Recent content by Mike Lavigne

the Esoteric Clock provides a switch on the back panel that allows it to maintain the thermal state of the clock even when the unit is turned off (assuming the unit stays plugged in). i would copy the clock website info and post it but it's too long. scroll down here and read about it. so it is...

The G1X master clock did arrive, but still waiting for the Shunyata Sigma v2 Clock 50 cable to arrive. it shipped yesterday from 30 miles away, might arrive today or tomorrow. I’d really like to hear what this thing can do.:(

here are a few more..... picture #1 shows the very serious power supply, plus the shelf above waiting for the G1X master clock to arrive. picture #2 shows the T1 without the arm installed. picture #3 shows the rear of the T1 with the power umbilical and the BNC connector for the 50 ohm clock...

here are a few pictures of my just arrived yesterday Esoteric Grandioso T1 turntable.

for 3-4 months i have been working on demo'ing a Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server in my room. i had been reading quite a bit about this reported wonderous new dac, and server. finally in early December i was in West Palm Beach for business, and had a free afternoon, so drove down to...

started around noon yesterday. today starts at 9am. our Shark member Ed DiVito (Ultrafast69) runs Audio-Ultra (he was also with Rex, Shark 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...

this video was done by Cinematographer Chris Bell, a local audio friend here in the Seattle area. it's about Bob Lichtenberg, who is deaf. sponsored by Stereophile, in the memory of Art Dudley. Listening - YouTube

below is a response from the Kharma thread reposted here. i will delete that post. hi Ken, i am very much enjoying the way the Select Headphone amplifier works in my system, the MSB integration and how it all blends. the fact that the Select II has such a high performance passive volume...

there are a few that i love (and have loved). but right now it would have to be my Etsuro Gold phono cartridge(s). i love it so much, i bought a second one, so i could switch turntables and not step back in performance.

well, ok. my three tt's are on the top shelf. but it's not that simple. 2 issues with rack height and turntables. one is very obvious. ---your turntable needs to be at a height where you can most comfortably see what you are doing while setting up a cartridge, and where you can have proper...

a couple of months ago my dealer found a buyer for my much loved, long term reference, dart 458 mono blocks. i had planned to upgrade my 458's to the 468 level next summer, but when this opportunity presented itself i had to do it. so i did trade them in for a pair of the new 468 mono blocks...

I've been enjoying my MSB Select II dac and SGM server these last months, and really loved it when I added the second power supply back in August. the music has been really great. but dealing with 4 separate boxes + the dart preamp and optimizing them in terms of shelving and treatments has been...

it arrived yesterday, and I've listened for 6-7 hours so far. I removed the rubber stock footers from below the power supply and am using BDR cones on top of the Symposium Svelt Shelf. the dac is using the rubber stock footers into the detents in the case of the power supply.....for my initial...

ok, tonight Joe Pittman installed -7- of the Furutech 105-D NCF outlet covers on my outlets replacing the previous metal covers.. it took him about 30-35 minutes. he torqued them to a spec he has found is best so far in his experience. I did expect them to be an improvement. but this was...

I'm exhausted. Ed Hsu from SGM arrived last Wednesday and I've been going full bore since then; 4 hours Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights, then 7 hours Saturday night (and 15 local audio club members until 11pm), then Sunday for 8 hours. and I worked Wednesday thru Saturday. I'm still...