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Would you care to elaborate on how that $20k is spent on hardware? Seems like your setup is optimized for digital, and that makes me kind of curious as to what

Would you care to elaborate on how that $20k is spent on hardware? Seems like your setup is optimized for digital, and that makes me kind of curious as to what you've chosen.

ipspam 5y ago
Used Amp, used Pre-amp, used Speakers: $4650 cdn DAC, new: $2400 Power conditioner, used. Linear DC power supply, new. Low wattage conditioner/vibration platform 2-in-1 used: $3550 cdn Speaker cables, used. 2x RCA cables, used. 4 power cables, used. 1 usb cable, used. 1 toslink, new: $5000 6' tall, 16" round ASC tube trap, used. 6' tall, 13" round ASC tube trap, used. 2x 6' tall 1/4 round ASC tube trap, 8.5" (full would be 17" round), used. 5' tall, 11" half round ASC tube trap, used. 6 pack Vicoustic multifuser DC2 diffusion, new. 2x 18"x24" homemade cedar skyline quadratic diffusions, 8" depth, used. 7x equivalent 2'x4'x2" 6lbs/sqfoot rockwool (Owens corning 705?) Absorption treatments: $4650 5x various platforms, used: $750 5 sets various carpet spikes: $300 Many various vibration control devices, including one used set of Stillpoints SS ultra: $1750 There are other things not currently in my system, but they represent minimal cost. That's about $23,000 cdn..... Throw in a hifiberry, $150. Lol. And a laptop, I don't count that cost. There are small things I'm sure I'm forgetting that would get me up to $25,000 cdn which would be $20,000usd.
ipspam 5y ago
Sorry, that was cost breakdown. To answer your question, chord Qutest DAC. Vandersteen 3a signature time and phase aligned 4 way speakers, pass labs x2.5 Pre-amp, threshold s/150 amp. It's all class A, time and phase aligned. Then I dedicate the whole room and put speakers 1/3rd out from front wall, 1/5th out from side walls, and listening position at 2/3rds mark. It's all about flat response, and waves don't like to build very well using odd numbers. The bass traps are the real secret, not allowing the bass to slosh around and drown out the rest of the music. Bass goes 6 directions and you have too put way too much out. It then has to be "trapped" and controlled in order to hear the rest of the music again.

Would you care to elaborate on how that $20k is spent on hardware? Seems like your setup is optimized for digital, and that makes me kind of curious as to what you've chosen.

ipspam 5y ago

Used Amp, used Pre-amp, used Speakers: $4650 cdn DAC, new: $2400 Power conditioner, used. Linear DC power supply, new. Low wattage conditioner/vibration platform 2-in-1 used: $3550 cdn Speaker cables, used. 2x RCA cables, used. 4 power cables, used. 1 usb cable, used. 1 toslink, new: $5000 6' tall, 16" round ASC tube trap, used. 6' tall, 13" round ASC tube trap, used. 2x 6' tall 1/4 round ASC tube trap, 8.5" (full would be 17" round), used. 5' tall, 11" half round ASC tube trap, used. 6 pack Vicoustic multifuser DC2 diffusion, new. 2x 18"x24" homemade cedar skyline quadratic diffusions, 8" depth, used. 7x equivalent 2'x4'x2" 6lbs/sqfoot rockwool (Owens corning 705?) Absorption treatments: $4650 5x various platforms, used: $750 5 sets various carpet spikes: $300 Many various vibration control devices, including one used set of Stillpoints SS ultra: $1750 There are other things not currently in my system, but they represent minimal cost. That's about $23,000 cdn..... Throw in a hifiberry, $150. Lol. And a laptop, I don't count that cost. There are small things I'm sure I'm forgetting that would get me up to $25,000 cdn which would be $20,000usd.

ipspam 5y ago

Sorry, that was cost breakdown. To answer your question, chord Qutest DAC. Vandersteen 3a signature time and phase aligned 4 way speakers, pass labs x2.5 Pre-amp, threshold s/150 amp. It's all class A, time and phase aligned. Then I dedicate the whole room and put speakers 1/3rd out from front wall, 1/5th out from side walls, and listening position at 2/3rds mark. It's all about flat response, and waves don't like to build very well using odd numbers. The bass traps are the real secret, not allowing the bass to slosh around and drown out the rest of the music. Bass goes 6 directions and you have too put way too much out. It then has to be "trapped" and controlled in order to hear the rest of the music again.