There is no doubt that once you reach a certain level of gear, the room, isolation and ac power are critical to getting the full potential out of your system. I started out using locally made "Wally feet" which are similar in concept to the Harmonic tuning feet before switching to Alto Extremo. Now I use a mix of Stillpoints Ultra 6’s + Ultra bases, Ultra Mini’s & Ultra LPI’s which i’m very happy with.
On racks, I upgraded from a metal Standesign rack & tv cabinet to Taoc ASR II racks with upgraded Finite Elemente Cerabase feet + upgraded Taoc SCB-RS-HC50G shelves for my amp & cdp. I’m content with that combo for now which offers exceptional value, though I plan to upgrade my racks in future.
On the ac power side, I use a Gigawatt PC-3 SE Evo conditioner and Furutech GTX-D(g) wpo. The Gigawatt cleans up the power nicely, levels the difference b/w input and output power, improves impulse response, offers robust over-voltage and surge protection, and has an accurate volt meter.
As my listening room is also my living/dining room, unfortunately there isn’t much scope to install room treatments. However my medium size room has essentially good acoustics as is. And my Magico speakers are a sealed box design, making them less critical with placement. So all in all it works well.
That said, if I buy a house one day, I will include a dedicated, treated listening room of ideal dimensions & run dedicated 20a lines to audiophile wpo’s. Right now, my favorite room acoustics firms are RW Acoustics and SMT, though Art Novion and GIK Acoustics are also good. One day!
On racks, I upgraded from a metal Standesign rack & tv cabinet to Taoc ASR II racks with upgraded Finite Elemente Cerabase feet + upgraded Taoc SCB-RS-HC50G shelves for my amp & cdp. I’m content with that combo for now which offers exceptional value, though I plan to upgrade my racks in future.
On the ac power side, I use a Gigawatt PC-3 SE Evo conditioner and Furutech GTX-D(g) wpo. The Gigawatt cleans up the power nicely, levels the difference b/w input and output power, improves impulse response, offers robust over-voltage and surge protection, and has an accurate volt meter.
As my listening room is also my living/dining room, unfortunately there isn’t much scope to install room treatments. However my medium size room has essentially good acoustics as is. And my Magico speakers are a sealed box design, making them less critical with placement. So all in all it works well.
That said, if I buy a house one day, I will include a dedicated, treated listening room of ideal dimensions & run dedicated 20a lines to audiophile wpo’s. Right now, my favorite room acoustics firms are RW Acoustics and SMT, though Art Novion and GIK Acoustics are also good. One day!