Getting there!

by deshapiro on All Out Assault
MBL's in Action

Description

I've put together a very satisfying system, both for music and home theater. The sound is dynamic, with excellent imaging,and soundstaging. Music sounds just great. I've moved into a dedicated room, which helps a lot. I'd appreciate any feedback.
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    • Nordost Valhalla
    Wonderfully neutral.
    • Nordost Valhalla
    IC's both for the main CD channels, as well as the phono inputs
    • Equitech Wall panel
    Separate circuits for the analog and digital gear. All separated from the lighting, HVAC, etc.
    • Grand Prix Monaco
    Don't know if they help the sound, but they sure look cool.
    • RPG, ASC Diffuser and absorption panels
    I have a dedicated room that is 28' x 22' x 8'. It is a redone basement with brick walls on 2 sides, and drywall on the others, so it is a very live room.. There are asorption panels on the sides and front. There are ASC bass traps in the corners , and diffusers on the ceiling at the first reflection point, and diffusors in the back. It now sounds great. Eventually, I will have it analysed properly.
    • REL Acoustics Studio 3
    Fills in the lower-level information on the Temptations beautifully. A killer in my home theater.
    • MBL 101e's
    Dynamic with great imaging, staging, etc. I can never go back to a speaker in a box. It does need an amp with balls.
    • MBL 111e
    Surround duty
    • Berkely Audio Alpha DAC
    Incredible resolution and tonality. Can't wait to try High-res files.
    • Blue Smoke Media computer
    Outstanding sound with the Berkely DAC. Also, can't beat the convenince
    • MBL 8011's
    Doing surround and center duty

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deshapiro, major changes! Just wondering what is the format that you rip your digital music? I have compared my digital music via the Sonos box going through the Esoteric DAC (mp3, VBR 256) against the cd played through the Esoteric and I thought the cd sounded better. what I noticed was better detail (makes sense because I am compressing to mp3) as well as overall depth of the soundstage. I would like to try and convert all my music over to WAV or FLAC but I have too much music (almost 10K cds). Storage would become a serious issues. Also, because of my large library, I need to have the tagging features that mp3 allows. From what I understand, FLAC tagging is pretty limited.

Anyway, great system! Heck, the previous one you had was great as well!

BTW, are you considering going to all MBL electronics?

tboooe

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