Mike Lavigne's Systemcompleted the first wave of new gear listings. added the Wadax dac & server, the EMIA phono, the Esoteric T1 tt w/clock, the -2- Ampex ATR-102 1/4" and 1/2" reel to reel decks with the MR-70 pr... posted 10 months ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemstep 2 complete---new system pictures are posted.next step is to add new gear listings and descriptions. and post comments on the new pictures. not sure how long this will take.... posted 10 months ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemlast system update was 3 years ago, and it's now long overdue. i'm now working on it.step number 1 complete.----removed departed gear descriptions and ... posted 10 months ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhere are links to my final 4 main efforts i made to do the final 2015 tune on my room; hope that helps to understand things. these efforts were cheap cheap, a few hundred dolla... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi bimmerman2, thankyou for the kind words. i really do enjoy my system and space. my system pictures are about a year out of date now. my digital is different, and i have diffe... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Andy, thank you for the kind comments. nice to connect with a local audiophile. Gary Radka in Ohio, is my fellow Evolution Acoustics MM7's owner. great guy and he has a formi... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert,i have a tubed CS Port phono i like alot, and have acquired a used Aesthetix Io Eclipse phono which is at Aesthetix for some updates on it's way to me. posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's Systemhi Albert,as a tube loving solid state user i can relate. i view my swiss solid state darTZeel as sounding like music, not tubes........or solid state. i do think musical reprod... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Uwiik’s latest update March 2021beautiful looking system, love the space and feel. congrats! posted about 3 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Anthony,thank you for the kind words. i do enjoy my Evolutions and darTZeel, and appreciate the help of Jonathan over the years. loving my tt's and tape decks. you would be w... posted about 3 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Panda,i never auditioned the JVC RS3000 4 years ago when i made the change, but jumped all the way to the RS4500 from my Sony VW1000ES. so i cannot comment on the differences... posted about 3 years ago | View comment | |
My Space!just saw your very elegant room. looks very well thought out and executed. must sound very fine. enjoy it in good health. congrats! <... posted over 3 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Ray,thank you for the kind comment.i saw you are building a dedicated room. sounds like you are having fun with it. enjoy the process, i know i enjo... posted over 3 years ago | View comment | |
Jazdoc's "Not Off The Rack" Systemwas lucky enough to be able to join jazdoc Thursday night for a listen to his new Etsuro Bordeaux cartridge. jazdoc had 20 or so hours on this beauty so far and is working on fine tuning the ... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's System16f4,thank you for your service. and thanks for the kind words.you would be welcome to come by anytime you are in the Seattle area. and i meant what i ... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
16f4's Current Systemi like it. just the music.there are times when my big system is more a burden than advantage......with streaming at the quality it is now, if i had it to do over again, i would ... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemKen,my guy is not too available. where are you located? the more i think about it, if i were starting over now, honestly i would recommend the Ampex ATR-... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Ken,nice room and system, btw. congrats!the A-807 is a 'little brother' to my A-820's, and if you can find one of those in great shape, then it woul... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
From Electrostats to Horns -More Stepshi Bill.love the pictures of your Austin room, somehow never seen them before. looks like a great place to listen, love all the little touches. first class gear line-up. hope yo... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemArchguy,appreciate the kind offer. it is a blank canvas and you are not the first to suggest i do something artistic with it. in some ways it's a missing piece of the visuals. posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
Archguy's Extra Systemsawesome systems and pictures. just beautiful. eye candy to the highest order, bravo!great spots to listen......enjoy! posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi Arnie,sorry for the delay in my response. somehow i missed this until just now.and you are correct; that front center large round diffuser had a tri... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemhi David,good thoughtful question. sorry if this answer is long winded, but it's not simple to answer.the basic differences between the Taiko Tana 'sys... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's Systemfinally posting a bunch of new additions.---2 new turntables, 1 with new l---new phono preamp---new phono cartridge---addition of... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's System@b_limo; again sorry for my delayed response.appreciate those very nice words. my system certainly has been a labor of love and very long ter... posted over 4 years ago | View comment |