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The room is long 33 feet and I listen across the 16 foot side. Front wall is full of mounted African animals. Right side is all glass, two 7 foot windows and a sliding door. YUCK. 
The Grimm MU1 and the Lampizator Horizon  360 are producing a dream digital sound. I had the full Vivaldi stack  and it was too flat and analytical for my tastes. The Accuphase A300s were also hard won after a Krell KSA 150 to a Naim DR NAP 300 to Parasound JC1+ to M900u Luxman to ARC 160Ms. to an Gryphon Antileon EVO to the Accuphase.  The two Tube traps on the front wall made a huge improvement in imaging and timbre. Way more contribution than the $1600 cost. The three 6 inch thick 2 by 4 foot GIK panels on the rear wall seemed to make no sonic contribution, but they look good. The Rockport Cygnus have a sound that is both extremely resolving, yet with no harshness that used to be the price paid for resolution. These speakers are highly recommended.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 16’ × 33’  Large
Ceiling: 8’


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    • AudioQuest Dragon Zero
    Interconnect and two source power cords
    • Tube Traps Tube traps
    16 inch 4 foot tall
    • Grimm Audio MU1
    Streamer, Roon core, digital storage
    • Lampzator Horizon 360 DAC and Pre-amp
    • REL Acoustics Carbon Special qty 6
    6 of them
    • Shunyata Research typhon 2 30amp qty 2
    • Zimbabwe Cape Buffalo front wall acoustic treatment
    • Shunyata Research Sigma V2 speaker cables
    • Rockport Technologies Cygnus
    • Shunyata Research Omega X AES cable
    Omega justified it's cost. This runs between the Grimm MU1 and the Horizon DAC. AES is the preferred method to use to carry the signal to the DAC
    • Afterdark Netone Switch
    This is a combination of a fiberoptic bridge, switch, Linear power supply and a clock in one box. It's a fantastic value.
    • PSI Audio C 214 AVVA
    enhanced lowest bass and improved image focus
    • Shunyata omega X Ethernet cable
    • Accuphase A 300 Monoblocs
    I run one Typhon 2 30 amp for each amp. These Typhon 2s really invigorate amps!!

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Nice system!

jond