The room makes all the difference. This was a converted garage that the ceiling was popped to 10ft Double 5/8 drywall with green glue makes the room extremely quiet . 3 dedicated 20 amp circuits, 1 dedicated 15. Hidden Treasure outlets.
Still tweaking the sub system and just getting a feel of everything coming together.
Low back seating makes it very comfortable and really sounds great in any position in the room. Of course the sweet spot is always the sweetest. Looking for something that I can cover the 85” Sony 900 H but certainly do not want to give up the immersive Video for a bit of SQ.
Now using this as a Server/Streamer instead of just an Nas. Sounds pretty,pretty good feeding the T+A Dac 200 Enjoying the benefit of the Melco’s filtering and the EtherRegen in the chain.
T+A DAC 200
Really an outstanding Dac I was a little concerned about a lot of chatter that you had to feed it High rate DSD to get its best. While I don’t know if that’s true as the best I can feed it I DSD 64 from ripped files but streaming Tidal and Qobuz and red book files sound fantastic. A nice step up from the Bricasti M3 streaming Dac.
Coda CSiB
Class A to 18 watts.
Puritan Audio Labs PSM 156
Everything including the Coda is plugged into the Puritan. Great value!!
Paradigm Persona 5F
Sitting on Townshend Podiums really kicked it up a notch. So much texture and defined bass
Townshend Audio Seismic Isolation Podiums
Audio Kinesis Swarm sub system
As seen in Absolute sound . These are the actual 4 subs. Custom painted. Twin 1,000 mono amps
Uptone EtherRegen
Network switch
Farad Super 3 LPS
Bumped up the EtherRegen a notch. Level 2 copper DC cable.
Iconoclast by Belden 4x4 gen 2 UPOCCC XLR
What a cable.
Townshend Audio Fractal F1 speaker cables
Crazy good cables. Everything you want Layering, texture, stage.
Townshend Audio Seismic Isolation Pods
Have these under everything.
Stillpoints LLC Ultra Minis
Footers
OPPO 103
Add a little video in the mix
Sony 85 ‘’ 4K led
You Tube sounds pretty damn good thru the system. To hold people’s attention sometimes you have to add video.
Hey @benzman , so what are the benefits of the T+A compared to your previous DACs? I am sure you are too busy enjoying the DAC. But knowing that you had Carey and other nice DACs, I would be interested to know your opinion on the T+A.
Fantastic news @benzman. At some point in time I want to listen to this in my system, replacing the current DAC. Congratulations on the new DAC and I hope you have a great time with it.
Just got the Dac 200 last night but really loving it. A nice step up fro the Bricasti M3 ( as well it should as it’s 1100 more with no network card )
Sounds great with everything from Redbook and DSD files to streaming Qobuz or Tidal. Using a Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7 USB cable so not sure how that ranks with higher end cables.
Very refined sound,really wide stage. The Personas with their Beryllium midrange and tweeters can be tough to match a Dac with but this seems like pretty good one.
I can’t imagine anyone not liking this Dac. Up and running in minutes with advanced features for the tweaker. Hopefully this gets me off the Dac merry go round.
Absolutely gorgeous home benzman and very nice system! Looks like an amazing setting to hang out relax and play tunes. And Bob Grost is a super nice guy glad you enjoy his work,
Previously I had Bob Grost make a power strip for me out of his Cerious Technologies Graphene Matrix cable. When I got the Puritan I did not need the power strip so he terminated with a C19 20 amp plug.
Big jump from the stock cord. It’s the only other cable I tried but any high quality PC would be an improvement. ( including Puritans own upgraded cable)
Awesome looking set up! I just picked up the Bricasti M3 with Network and it’s also connected to the Puritan PSM156. What power cable are you using with your Puritan?
You have created one of the most aesthetically pleasing rooms I've seen. I share your enthusiasm for several of the pieces of kit you are using (Cary, Uptone, Audio Kinesis, Townshend, and Silversmith). Some of which I own, some are on order, and the swarm is on my want list.
But, the real reason I'm commenting today is; my better half wanted me to ask if you would share the paint colors and makers you used for the walls, sliding barn doors, and the white on the trim and coffered ceiling. I'd be honored if you wouldn't mind. Thanks.
Helluva nice place. I put Townshend Seismic Podiums under my custom-built Tannoys not too long ago. Really enjoy how they sound nowadays. They must be helping to get the most out of your Paradigms.
