I’m just blown away. The Galileo SX line of cables is absolutely amazing. There’s just so much more of everything. If anyone else has experience with this line of cables, please share your experience. 

The wall treatments are basically hallway runners and door mats. There is a dense foam rubber backing and they’re about 3/4” thick. They help tremendously. They help Absorb wall vibrations and high frequency reflections. I also have larger decorative carpeting on the back wall. 

Also upgraded from the Synergistic Research euphoria sx power cables to the Galileo UEF power cables for the amps and preamp. Wow!

These upgrades have elevated the system to a much higher level. Hard to turn back now. Love the improvements. 

Jacqueflash, thanks for you comment. The maestros are toed in by about 3 degrees. This gives a nice wide 3d soundstage. Toeing them in any further creates more of a central image that’s not so desirable. 

Steakster, 

Thanks for your comment. Synergistic Research products are absolutely amazing and have always made great improvements in any system I’ve introduced them into. The higher up the chain you go the better it gets. Just sayin 

-Ghdprentice: thanks for your kind words. It is a great feeling when all the time and investment pays off. I’d gladly swap my amps for your amps from your main system tho. ; )

-Sunshdw: your comment has me thinking maybe I just need bigger speakers ; )

-Cohicks4: Thanks for your kind words. Each component was carefully considered and sought out when I was in the market for each piece. Sorry to disappoint any TT fans out there but this just isn’t the proper setup for a TT. I’m thinking of building a second system in the bedroom that I might build an analog system to entertain vinyl. I spend a considerable amount of time in this room with no regrets. The outside world is a lil crazy and this is my escape from it all. 

-tak1: thanks for your enthusiastic comment. It’s an awesome room even when I’m not listening to music the room is dead silent and it’s a great escape from the outside world. 

-baylinor: the monkeys are absolutely cool and keep things rocking, thanks. 

-vinylgroove: the jammin monkey band absolutely helps with the soundstage but not quite so much with the detail. They’re not too concerned about the tuning of their instruments ; ) 

-gaylelee60: thanks for your comment. I’ve never really had any noticeable issues with the ceiling. The ceiling has a textured surface and a few coats of a dull flat white paint. If anything I notice the soundstage opens up about 6 foot to the left of the left channel and only about 3 feet to the right of the right channel. I sit slightly off axes to correct for this but it doesn’t help that the room opens up to 14’ wide on the left just in front of the left speaker, I feel this assist the soundstage more to the left side.  The Focal maestro’s also help since the midrange driver is pointed downward towards the listening position and not straight out into the room causing reflection off of the ceiling. The speakers are tipped 3 degrees forward to help aim the tweeters slightly downward towards the listening position as well, more so just due to the size of the maestro’s. 

Great set up!