System includes Sonus Faber Stradivari with McIntosh components. I was driving the system from the 2nd zone of a McIntosh MX132 (Which is upstairs in our TV Room-Required 100 Foot of Speaker Cable), until I borrowed the Pre C45 from my Mac Dealer. I have just ordered a Tube Mcintosh Pre C220, and am going to see which is better the Solid State or Tube Pre-Amp.
System is very Musical, and powerful enough to drive the Room, which is a 2 Story Space with Hard Surfaces, ie Glass and Stone Floors. The Irregular Shape of the Room, which is very Open helps by not creating any reflections or Standing Waves. The system is warm and exceedingly Musical. Wife loves the Music. Looking for a Piece of Furniture to put the McIntosh Components into it.(I know that would be Blasphemy). The Look of the components was very important to the design of the Room.
Which to upgrade next, preamp or cd player????...or maybe the dog........
You could try placing the speakers with their back to the double height wall of glass. I don't see blinds/curtains to absorb/disperse and that is a whole lot of highly reflective glass...just a thought. That is what I did in that situation.
Gotta love Houston! When I lived in SugarLand we had a room like that (more than double height with balconies across between bedrooms and overlooking the pool). The light from the pool was wonderful playing on the ceilings. It did however push me to get a subwoofer to fill such a huge space to fill - worth considering if you listen loud. To change bulbs we had an extendable pole with a "suction cap" on the end - worked like a charm.
If you (or most likely your wife) really likes Michael Buble - do her a big favor and score some big points by buying her Robbie Williams "Swing when your Winning". He is not well known oustide of UK but this CD with Count Basie band is absolutely phenomenal. The DVD "Live at the Albert Hall" is good too (though with Brit musicuians it is also suprisingly good).
