Description

After 64 years, I have found my holy grail.  I can trick myself into believing that I am sitting in row 6 center of a concert hall (with a little bit of added treble), listening to music played at fffff at 105db with acceptable distortion.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 28’ × 19’  X large
Ceiling: 10’


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    • Naim Uniti Core
    Server, $5000 modification by Mapleshade. Main chassis, outboard 8 TB hard disc & outboard CD drive sitting on sorbothane pucks sitting on 3/4 inch granite shelf.
    Red book CDs in WAV & 24 bits files
    • Devialet D210
    Monoblocks, 210 watts RMS/channel at 6 ohms, DAC, SAM, DSP
    • YG Acoustics Sonja 1.2
    Upgraded from Anat III Signature Studio, 4 ohms, Passive, YGA binding posts, YGA spikes on carpeted concrete floor
    • Mapleshade Interconnects, Power & Speaker Wires
    Other tweaks:
    *Lovan Classic II equipment rack with spikes resting on carpeted concrete floor, hollow tubes filled with lead shot
    *Street to main electrical panel: heavy gauge copper cables, replacing aluminum cables
    *Main electrical panel to room: four equal length dedicated 10 gauge copper wires in conduits
    *Circuit breakers: 30 amp, closest to main cables from street
    *Outlets: PS Audio Power Port Classic AC receptacles
    • ELAC Technische Software CARA
    For selecting optimal speaker & listening locations
    • XTZ Room Analyzer
    100-2000Hz +/-5db, 14-100Hz +8db bump centered at 30-40Hz, sloping down above 2000Hz reaching -10db at 8000Hz
    • Room Acoustics Tube traps
    Naturally good room acoustics (L28'xW19.5'xH10'), concrete floor & double sheet rock in walls & ceiling help also

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VERY nice system -- and nice artwork, too! I could see getting lost in that system.

Could I ask about your experience with the DSPeaker Dual Core? I presume you used it to equalize the lowest frequency output of your speakers. Was it effective? And where did you insert it in your system?

Thanks.

Dave

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