My next upgrade


Hello All-

I have a newly built room in my basement.  15x 30 feet.  I am sharing the space with a 7.2.4 theatre and a 2.2 system for music only.  Both set ups are100% independent of each other.

Most of my electronics should be OK for now.  I thought that it was time to upgrade the speakers for I got to deep into treatments and hardware upgrades. 

I was thinking about a pair of Maggie 1.7x’s, but I have concerns they will disappoint when playing more dynamic music like rock or blues.  For classical, jazz, vocals etc, I expect amazing results.  And I do like some volume. 

So, with all of that said, I am looking for stage size, depth and imaging. 

Current system is:

  1. Schilit Kara
  2. 2x Schiit Aegir V1 (these may be replaced depending on the speakers selected.
  3. Gustard x26Pro
  4. Gustard DDC-18
  5. Gustard 10M Clock
  6. All cables are Audio Quest River XLR, carbon BNC and HDMI. 
  7. 2x REL 1205 subs
  8. B&W 705S2’s on FS 700 stands

I mainly stream Qobuz via Audiarvana on a MAC Mini M2.

The floor has thick carpet; ceiling is open rafters painted and the walls will not be treated if at all until after the speakers are selected.

The 705’ are currently 4 feet out and 4 feet off the walls about 8 feet apart.  I sit about 15 feet back from them.  My point here is that I do not feel placement will be an issue.

I hope that is enough info to get the juices flowing, let’s consider $6000 for budget to start.

Thanks in advance

Scott

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Showing 1 response by hbarrel

@soix +1 on ditching the mini. Used a mini for years running Audiarvana.

For sure there are better options  

The option I chose was to run Qobuz through a Linux based i5 NUC with 32gb ram using Euphony software. I’d put it up against some expensive streamer’s.