Worked very hard on the setup. Use RTA (RAL) to tune. Used room treatments for all first order reflections including the ceiling. Use DSP for a little node correction. Flat to 32hz. Imaging excellent - would be better if the room was wider. Have never heard a system in the same price range that sounded better.
Tweaked - Dynamat on plinth, mechanics, armboard and motor. Took the base off.
Systemdek OEM
None
Shure 97MxE
None
AMC CVT-3030a
Tweeked by Retrodaze. Tube sockets, JJ tubes, larger supply caps and Auricaps in signal path.
Triangle Celius 202
None
Dakiom R103
On Tape In - after Behringer 2496
Behringer FBQ-2496
DSP for room correction after walls etc treated
Sound Quest Isol-Pads
Vibration absorbtion. Under all gear. Even installed them in my spekers at the end of a new cross brace neer the woofers
Homemade CAT-6
Twisted
Homemade Echo Eliminators
Same idea as Echo Busters - but years earlier. Use them to kill echo flutter and in all first order reflection points - including the ceiling. Excellent combination for mids-high absorbtion - use foam wrapped in terrycloth
Goldring G-1012 GX
Use with my solid state amp
Magnepan MMG
Use with sub and old Pioneer receiver in 2nd system
Why not pull speakers farther from the side wall and not toe them in as much? That should yeild large improovements in sound. Maybe 1 foot each...may be worth trying.
Hey Mike, not bad, sure you could have a better roombut be thankful you have one! I spend more time wishing and dreaming of my own music room then I do over any new gear. I bet it is alot of fun hearing tunes in your room.
