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.
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
