This system resides in a fairly large room 22'x23'with cathedral ceilings. All wall and ceiling surfaces are covered in rough finished Pine.
This system morphed from stereo, to home theater and then back to stereo focus again. But I believe I have captured the best of both worlds. I intend to upgrade the Arcam FMJ DV-27 to DVD Audio in the next year.
The Audio Research Pre and Lexicon provide great sound and flexability within the system.
I really like the sound from these cables. I believe that they are capable of exposing tremendous detail, with deep accurate bass and silky highs. I own about 200 SACDs and have been very happy with my sytems overall ability to exploit the detail and frequency range in this format.
OK Ellery911 you were right. I pulled the 802s out into the room about 4 feet and experimented a little with the distance apart from each other and have been able to increase the bass and imaging dramatically. This is something I have read about here in the forums (I have also been to the rivesaudio.com website to use their room layout software). But I was too lazy too pursue chnages because of room cosmetics. The pictures here still reflect the old position of my speakers, but the improvement in sound I am now getting are the result of more intelligent speaker placement.
I haven't done anything except furnish the room with large oriental rugs, a large leather couch and chair and a few other pieces. The room does not exhibit any booming or echoing characteristics. Good luck with your 802s and remember they take their time breaking in.
I personally like the combination very much. The Mac is powerful, clean and to my ears very true. I have also heard the new 501s powering N802s and they really sounded amazing.
Thanks for the compliment. Yes I have experimented a bit with the speaker placement and have found the position they are in to be a good balance between bass response which is effeted by the distance from the back wall and the focus and dimension that you describe.