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Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room

Newbie here.  Wife and I are looking to turn our Great Room into a listening room.  It’s roughly 21’X’19 and has a cathedral ceiling that is 11’ tall at the wall and 20’ tall at the apex.  Spoke to a good hifi dealer in the area who made the following recommendations/proposal and I’m curious if this group may have any input for getting maximum bang for my buck.  Basically, with a budget around 35k (or thereabouts) would you buy something similar or are there any components you’d add or swap out?

Paradigm Persona 3F

McIntosh MA8950

Pro-Ject Xtension 9 w/ Ortofon Black Cartridge 

Sony ES DSD Music Server (this one concerns me a touch in that it appears to be an 8 yr old product line).

Thanks so much in advance for your collective expertise.  My wife isn’t going to let me drop money into this for another 15 years so I need to get it right the first time. 

If it matters, our musical taste is quite varied: classical, jazz, classic rock, alternative, hip hop.  My mother complained in my youth that if i had 10 bucks I would just buy a CD with it.  She is still right. 

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kota1
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After selecting your components setting up your room is the key. You should start by positioning your speakers properly and then treat your room. I really like the room kits they offer at Sonitus, Anthony Grimani's company:

 

kota1
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BTW, if you haven't purchased speakers yet you may want to look at active speakers such as the Kef LS60 which is an entire system. They have reviews of many of these type of system/speakers at soundstage:

 

https://www.soundstagesimplifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews

kota1
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+1 on working with a local dealer, you can go over to the store, listen, get help if you need to bring something back. 

kota1
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I have both a preamp and an amp with Anthem ARC room correction paired with Paradigm speakers, in a treated room it REALLY will make your system perform in a very satisfying manner. No matter how much you spend on amp or room treatments, with room correction included it makes a big difference.

 

 

 

 

kota1
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Congratulations! I think you will really get a great result between the room treatments, your components, and the ARC room correction from your Anthem Pre. As for a streamer/dac combo I recommend you strongly consider looking at the OS of your streamer to make sure you like it. Some people want Roon, some want whole house audio, some want a particular music service. Can you use the dac in your preamp and save some scratch?

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