@rvpiano --
Do you try to rank your system with others’?
I find inspiration listening to other peoples' setups. An audio buddy and friend of mine shares a similar approach to my fully actively configured speaker system (he initially inspired me to go that route) using the same Xilica DSP/digital crossover, although our speaker-amp combos are different. Visiting each other we're giving critique to our respective setups in the wake of new tweaks and potential investments, and being we know each other so well it's a frank, warts and all kinda feedback to have a better bearing and understanding of what kind of initiatives and corrections that may need to be implemented. Within the last year or so he's invested in new main speakers (Stage Accompany M57), a new DAC (Mola Mola Tambaqui), new streamer (Grimm Audio MU1) and reconfigured the whole of his switch and router system incl. ethernet cables. Many hours have been spent at his home finding the proper sonic balance again, both acoustically, mechanically, with new digital crossover settings to accommodate the new speakers, their integration with the subs and all. Myself I've recently invested in a new DAC (NuPrime Evolution DAC-2), a possibly uncoming NuPrime Evolution Stream, switched my MC² Audio amps to newer versions, reconfigured the router-switch chain, etc., and so we've been tweaking around these changes as well with IC cable swaps, decoupling, digital crossover settings, etc. It's a fun and rewarding process that we both enjoy helping each other with.
Or are you content with enjoying your rig for what it is?
Very much so. The basics and more are in place, so what comes down the road will be good building blocks to work from.
