Room Details

Dimensions: 22’ × 12’  Medium
Ceiling: 8’


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    • AudioQuest McKensie cables
    From turntable to preamp and balanced from preamp to amp
    • Aesthetix Atlas Signature Amplifier
    NOS RCA tubes
    • AudioQuest Robin Hood Bi-Wire speaker cables
    • Sound-Smith Paua Cartridge
    Moving Iron design. Low output. Using 68 dB gain and 1000 ohms loading on Pallene MC input.
    • Aesthetix Pallene
    Essentially the preamplifier section with Phono Stage card from the Mimas. Not offered on Aesthetix website but available.
    • Vandersteen Treo CT in Rosewood
    • Sound-Smith Paua II
    Installed on VPI.
    • VPI Industries Prime Signature Rosewood with 3D Arm
    Installed Sound-Smith Counter Intuitive on VPI counterweight.
    • Townshend Audio Seismic Vibration Isolation Platform
    Installed under VPI. Made a major difference in overall sound quality.
    • Denafrips Ares II DAC
    • Blue Sound Vault 2
    • Kirmuss Audio KA-RC-1
    Best investment I've made. Results in what sounds like a total upgrade to my system.
    • GIK Acoustics Adsorption and Difusion panels

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Yeah, while I love the aesthetic of the GIK Impression series diffusers. They were not as good sounding for the first reflection on the sidewall next to the speakers. I put the polystyrene grid diffuser back and the magic was back! much warmer and more balanced...That is likely all you need to change if you want to try something different. How my room is currently is the sixth picture on my page. Thanks for the tip on hanging the panels.

scar972

Beautiful room @gsal Congrats! I love the way the GIK panels look in your room. I just installed GIK in mine as well. I was wondering how you mounted the panels to the ceiling, did you use hardware GIK provided or stuff from the local store?

scar972