compare lots of cabl ...   Mikelavigne

09-14-05   Very interesting product this equi=tech is. thank you for in ...   Gallant_diva

09-14-05   Andy, i did just a quick look around to see what i could dig ...   Mikelavigne

09-15-05   . hooper, . thanks for sharing the info on emm vs zanden. ha ...   Cello

09-15-05   Andy, i have only heard zanden at shows.....and the same fee ...   Mikelavigne

09-15-05   Andy, an additional thought on acrolink and oyaide. the thin ...   Mikelavigne

09-19-05   Hey andy, yes, those jena's are really special. you had to ...   Mikelavigne

09-21-05   Imagine that you were born into a world where everything had ...   Mikelavigne

09-21-05   Hi mike, thank you for your first impression on the whole & ...   Sjmgr

09-22-05: Mikelavigne
i sit here in awe of what i am hearing;

there are NO trade-offs.

the phono section of the darTZeel preamp is by far the best i have ever heard when combined with this darTZeel system. i have never heard better music reproduction. could there be a better phono stage? i will go out on a very stout limb and venture an opinion on that; i don't think any phono stage unless combined with this preamp could be competitive with what i am hearing. the Boulder? the Connoisseur Definitions? not if they were used with other pre's......and i have heard the CD with it's pre.

i have not used the Lamm into the darTZeel pre to compare directly to the dart's internal phono stage.....but i know there is a warmth to the Lamm that would take away from the utter truth i am hearing.

from where i sit right now there are two kinds of systems......those with this darTZeel preamp and those without. it is that much better than anything i have heard.

does that make my feelings clear enough?

in the last 4 years i have compared my passive pre and switchbox to many of the best pre's out there......at least 10 or so......and i've heard most of the others. this thing makes everything else sound broken.

i may sound nuts.....but withhold your judgement until you hear this thing.

let's see......did i leave myself any wiggle room? nope. sometimes you just gotta take a stand.

this weekend hopefully i can get a few friends to come over and either drink the koolaid or slap some sense into me.....i'm betting heavily on the koolaid.

Mikelavigne  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


09-22-05   Thank you very much, mike. i could feel your joy in the rev ...   Sjmgr

09-22-05   I musr say that you must have ears like a bat - so that you ...   Lohanimal

09-22-05   Sjmgr, i'm glad you enjoyed my 'rave'. thanks. lohanimal, ...   Mikelavigne

09-22-05   Andy, so i was that predictable. ;^) after we (you, mes, a ...   Mikelavigne

09-22-05   Mike, i enjoy reading your 'rave' very much, but, i would be ...   Sjmgr

09-22-05   Mike, frankly, you guys are starting to scare the crap out o ...   Islandear

09-23-05   "otoh i would agree that the combo of gear we both have ...   Sjmgr

09-23-05   Sjmgr, "immersed in a sea of music" pretty much sa ...   Mikelavigne

09-23-05   Islandear, be afraid, be very afraid. this is the real deal. ...   Mikelavigne

09-23-05   Andy, the pre is sitting on the gp rack spot vacated by my ...   Mikelavigne

09-23-05   Mike, listening classical music from the darts is the real ...   Sjmgr

09-23-05   Sjmgr, your contribution is not only welcome, it is appreci ...   Mikelavigne

09-24-05   Mike, thank you and i would be most glad to chat with you m ...   Sjmgr


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