Harbeth Bliss

A balance of high fidelity and useable family room.

This is my slowly evolving audio system over more than 30 years.

I'm very happy with the sound.

I have equal amounts of vinyl records and CD's but much prefer listening to vinyl.

IMO, the best bang for the buck for improving the sound was:

1) Purchasing acoustical treatments- ASC Tube Traps

2) Upgrading turntable/cartridge to VPI/Lyra

3) Using Room EQ Wizard (REW) software to optimize speaker and listening position. This software is free!

Dimensions: 18’ × 25’ Large
Ceiling: 9’

- Harbeth Monitor 30.1
Left and Right Speakers. Sound Anchor Stands
- B&W (Bowers & Wilkins) cdmc-se
Center Channel Speaker
- REL Storm mkIII
Left And Right Subwoofers
- B&W (Bowers & Wilkins) CCM-80
In Ceiling Surround Speakers (right and left)
- Classe Audio CA-3200
Power Amplifier 200 watts x 3 Channels (left, right and center speaker)
- VPI Industries Classic 1
Turntable with JMW 10.5 Tonearm and VPI cable
- Lyra Delos
Cartridge
- Soundsmith MCP-2
Moving Coil Phono Preamp
- OPPO UDP- 205
Universal Player
- Classe Audio SSP-300
Preamplifier
- Classe Audio CAV-75
Power Amplifier 75watts per channel (left, right surround speaker)
- Kimber Kable PBJ
Interconnects
- Kimber Kable 8TC
Speaker Cable
- ASC (Acoustic Sciences Corporation) Iso Thermal Tube Trap
16 inch diameter 48 inch high Tube Traps x 4
- TimberNation Audio Racks
Solid Wood

Lovely system. Great music library. Wonderful audiophile dog.

opera1 March 24, 2020 20:56