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  1. Mike Lavigne

    Lost tapes from major musicians are out there. These guys find them

    great to read about this. likely there is a paywall involved here. but this article might be distributed widely....sourced from the New York Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/lost-tapes-from-major-musicians-are-out-there-these-guys-find-them/
  2. Mike Lavigne

    Axpona 24’ Mike Lavigne pics

  3. Mike Lavigne

    was hacked, ignore any unsolicited email from me....

    sorry, but not sure how to deal with this other than to warn you not to respond to any email from me unless you contacted me first. at least one person received an email requesting them to send an e-gift debit card to my niece. :( i've changed my email password, and hopefully no one gets...
  4. Mike Lavigne

    PranaWire Ground Interceptor Level III impressions

    My note to Joe Cohen from "The Lotus Group" this morning; >>Sorry to go silent to you. It’s been a crazy month (traveled to SoCal for a funeral and extended family stuff…..and many other things) and I have not got around to complete your device investigations until now. But I just finished with...
  5. Mike Lavigne

    "Vintage", an all analog jazz Lp, from Jason Sabbagh

    ordered it back in the early summer i think, it just arrived. mine is number #369. recorded in 2020 on Studer A800 at 30ips, mixed to 1/2" on an Ampex 351 with an all tubes. mastered by Bernie from the analog tape. and it sounds like it. very lively and flowing, micro-dynamic and PRAT filled...
  6. Mike Lavigne

    new 45rpm direct-to-disc---Dvorak Symphony No.9---he who hesitates...

    this was on another thread, but those posts on that thread might not alert those who need to see this in time before it's sold out, i figured members might appreciate starting another thread so they would be alerted. and thank you to @MikeHorns for the post i saw :) that alerted me. Mr...
  7. Mike Lavigne

    Massif Audio Design racks incoming, and......

    when you have as much gear as i have it's daunting to consider (the $$$'s for) beautiful high end audio racks. for over a decade i've been very satisfied with my cost effective and solid performing Adona Zero GXT racks; i have 4 of them. and this past year i added a used Finite Element Pagoda...
  8. Mike Lavigne

    my morning with Starker.......

    first Monday in October, a light rain falling, and i'm retired. had a busy Football weekend, a little baseball and the Ryder Cup too. so not much listening. i pulled out my original pressing Bach Starker "Suites For Unaccompanied Cello"...Complete Box Set (Mercury SR3-9016). i do have the fine...
  9. Mike Lavigne

    23’ SoCal T.H.E. Show pictures

    Evolution, darTZeel, Wave Kinetics, Durand room + ATR Services. Friday morning normally a little rough, but not here. Amazing sound. World premiers for: Evolution Acoustics ‘SYSTEM’ Durand Tonearms Tosca LE
  10. Mike Lavigne

    Jonathan Tinn R.I.P.

    it's with great sadness that i share that my beloved friend, Jonathan Tinn, passed away last week. Jonathan was a major force in our hobby, with companies building speakers and cables (Evolution Acoustics), turntables and resonance control (Wave Kinetics), and distributing digital, (Merging...
  11. Mike Lavigne

    Esoteric Grandioso T1 turntable arrives; G1X Master Clock coming.

    it's here. the Esoteric Grandioso T1 turntable is......in pieces on my floor. beautiful pieces i might add. i'm taking a break after my unpacking efforts so i thought i should post some pictures. most of the pieces are still wrapped up, but i need to rest. a week ago i helped move my 200 pound...
  12. Mike Lavigne

    AK (hot rodded) Ampex ATR-102's w/MR-70 Preamps replaces my Studers.

    3 years ago my local friend Andrew Kosobutsky (AK) finally convinced me to allow him to bring one of his his Ampex ATR-102's over to my room to directly compare to my Studer A-820 with King Cello repro. even at that point in his ATR-102 development/optimization process, it easily bettered my...
  13. Mike Lavigne

    School District Sues Big Tech over Social Media Harm

    i posted this inspired by Marty's response to ddk's comment about his kids and streaming evil.....and did not want to further derail Ron's thread. if this is too political then i respect the mods might delete it. but reading this this morning on this local news feed i think it's a big issue...
  14. Mike Lavigne

    T.H.E. Show---SoCal 2023--Hilton Orange County June 9th to 11th

    less than a mile from John Wayne Airport.......hooray!!! might just go to this one as the airport is easy peasy. we'll see how well supported it is. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zxfzl8v5rjo
  15. Mike Lavigne

    Penny and the Quarters and Friends......on Quboz......perfect musical soul.

