Description

My 2 channel system is now in my family room instead of my dedicated home theater.

I struggled to get good sound in the HT, spent a fortune on room treatments and it still didn't sound as good as my family room.

Finally I am getting high fidelity sound! It's not sound-proofed like my HT but I can still listen late at night without bothering my family.
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    • Raven One
    Upgraded to this from a VPI Scoutmaster. What an upgrade!!!
    • Tri-planar Mk VII
    Great tonearm.
    • Dynavector XV-1s
    Nice and detailed.
    • Tron Seven (phono stage)
    Built in England for my cartridge.
    • Berkeley Alpha DAC
    Series 1. Wonderful sounding DAC, sounds great direct to amps as well.
    • Berkeley Alpha USB
    Companion piece to the Alpha DAC, this converts USB to digital and does a wonderful job.
    • Lamm Industries L2 Reference
    Two piece hybrid preamplifier. Power supply unit is tubed while the control unit is solid state. I switch between this and the XP-10 as my mood dictates.
    • Pass Labs XP-10
    Very happy with this. Great ergonomics & aesthetics and wonderfully detailed elegant sound. I switch between this and the Lamm L2 Reference preamp to suit my mood.
    • Purist Audio Design Proteus Provectus
    Praesto Revision, used between phono stage and preamp.
    • Purist Audio Design Proteus Provectus
    Praesto Revision, used between DAC and preamp.
    • Purist Audio Design Purist Canorus
    Praesto Revision.

    3.5 meter run between preamp and amps.
    • Lamm Industries M1.2 Reference
    Hybrid design.
    • Purist Audio Design Proteus Provectus
    1.5 meter run from my Lamm's
    • Wilson Audio Sasha
    Incredibly dynamic and well built loudspeaker.

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Hi,
Congrats on realizing a better sound from the family room. What do you attribute the better sound? Was the other room smaller or were there too many or few treatments? I'm curious.

On a separate note, how would you compare the sound differences between the Antelope and Berkeley DACs? With both running through a preamp, is one much better sounding than the other? Thanks in advance.

Kevin

kevinzoe

Angryfloyd, whoops I mean Madfloyd,
Nice use of acoustical treatments. Like you I also use GIK D1 diffusers and RPG's Skylines for my ceiling. What are you doing to absorb bass or are you depending solely on the RIVES PEQ to tame bass axial mode peaks?

Great looking man-cave!

kevinzoe