12 X 18 living room is in line with, and separated from, 12 X 12 dining room by a half wall and is and partially open on one side by a 10 X10 entry. The floor-plan is not at all accommodating regarding the hobby. Music has always been very important to me but unfortunately, I was totally clueless about audio when we built the house. Attempting to achieve better than mid-fi SQ while being constrained by furniture placement to monitors in a relatively large space without subs or room treatment is challenging. Note, when photos were taken, I was still using Wells integrated and Moon transport. Need to update.
4/15/24
System is in an interim phase. Waiting till I can afford next upgrade which will include new speakers, new sofas with lower arms and new external DAC.
I may upgrade these at some point but the 15' lengths make this an expensive proposition.
Target HR Series
Sand filled, with Herbie's Gliders. I removed the cement pavers shown in photos as they generated sibilance.
Jay's Audio CDT2MKIII
Symposium Acoustics Svelte Plus Platform
Hegel H390
On Symposium Svelte plus shelf. I've tried various footers, with mixed results.
These Pics are old -- show previous Wells integrated. The Wells was very "tubey" with luscious mids but bass was poorly defined and rhythmically, the system was slow. Moving to the Hegel noticeably improved bass and rhythmically, the music really moves along, now. The Hegel made the Silverles come alive to a degree previous integrateds did not. Simply a much better pairing, to my ears.
That's a Green and Green creation, right? We have a book with many photos of their work. I'd love to see it in person. I don't know if anyone can afford such lavish use of wood, at this point but it makes for gorgeous living spaces.
Thanks, Tvad. We're very happy with it, as a living space, Unfortunately, I wasn't into audio when we built it, so I'm very constrained when it comes to speaker size/location. I plan to replace current sofas with others that have much lower arms. Hopefully, less obstruction in front of drivers will help somewhat.
Thanks! I need to get some current pics of gear up. I'm in the middle of a troubleshooting process so things are currently a bit unsettled. Hopefully, this will be resolved soon.
