Ahram’s HT System

by ahramlee on
AV Rack
View from primary seat
View from right front entry doors

Description

My 4th generation home theater:  

- 16 channel Dolby Atmos setup.
- AV rack inside hidden closet with dedicated 20A circuit.  
- Breaker-box inline surge protection.  
- Wifi enabled app control of 4” inline duct fan for AV closet temp control.  
- Digital music front-end with mini pc running Win11 and Audirvana Origin (2 TB SSD + 64GB RAM), connected to DDC, DAC, and external 10MHz clock.
- Cables (power, interconnects and in-wall speaker cables) with excellent ROI (Darwin Cable Company, VogueAudio, Morrow Audio, Cullen, Signal Cable, Ghent Audio, Curious Cable)
- Audioquest PowerQuest 707 power-line conditioning
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Room Details

Dimensions: 18’ × 22’  Large
Ceiling: 9’

Components Toggle details

    • SMSL SU-10
    DAC
    • Panasonic DP-UB820-K
    4K UHD player
    • Synergistic Research Pink fuse (20mm 630mA)
    Upgraded fuse on Gustard U18 (fuse is next gen from purple fuse)
    • Oppomod I2S Card Model: Oppo 103 / 103D / 203
    After-market DSD to I2S module for Oppo 103
    • OPPO BDP103
    Universal disc player, used for mostly SACD and DVD-Audio discs
    • Emotiva XPA-7 Gen3
    Primary amp for LCR, surrounds, and surround back channels
    • Cullen Cable 6ft Crossover Series Power Cable
    Power cable from dedicated 20A outlet to primary power amp, bypassing PowerQuest 707
    • DH Labs Silver Sonic HDMI 2.1 Silver
    0.5m cable used for I2S connection between DDC and DAC
    • Curious Cables 200mm Regen Link
    From USB Disruptor to U18 DDC
    • USB Disruptor USB Disruptor
    Separates out 5v line from USB connection, power cable disconnected.  Ghent Audio U360 USB cable from PC to USB disruptor, Curious Cable Regen Link USB cable from USB disruptor to Gustard U18 DDC.
    • Ghent Audio U360
    Silver-plated 1.5ft USB cable between PC output and USB Disruptor input.
    • Wyred 4 Sound PS-1
    Modular power supply, feeding the USB disruptor using Ghent DC-7N16S (Neotech UP-OCC Silver Teflon Solid-Core 16awg DC cable)
    • Integra DTA-9.4
    9-channel power amp (for Atmos wide and height channels)
    • GoldenEar Technology ForceField 5
    Sub (1500w)
    • GoldenEar Technology Invisa 650
    6 for Atmos height channels, 6 for Atmos wide, surround, surround back channels
    • Mini PC
    PCI SSD, 64GB RAM, primary music source running Audirvana Origin
    • Emotiva XMC-2
    16 channel processor
    • GUSTARD U18
    DDC
    • Epson Pro Cinema 6050UB
    4K pixel-shift (custom-installer version) projector
    • LHY OCK-2S
    10MHz external clock (connected to Gustard U18 DDC)
    • AudioQuest PowerQuest 707
    Primary power-line conditioner
    • GoldenEar Technology Triton Five
    Front left and right channels
    • GoldenEar Technology Super Center Reference
    Center speaker
    • Darwin Cable Company Enlightenment Extreme XLR
    Purchased two pairs of Darwin Enlightenment Extreme XLR cables between DAC and preamp, and between preamp and power amp.  These are the latest from Bill at Darwin.  They are the enhancement to the Darwin Enlightenment XLR, hence the "Extreme" designation in the name.
    • VogueAudio Silver Strands Signature XLR interconnect cable
    Between DAC and pre-pro, between pre-pro and power amp

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