    working my way through the weekly streaming Quboz new titles, and this morning listening to "Penny and the Quarters and Friends", and i'm just taken with this music. it's essential raw early 70's soulful R&B and will put a smile on your face. i decided to order the vinyl on amazon. in any case...
  16. Mike Lavigne

    UHQR 45rpm Steely Dan---7 early titles---announced last week--ordered them all.

    all mastered direct from tape, by Bernie Grundman. i'm a big Steely Dan fan, have good to very good pressings of these and a few tapes. but this got my attention. some of my all time favorite pop music. lovingly performed and recorded. never hurt that Walter Becker, RIP, was an audiophile...
  17. Mike Lavigne

    big new Roon happening next Tuesday Sept 20th.

    just got this in my email in box....
  18. Mike Lavigne

    Bernie Grundman tells it like it is----great video---lots to unpack

    saw this 2 hour and 25 minute video (it flies by :p ) and felt it needed to be posted. put it on the MoFi thread then Ron suggested it needed it's own thread as it covers lots of subjects. especially 1:17 to 1:27 gets into analog and digital and the effects. speaks strongly to my preference for...
  19. Mike Lavigne

    Puget Audio Fest

    Jaguar Audio— Avant Garde Zeros
  20. Mike Lavigne

    not sure i like the 'red' in thread snippets, seems to be distracting...

    ......but if i got to live with it then ok. i expect someone smarter than me has a good reason for it. but if you are asking? then, no. if it's a setting that i accidentally triggered please let me know how to undo it.
  21. Mike Lavigne

    interesting article; Audio Engineers Are Almost All Men--Seattle Program To Change That.

    i hope it works, i think a positive thing. and then they can figure out a companion program to create more women audiophiles.....maybe invite some to a local audio club meeting or the upcoming audio show in Seattle...
  22. Mike Lavigne

    Primary Control FCL 12"----field coil loaded unipivot tone arm.

    as i sit here listening this morning to this new tone arm, i realize it deserves it's own thread. i installed the FCL last night but precise set-up was not very far along, i had to work out a few questions with Bernd Hemmen, the designer builder. there is a learning curve which i am traversing...
  23. Mike Lavigne

    best thing i have read in a very long time....

    that guy Musk..... the concept of remote work is destroying society from the inside out. not by itself, but a significant part of it. if this is too political and mods delete it, so be it.
  24. Mike Lavigne

    Axpona 22’ pictures

    figured I would post pictures, some posts will have multiple rooms, some just a single room. Then over the weekend as I gather my thoughts I will add them to the pics. At least everyone can see where I went and get a feel for things.
  25. Mike Lavigne

    darTZeel 18NS pre and 468 mono amp print review in Absolute Sound; by Jacob Heilbrunn

    not yet on line. read it this weekend. he purchased both the pre and the amps, and has ordered a second set of amps for his subwoofers which maybe have already arrived. it's a rave, i will leave it at that. as i live with the same electronics every day i have to admit i agree with him (no...
  26. Mike Lavigne

    vinyl upgrades; Dava, FCL tone arm, EMIA silver Phono Corrector, MC Trio

    i've finished my digital push....and been working on a few odds and ends to fine tune my vinyl. had my 3 tt's for 3 years now, thought long and hard about consolidating the 3 into one 'big-boy' tt, but at the end of the day have decided that the three tt's cover state of the art vinyl rotating...
  27. Mike Lavigne

    Wadax Reference Dac and Server arrive

    we are actually listening to Quboz about 10 minutes after power up.
  28. Mike Lavigne

    stuff of dreams....3000 classical records inbound.

    this past Sunday morning i was seriously contemplating trying to win an ebay auction for an ERC (Electric Recording Company) 7 disc box set of Lili Kraus (ERC065). the bid was over $1900 and i almost hit "submit" to raise the bid (turned out i would have won the auction). what stopped me was my...
  29. Mike Lavigne

    Audio-Ultra 'mini-show' near Seattle today--enjoyed it yesterday--good sounds, Fremer there too.

    started around noon yesterday. today starts at 9am. our WBF member Ed DiVito runs Audio-Ultra (he was also with Rex, WBF member Kingrex, doing the electrical help for Michael Fremer at his home......Stereophile write-up this month.....Rex is not part of Audio Ultra). i got there about 4pm and...
  30. Mike Lavigne

    broken violin string in mid-performance? no big deal! dealing with crisis success!

    talk about keeping in the musical flow! wow! https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/watch-what-happens-when-star-soloist-ray-chens-violin-string-breaks-while-performing-with-seattle-symphony/

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