Audio Altar

by zmanastronomy on Budget Minded

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This is my humble listening room where I spend many hours before the Audio Altar. I have made my own acoustic room treatments from DuctBoard. The same thing as Corning rigid fibreglass but it has a black finish already on it. I done the whole room for $150. That included the 6inch bass traps in the corner and there's two treatments behind the curtains. After the room treatments where added the imaging was increadible. It was the best improvement I've ever heard. I didn't know that room treatments could make such a huge difference. I've also run a dedicated power supply for my CD player. The depth and width of the stage grew quite alot after that. So far I've been blessed with this system and with a friend that is an audiophile guru and bring over ICs and power cords to test out. It has so far saved me alot of time and money with searching for the right upgrades. I hope you enjoy the photos. zmanastronomy
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    • Custom 2024 Tripath
    No expense was spared in the building of this amp.
    24v battery power, Cardas binding posts, Fururtech RCA inputs. Very lively and neutral.
    • PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC

    I've heard DSD for the first time without resampling on my system today with this DAC.

    Sounds a lot better than I expected.

    • JW Audio Cryo Nova
    These are a great upgrade to my system.
    • JW Audio Reference
    These are a great improvement in my system.
    • JW Audio The Rock
    I built this rack myself. It turned out much better than I expected.
    • Gallo TR3d
    The Gallo sub is one of the only subs that can sound better than a floor standing speaker. It is so fast and clean, it's hard to make it sound bad. Integration with stand mounted speakers is too easy.
    • Elrod EPS-2 Signature
    I now have 4 Elrod signature PC's in my system. They have done wonders to my system.
    • Signal Transformer DU-2 (2000va)
    I have this isolation transformer wired in balanced mode. The noise floor droped considerably.
    I built this box to hide it.
    • Signal Transformer DU-5 (5KVA)
    I've added a second balanced transformer to my system. It's for my amp. Words can't describe the improvement it made. I am stunned.
    • William Schaefer Audio Design 4 column
    This is one very heavy duty stand. Filled with lead and sand, they weigh in at 105lbs each.
    • My Room Treatments
    Finnaly there's the treated room. THE biggest sonic upgrade I ever made. I didn't realize what I was missing until I added treatments. The imaging got so good I couldn't believe what I was hearing. If you've got a mega bucks system and don't have a treated room you're only tapping into 50% of the systems potential. I'm glad I took the step and treated my room. My meager system sounds the best it can now. I hope you enjoy the system photos and my attempt to write something. Thanks. zman
    • PorterPort Cryo treated AC outlet
    I use a dedicated AC line with a a PorterPort that Albert sent to me from Here at AG. The improvments in my system was a great leap forward. Without this outlet, I could have never accomplished what I have.
    • Custom LDR Tortuga
    Wonderfully transparent.
    • Sonus Faber Venere

    I just bought these based on reviews and I am very glad I did.

    They sound as good as they look. They didn't overwhelm my small room either. I've learned that front ported speakers are much better for a small room than rear ported.

    • Fanless PC for Server
    I've taken the plunge into Computer Audio. I'm running JRiver on my PC and have about 6tb of music to enjoy.

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The image of the Triangle Comete ES 25th looks nice. I've not heard them but other Triangle speakers at audio shows did some extraordinary things in the midrange and highs.

albertporter

I hope you mean that, along with some time for us to listen and enjoy some music together.

albertporter

I've been following your system since before my post on March 2010. I'm proud of you for the creative way you assembled the acoustic panels and new equipment stand. The stand is a beauty.

Those are worthwhile upgrades and prove that determination, creativity and a bit of work can make great improvements in an audio system without breaking the bank.

Great job!

albertporter

Now I need to hear an Emotiva, price seems too good to be true but sometimes really good things happen in high end audio.

albertporter

Zman, I've read great things about the Emotiva ERC-1. Didn’t you do a shoot out with the Oppo?

albertporter

That's a product known in the air conditioning business as Duct Board. This kind has an anti mold treatment on it that is already a satin black. It comes in 4x10ft sheets and you cut it to size. One sheet cost me $30.

That is REALLY cool info, this should be posted for everyone to see.

I have so many originals and don't have a turntable.

Maybe that will change in the future, it's as much a shame that you have that wonderful music you can't spin as it is for me to have a table without the original pressing.

albertporter

OK John, I'm officially jealous now after hearing about the rare vinyl.

Our musical enjoyment is only as fun as the software on hand and you have some great originals. All but one of my Hank Williams is a reissue and only reissue of Little Richard.

I did score a open reel studio copy of Little Richard. The quality suggests it was for a reissue album or 45. I wish it were better quality but it's material I would not otherwise have.

albertporter

Beautiful room and system. Congratulations on a job well done.

Do I see a copy of "The Legend of Hank Williams" on the left side of your photo? :^).

albertporter

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