Seventh Heaven

by darthlaker on All Out Assault

Description

Stereo:

 

Equipment:

Vandersteen Model Seven loudspeakers
dCS Puccini SACD/CD player & DAC
dCS Puccini U-Clock

Bauer dps 3/Ayre Turntable

Lyra Atlas cartridge
Ayre KX-R Twenty Pre-amp

Audio Research REF 3 Phono stage
Ayre MX-R Twenty Monoblock amps
Audioquest Niagara 5000 Power Filter
Melco N1ZH Network Streamer

 

Cables:

Audioquest Eagle Eye 72V DBS BNC 75 Ohm digital cable
Audioquest Everest 72V DBS speaker cables in bi-wire configuration
Audioquest WEL William E Low Signature Cable balanced interconnects 72V DBS
Audioquest Diamond 72V DBS USB cable
Audioquest Wild Blue Yonder 72V DBS 75 Ohm digital cable
Audioquest Thunder 72V DBS power cables & NRG-10 72V DBS power cables (NRG-10's connected to the Vandersteen Sevens)


Misc:

Solid Tech Rack of Silence equipment racks with suspension shelves

Finite Elemente Pagode turntable wall shelf
Ayre myrtle wood blocks used under all equipment and also under interconnect and power cables to ensure they are raised above floor
Silent Running Audio "Ohio Class" Audio isoBASE custom made amp stands for the Ayre MX-R Twenty Monoblock amps
Cardas XLR and RCA caps on unused inputs/outputs
Audioquest Edison 20A AC duplex power outlet connected to dedicated 20Amp circuit

Audioquest Jitterbugs

Home Theater (in addition to above):

Equipment:

Denon AVR-3312 surround sound receiver

Panasonic DMR-BW750 Blu-Ray player/recorder
XBOX ONE
JBL in ceiling surround loudspeakers
Pioneer PDP-LX509A Plasma monitor (ISF calibrated)

Cables:

Audioquest King Cobra balanced interconnects
Audioquest HDMI cables, rear speaker cable

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Components Toggle details

    • dCS Puccini SACD/CD player
    CD SACD player
    • DCS Puccini U-Clock
    DAC and external clock
    • DPS/Ayre DPS3/Ayre
    TT
    • Lyra Atlas
    Cart
    • Ayre Acoustics KX-R Twenty
    Ayre
    • Ayre Acoustics MX-R Twenty
    MX-R
    • Vandersteen Seven
    7
    • Audioquest WEL Signature
    XLR
    • Audioquest Everest
    Bi-Wired
    • Audio Research REF 3 Phono
    Phono
    • AudioQuest Niagara 5000
    Power Conditioner
    • Melco NIZH
    Music streamer

Comments 17

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Wow. Powerful and elegant setup. Curious if you purchased system at HiFi Buys in ATL. They are my dealer. Philosophy of your setup is similar to their approach. Cheers!

bosssound

Wow, that must sound incredible!

beetlemania

Owner
Thanks @bigamp 

A guy in the UK makes them:

http://surface-tension.net/

darthlaker

Owner
Thanks @milpai 

About 3.6M X 5.4M

Diffusers sold, new room sounds much better than the old room.

Yes, love the Apple as well! :D




darthlaker

Awesome system and room!  Where did you get the video game table?

bigamp

Nice room darthlaker! How big is this new room? What about the Furutech diffusers? Still using them?
I like the Green apple.

milpai

Owner
Sorry, been away from here a long time!

Moved house and now have my own dedicated listening room which sounds considerably better.

Have done some more upgrading as well.

No more upgrades though! :D

Hope you enjoy the pics taken by a friend of mine.

darthlaker

Terrific system that is very similar to mine. I have the 7s driven by Aesthetix Atlas Eclipse mono blocs (High pass filter built in the Atlas with upgraded stealth-caps) Basis Debut (fully loaded) table with Basis Super Arm 9 and Lyra Etna. Wire is AQ Everest (bi-wired) and AQ Wild Blue IC plus Kubala Sosna power. No room conditioning except for records that surround the room. No digital. I have been a classical and jazz record collector for over 40 years. Finally, I have dedicated power to the room from the main box taped into prior to the meter to a sub panel outside the listening room. All components have their own circuit. It would be fun comparing notes with you. Congratulations on a truly great system.

chargerfan

Amazing and beautiful system....is this still the setup and component list or have you made any changes? It must sound amazing given the combination of great you've put together!

zephyr24069

Beautiful system. Question: what was the thought process behind using SRA for the amp stands and Solid Tech for the rack? I'm in the throes of deciding what rack manufacturer to choose.

thesaint519

Owner
Thanks Knghifi.

Unfortunately I have no room to move the racks elsewhere in the room.

I can imagine this would provide an improvement in sound though.

darthlaker

Darthlaker, very nice system. Have you tried moving the racks to the side from between the speakers?

knghifi

Owner
Milpai,

Yes, Furutech make diffusers - I am pretty sure they are manufactured in Japan.

I recently had the firmware upgrade to send DSD files to the Puccini player through Channel D software.

I downloaded some free tracks from Blue Coast Records site and they sound fantastic!

Have not had time to download the same music vs the SACD yet to do a comparison. I will let you know when I have done it. Should be fun!

darthlaker

I did not know that Furutech made diffusers.
Do you send DSD files to the Puccini player through the Channel D software? If "yes", I would like to hear your thoughts on how the same music sounds on SACD disc Vs DSD version.

milpai

Owner
Thanks Milpai.

I have 2 Furutech diffusers placed on the side walls which didn't make it in the pictures.

I also have my Thiel rear speakers in the upper corners of the rear wall with some CD cabinets on both side walls at the back of room as well.

The room has an large open doorway at the rear and also a smaller one on one side. Carpet is on most of the floor.

This all helps.

The bass from the Vandersteen Sevens can be tuned to any room and this was done with excellent results.

darthlaker

Owner
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darthlaker

That is some "heavy weight" system!
Have you thought about room treatments? Looks like your setup is in a dedicated room. I envy your components :-)

milpai

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