Nyev: "Lol…. I do get a kick out of the audiosciencereview channel. I find it amusing and utterly useless. "
Completely agree. It is not regarded seriously by those who like to listen to music.
Power cords or power conditioner
I’m at a cross roads and I’m looking for some advice from those have have gone down this road. I recently added a 2 channel integrated amplifier to improve my 2 channel performance. I had been using my Datasat LS-10 for music and while it sounded really nice, it was missing the depth and clarity that I know my speakers are capable of. My speakers are KEF Reference 3s, rest of my 2 channel set is is as follows:
Luxman L 509x
Luxman D-03x
Roon Nucleus Plus
Lumin U2 Mini
Transparent Audio Super speaker cables
Nordorst Red Dawn XLR, Blue Heaven USB
Wire World Platinum USB
All power cables are DYI using Oyaide Tsunami V2 cable
So what I feel I am missing is that 3D holographic sound stage. It was there with the Luxman 509 when I demo’d it, but I am unable to get that experience at my house. I feel that majority of equipment is up to the task but I am curious if I should ad a top shelf power condtioner like a Shunyata Triton or Torus AVR20 into the system or replace my Intergrated’s power cord with a Shunyata Alpha NC? I’m getting tapped out, so for now it can only be one or the other.
Or should I skip the above and focus on room treatments?
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A picture of my room is right here on my profile when I post 😂. It’s a general purpose basement, a portion of it housing my audio system. It’s all how far one is willing to go on this hobby. If one is not allowed by the SO, or the proverbial “…. wearing the pants…”, then I feel sorry about you.
Speaking of which, this has to be lamest excuse one has in this hobby. It’s used so often, even by some with No SO whatsoever 🤦♂️ |
I have an unused family room in my house that I have been thinking about converting into a dedicated music room. Ha, as other have said, I can only go so far in my current room before I start getting push back. For example, I've received a little pushback on acoustic panels. They need to be "art panels" that look "nice". This is not a real issue other than "art" panels cost significantly more. Also pulling the speakers out more, which would be beneficial, would make it difficult to walk through the room. For me the real issue with moving the music equipment upstairs is lugging it all up the stairs. Taking a speaker that weights 110 pounds isn't a one man job! I may pull the trigger on that idea though, as I could do anything I want up there. @ghdprentice Good call on doing one thing at a time. I'm very guilty of doing many things at once and then not knowing what exact item caused the improvement. This is more an issue with my boat but I can see me doing the same thing here, now that I've decided to finally it get a 2 channel system up and running.
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It seems as you already know the answer, room and acoustics. I would never have gotten where I'm at in my journey without starting from scratch and addressing both. All the equipment upgrade in the world in my old listening room/ living room would not even compare to my house of stereo current equipment. Long arduous process for sure, but unfortunaly nothing comes easy if you want to achieve the results you hope for. The easy solutions are just temporary bandaids. Either way you go, enjoy the journey.
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