Description

The Loft is a 15.5 x 10 ft space on the 4th floor of our small California home. It's a dedicated 2-channel music environment that consistently delivers great great listening experiences. A mix of room treatments from ATS Acoustics and GIK Acoustics bring the RT60 down to about 320ms and make the room sound bigger than it is. The Fritz monitors have perfect integration with the brilliant SVS 3000 Micro subs. Eyes closed, I could swear that I'm listening to Dunlavy SC-V towers…the soundstage is floor to ceiling, wider and deeper than the room, and beautifully coherent. The space never fails to receive accolades from visiting listeners. Although modest by high-end audio standards, I feel fortunate to have put together such an enjoyable system.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 16’ × 10’  Small
Ceiling: 8’


Components Toggle details

    • Fritz Speakers Carrera 7 BE
    2-way monitors with a series crossover, beryllium tweeter, and ScanSpeak Revelator woofers
    • Orchard Audio Monoblock
    Tiny 150 watt monoblock amps, optimized for an 8Ω nominal load with an external power supply
    • Topping PRE90
    Analog preamp with four XLR inputs and two RCA inputs. Outputs are XLR, RCA, or both
    • GUSTARD X16 DAC
    An instrument-grade DAC based on the ESS ES9068AS chip
    • Pi 2 Design PI2AES Pro Audio Shield
    A network audio transport with a range of digital outputs, including I²S, AES/EBU, BNC and COAX S/PDIF and TOSLINK.
    • iFi Audio PowerStation
    iFi PowerStation and AC iPurifiers
    • SVS Micro 3000 Subwoofer
    This is a true music/audiophile subwoofer from popular brand, SVS

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Hey @dsnyder0cnn , Thanks for the feedback. I am also intrigued by the GaN technology and keep hearing excellent. At some point I would like to hear these amps myself.
But I find it odd that there is no power switch. So before you turn ON the preamp, how to you set these to off? In my case, these would not work because I have a tube preamp and I cannot leave them on continuously.

milpai

Very nice! I like the way you placed the acoustic treatments on the small foot stools. Clean and simple setup......love it. BTW, how do you like the Orchard Audio monoblocks? What were your previous amplifiers?

milpai