New insulated room 2023

Renovation of new listening room complete! Also, I added the Pass Labs XOno phono stage, a Hana ML MC cart, and the X-1 pre. I've thought about about u...

posted 12 months ago

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fdemello's Audio System

Hello, Love your system. I am a Vandersteen owner, and I noticed that at one point you were considering Magnepan 1.7s, but that you ultimately went with the Quatros. I am considering eithe...

posted over 3 years ago

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New insulated room 2023

Thanks 16f4,The most recent addition was the Pass X150, to complement the Pass X1 pre. I'm waiting to reno the larger basement room before making any structural upgrades. I may ...

posted over 4 years ago

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Village Baker

For cafe records good all the way through, how about Pentangle (Basket of Light, or a hits lp) or Steeleye Span (their 2-lp hits record or Commoner's Crown, All Around My Hat, etc. up to 1976), Moz...

posted over 4 years ago

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16f4's Old System

Looks great! And, how does the room sound? I bet having concrete walls makes the room less reverberant, though some say that concrete does resonate. Love the look of it!

posted over 4 years ago

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aj_winter's updated System

Always loved the looks of Simaudio, and great sounding too. Listened to one at a friend's home, and the sound just got bigger and bigger, but stayed clean!

posted over 4 years ago

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BJ's System

God bless, man! Best it sounds fantastic!Paul.

posted over 4 years ago

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New insulated room 2023

System edited: I built some bass traps and absorption panels to help with the room reflections. The bass is better and the spike in the upper midrange has evened out a lot.

posted about 10 years ago

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New insulated room 2023

Hi Jeff. The Vandersteeens are used, early 2000s Signatures. They are different sounding, that's for sure. The soundstage and imaging within that vertical window are amazing. The midrange sounds a ...

posted about 10 years ago

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The Musical "Quest"

I would think the odd-angled walls and ceiling would be a bonus acoustically speaking. It probably sounds quite good. You are doing the right thing by angling the speakers toward the couch. You cou...

posted over 17 years ago

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