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Old 07-16-2012, 07:45 PM
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YES! That and the Jadis amps were what he liked to demo the IRS with, and Julian, I remember those super heavy four inch thick Z-Jointed door frames. I was pretty young when I first listened to them, and he gave almost fatherly advice (that would have required a considerable expenditure) when I was first there.
Yes, I remember listening with Mike and Arnie Nudell at Lyric when the Jadis' were driving the IRS. Damn Arnie liked to play loud. Had to leave the room after a while
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YES! That and the Jadis amps were what he liked to demo the IRS with, and Julian, I remember those super heavy four inch thick Z-Jointed door frames. I was pretty young when I first listened to them, and he gave almost fatherly advice (that would have required a considerable expenditure) when I was first there.
Gary, I was overwhelmed by the IRS speakers in that sound room, Mike Kay did get my juices flowing in wanting a pair of those things. I dreamed about them, salivated over them, kept pictures of them, but ultimately they were just a bit beyond my resources - but I did later buy a pair of (four box) Genesis 200's which were a (very) junior version of those wonderful behemoths built by Nudell after he left Infinity.

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Gary, I was overwhelmed by the IRS speakers in that sound room, Mike Kay did get my juices flowing in wanting a pair of those things. I dreamed about them, salivated over them, kept pictures of them, but ultimately they were just a bit beyond my resources - but I did later buy a pair of (four box) Genesis 200's which were a (very) junior version of those wonderful behemoths built by Nudell after he left Infinity.

Julian, Arnie and Mike were best of friends. Mike made Arnie's speakers sound better than anyone else could.
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Did anyone here ever get to hear either the Goldmund Reference table or the Mark Levinson ML5 reel to reel deck at Lyric?

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There was a time that Mike seemed to have every great piece of audio equipment on the planet in his stores.
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And Magnepans
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Did anyone here ever get to hear either the Goldmund Reference table or the Mark Levinson ML5 reel to reel deck at Lyric?

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Sure, many times.
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And Magnepans
Another great company that Mike helped to put on the map.
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Sure. Though the ML5 got much more mileage at Sound Components than it did at Lyric.
Yes reckon it would have
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RIP Big man, you had a great life and helped and affected many in a great way!
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And Magnepans
I did, way back in 1989. I thought they sounded really good, though there wasn't a lot of bottom end to them. It was my first exposure to the brand.
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