Reference Living Room

by robinson_a on Ever Evolving

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This system is still a work in progress more coming soon.
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    • B&W 800 Diamond
    All new Bowers & Wilkins 800 Diamond Loudspeakers
    • Mark Levinson No 533H
    Three channel power amplifier
    • Mark Levinson No 326S
    Two-channel reference preamp
    • Cambridge Audio Dacmagic 2
    Great little DAC that I use for my computer based sources, such as my AppleTV and my wife's Apple laptop.
    • Apple AppleTV
    Great music and movie server on the cheap. Sounds best with uncompressed music files paired to a good DAC such as my Cambridge Audio Dacmagic. All of my media, both music and movies, are stored on a RAID system in my home office.
    • Sony Blu-ray player
    Can't recall the model number. Will update later. It's the ES model, that much I remember.
    • GIK Acoustics Tri-Trap
    The Tri-Trap has been effectively designed to absorb more low end, but also does an excellent job of absorbing the high end, creating smooth sound absorption from 50 Hz to 5000 Hz.
    • GIK Acoustics Monster Bass Trap
    With new certified lab tests, the GIK Monster has a rating of 3.00 absorption coefficient at 80 Hz.
    • GIK Acoustics 242 Acoustic Panel
    Ideally mounted at first and secondary reflection points in a room the GIK 242 Acoustic Panel has the same equal absorption as the GIK 244 from 4000Hz down to 250Hz.
    • Transparent Reference Speaker Cable
    8 foot pair of Transparent Reference Speaker Cable between my Mark Levinson No 533H amplifier and Bowers & Wilkins 800D
    • Transparent Reference Interconnects
    All of my components are wired using Transparent Reference interconnects.
    • Transparent Performance HDMI cable
    I use a 40-foot Transparent Performance series HDMI cable to my Anthem D-ILA projector.
    • Omni+ Vent
    Great furniture grade equipment rack that looks more like a vintage post modern piece than it does a hi-fi equipment rack.
    • Revel Ultima Studio2
    Have them installed in my bedroom system, though they often rotate into my reference system.

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Hi Robinson,

Your have a great dual display home theater! I was curious as to the video side of things. Are you using a anamorphic lens or zooming out on the 2:35 screen? Which projector is it? Is there any surround or is this 2-channel only? If not, any plans to add surround? And last how big is the flat screen? Sorry for all the questions, your set up has inspired me to complete my own. Thanks in advance.

-Anthony

anthonyaudio

Owner
System edited: Corrected: Bowers & Wilkins 800 Diamond Series (originally had them listed as 800Ds, which was the previous model loudspeaker) Added: GIK Acoustics room treatments. For clarification I use 4 Tri-traps, 2 Monster Bass Traps and 2 242 Acoustic Panels.

robinson_a

Owner
I'm a huge fan of Transparent Reference cables and have been for some time for they're very-ahem-transparent to the source in my humble opinion, though they take some getting used to for they sound rather "lifeless" at first thanks to so many other cables sounding either warm, lean, analytical or vague. Once you get a sense of their sound, or lack thereof, it's hard to use and/or listen with anything else.

Another favorite of mine, albeit far cheaper than Transparent, is Mapleshade. While not as full-bodied as the Transparent they possess the same inner detail and dynamics, though they're just a touch light in the lower registers. Great cables and very affordable.

Thanks for the comment.

robinson_a

Your System Looks Great Very Organized and Clean Looking! How do you like the transparent reference interconnects? I've got the 802ds and love them I can only imagine how much better those cables could help improve my system.

joeweiss84

Owner
System edited: Updated the equipment list. Still a partial list with more on the way.

robinson_a

Fantastic! I really want to hear the 800D's, a few folks I know who have say they are quite special. Terrific setup!

arthursmuck

I like the room setup- looks great. 2ch HT FTW. Always loved those 800D's- very nice speakers.

Have a good one!

Chris

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