After understanding the AES48 standard brought forth by a seasoned member, I moved the PEQ-1 to my seat using two 6 meter runs of quad XLR micro cables. ABing same signal with lumniscate1.5 meter IC’s,these ears cannot differentiate between the two. Also, l have not been able to hear differences in power cords with the OTL amplifier.
Three of the four walls are double walled, with a 2” air space in between. The walls on the inside of the room are double 5/8 sheetrock sandwiching green glue adhesive. Double entrance doors with an airlock prevents all but deep base from escaping the room. Purely by coincidence, the tone of the analog, vs digital is essentially the same due at least in part to the room acoustics, wood ceiling.
Sorry for the delayed response. I am very delinquent as I’m not on line very often and don’t pay attention maybe as much as I should. It must be an optical illusion as the speakers are laser aligned about 5 ft off the wall. Super symmetrical. Wall of sound.
The cartridge, SME head shell alignment I achieved through Yip at Best tractor. http://mintlp.com/. This dialed it in for me. After 60-70 hours, I only needed to change the VTA up a hair on the fly after the suspension settled in. Then it really locked in. Amazing combination. I am also using the Gold note PH-10 and its power supply, PS-10. Another jump over anything digital I have had including the new Lotus 5 Dac.
Reference 3a speakers are really amazing bargain in what they can do, as you get a big planar with transmission line bass presentation. Why is the left speaker so far back? is your seating position off-center in the room? Also, I have the Art9 cart and using the SME alignment gauge the stylus is way in front of the point it's supposed to be. how did you align the cart and headshell?
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