ENVIRONMENT

Room:  Suspended hardwood with Lath and Plaster walls (circa 1936)

Room Size: 26 x 19 x 9 (Ft)  //  8 x 5.8 x 2.7 (M)  [4,446 cubic feet // 125 cubic meters]

Room Orientation: Front wall is the short wall (i.e. 19ft / 5.8M)

Speaker Position: [measured to the center of the drivers]

- 9ft  from the front wall (2.7M)
- 6ft from the side walls (1.8M)
- 7ft apart (2.1M)

Listening Position:   6 Ft //  ~ 2 M from the center of the driver plane.

Speaker Toe In :  Moderate, crossing behind the head.

Ear Height:  At center of the single drivers (40 inches // 102cm) and above.

ANCILLARY

Power:  Synergistic Research Galileo PowerCell SX with SRX power cable; Keces P8 LPS (2 units); PI Audio UberBUSS; ADD-Powr Sorcer X4; Akiko Audio Corelli; Dedicated 20A line from breaker. Wall: Furutech GTX D (R) NCF Duplexes + GTX Wall Frames + 106 NCF Covers.

Power Cables:  Synergistic Research SRX; Triode Wire Labs Obsession; Ghent Neotech DC.

Analog Cables:  Found-Music 2112 and Found-Music E+

Digital Cables:  Synergistic Research Galileo SX

Grounding:  Synergistic Research Galileo SX Grounding Block

Isolation:

- For Speakers: Eden Sound Audio Spikes.
               
- For Components:  Townshend Audio Seismic Isolation Podiums; Synergistic Research Tranquility Base UEF;  Ingress Audio Engineering; IsoAcoustics GAIA;  Herbie's Audio Lab; TAOC; Timbernation.

Rack / Cabinet:  Standout Designs

SYSTEM CHAIN

Network:

ARRIS Cable Modem + Netgear Orbi Pro Mesh; ISP - Cox Cable

Electronics:

> Small Green Computer SonicTransporter i7 KL Roon DSP w/ Bridged Ethernet - Server (custom)
> T+A SDV 3100 HV - Streamer / DAC / Preamplifier
> Found-Music 2A3 (Monoblocks - 4 Chassis w/ Power Supply) w/ Emission Labs Solid Plate - Amplifier

> T+A PA 3100 HV Integrated Amplifier

Transducer:

Cube Audio Nenuphar (F10 Neo Single Full Range Driver) w/ TQWT Enclosure  [92dB / 8Ohm; 30Hz - 18kHz (6dB)]



Recently Replaced:

T+A SDV 3100 HV replaces (in system chain) >

- Sonore Signature Rendu SE (2017) - Player
- DENAFRIPS Terminator - DAC
- Grandinote Genesi (Fully Balanced) - Preamplifier
- SR Galileo UEF USB cable
- SR Atmosphere X Euphoria XLR cable
- TWL Obsession power cable

Synergistic Research SRX Power Cables replace >

- Triode Wire Labs Obsession power cables


Future Upgrades:

Server.



(Edited on 2/27/2020; 1/5/2022)

BACK TO:

Review: SR Galileo PowerCell SX power conditioner + SRX power cable:  PowerCell SX


Review: DSP Board for DENAFRIPS (2019):  DSP Board Review


First Impressions: ADD-Powr Sorcer X4:  Sorcer X4