My endgame system I think
Good day everyone. I wanted to share what I believe is my endgame 2 channel system and say thank you to all of the members here for all of the advice I’ve gotten and read. It’s a simple system but the forum has guided me tremendously with my decisions. A special thank you goes out to Duke of audiokinesis (who I met at Axpona was very gracious with a few questions I had) for recommending Jeff at HDacoustics to design my room that I built while the speakers were being built. I hope to have many years enjoying my new system. Thanks again everyone !
Ron
Thank you everyone for the nice comments and suggestions. I was originally thinking the set up would be something like your thoughts but the acoustician who designed the room said with the one angled wall behind the listening chair the corner set up would work best. The walls are not all built the same way so there isn’t much wiggle room with the speaker positioning. I could give it a try to see though. |
it should be on my systems page @lalitk @tablejockey Thank you @ laltik. You touched upon 2 things that are still on my list. Streamer and the Ethernet filter. I’m happy with the DAC in the Boulder right now so I will be looking to swap out the node at some point. I’ve heard only good things about the ENO filter as well. |
I feel you. We have 3 kids. I believe other colors were available but it was more than I wanted to spend. The loveseat was needed while the chair was being made. It works pretty good for my wife and I when we both listen As far as subs go I thought I had a mode in the listening position but as the speakers have broken in it has improved. I still think there is a mode but I was going to try to measure the room with REW and then decide on subs
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@audioman58 Ron |
I am fortunate to have several dealers in Colorado to be able to listen to a variety of systems. I listened to B&W , Sonus Fabre , Magico , Rockport and I am already familiar with Focal as that is what we have in our home theatre in the family room. Amps were McIntosh , Moon , Hegel and Boulder. They all sounded nice really but my final decision was based heavily on opinions here and WBF and the stellar reviews Rockport and Boulder received. |
I will give that a try. Thanks ! Thank you. I was concerned about the room being too dead as well. It would certainly be considered dead compared to a regular room. Being a small room My designer wanted to take care of first reflections and the pegboard was also strategically added to the room design. My dealer also thought it was over damped but perhaps this is due to their main room having no absorption. Their room sounds good but is a bit bright for me. I’m going to have him back for a listen now that the speakers are broken in. I haven’t listened to an overdamped room before but I find mine performs amazing. Incredible detail instrument separation. I made sure to ask my designer if the Aviors would work in the room and he said absolutely. I’m hoping to get some local audiophiles with more experienced ears than mine to come have a listen and see what they think. |
@lemonhaze Regards Ron |
The Atria is a great speaker. That’s what they had at Axpona. Sounded amazing. I’m going to stick with the DAC in the Boulder at least for now as it reviewed very well and I spoke to the owner of Boulder ( I’ve embarrassingly forgotten his name) at Axpona and he said it’s the same DAC that is in their stand alone unit which made me feel even better. Happy listening ! |
I asked the question the same way you posted. I wanted to know if I could connect the Ethernet cable from the router right to the Boulder. My dealer said no but did bring up Roon. I felt like Roon was more than I needed and I was already comfortable using the BluOS app so I went with the Node. I am going to check out the EtherRegen though. Thanks |
