bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023

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Description

One saving grace for the low inventory of houses in 2022 was the pool and this room. Gave up on finding 3 garage stalls, but 10 foot ceilings in this room looked promising. 23.4 feet deep, 16.5 wide, with a 10 foot peak 5 feet wide.
I built some massive bass traps (on wheels) to reduce the giant dip shown at 160 hz. The traps are 24 wide, 35 deep, and 57 inches high. I mate a large Real Traps absorber to the front behind the Wilsons to achieve the 35 inches. The traps contain OC703 and Roxul with a 2.5" air gap inside.

I've been busy auditioning both IC's and power cables in 2023. Here is a list of power cables I have tried out in 2023:

Verastarr Grand Illusions copper and silver

Tara Labs The One

Elrod EPS-3 Sig

Elrod EPS-3

Elrod EPS2

 JPS Aluminatas

Masterbuilt Reference

Sablon Robusto

NRG The 5

BMI Whale Elite

Harmonix XDC, XDC 350, XDC2

Hijiri Nagomi

Signal Cable

Kubala Sosna Emotion

Kubala Sosna Elation

Transparent Premium Power Gen5

Puritan entry level

Elemental 316

JPS Analog AC

Lessloss C-Marc

AntiCables Level 3

Purist Audio Design Proteus

Kaplan HE MKII

Awaiting a Wywires Platinum HC

2022 and earlier:

DCCA Passion Pro XXL

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Room Details

Dimensions: 24’ × 17’  Large
Ceiling: 10’

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    • Wilson Audio Alexia 1
    • Audio Research 5SE
    Replaced an Aric Audio Motherlode 2

    Fed by a Cardas Clear Beyond XL PC.
    • Bricasti Design M1 DAC
    Setting on top of an ADD-PWR Wizard.
    • Coda Technologies Continuum No. 8 amp
    Version 1: 150 Watts x 2 into 8 Ohms

    Class A ~18 Watts 

    300 Watts x 2 into 4 Ohms

    Class A ~18 Watts

    Fed by Cardas Clear PC after a pair of BMI Whale Elites, all daisy chained from the Puritan to the amp.

    • Cardas Audio Clear
    Today: Cardas Clear Beyond XLR to the preamp, Cardas Clear daisy chained to Purist Venustas XLR to Coda amp.

    OLD: Presently have a KS Emotion on the Bricasti to preamp.

    For the amp run:
    I have 3 meter pair of KS Expressions connected to a 3 meter set of Emotions that then connect to a 0.5 meter pair of Elations for the run from ARC to amp. SO, yes, daisy chaining KS cables together as interconnect chain giving me the KS sound but ultimately the signature of the Elation as it is right before the amplifier. Give this a try. It was tested with PAD cables first and then I switched to KS cables. The PAD train was Venustas (4M) to Corvus. Prior to that I was using Museuas to Venustas to the amp. I kept moving up the chain and then jumped over to KS cables.
    • Cardas Audio Clear
    Replacing the KS Elation PC which was previously an Hijiri Nagomi to the amp.

    This is the PC after a BMI Whale Elite in the daisy chain in the long run to the amp.
    • Purist Audio Design speaker cables Venustas Tri-wired set
    Tri-wired set of Luminist version 81 inches long. I only needed single wiring but couldn't pass up the deal. I made a manifold to accept the 3 runs per side with a solid piece of copper which hangs on the Wilson binding posts. Incredible speaker cables.
    • BMI Whale Elite
    Two of these on the daisy chain to the amp with the Kubala Sosna Elation PC.
    • Shunyata Research Sigma USB
    All the other cables I tried smeared the music.
    • ADD-POWR Wizard
    I have 2 of these. One is placed under the DAC and one is under the DIY digital power box.
    • ADD-POWR Symphony I/O
    Connects the ethernet to the music server and the server USB to the DAC
    • Aurender X100L
    Replaced my Rich Hollis designed dedicated MS-2 computer.
    • Cardas Audio Clear
    New: Almost all Cardas power cables now

    Old: Moved to almost all KS power cables; Elations and one Emotion. Good stuff. Still putzing with the PC to the Aurender.

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    • Puritan Audio Labs PSM156 Studio Master Power Purifier
    Love this unit. The amount of noise it reduces is impressive. Tested the circuit with a noise detector before it and then in it and see how it removes 75% of line noise. My Aluminatas seem to remove another 20%. Now I have barely a tweeter his at 6 inches instead of at 12 inches.
    • Core Power Technologies Core Power Technologies Deep 1800 AC Power Line Conditioner
    Added this to the very front of all power feeding the Puritan.

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Thanks very much for this info! Which version of the Coda Continuum amp do you have? I've heard some people say the PSM156 helps their front-end components but hurts their amps a little bit, so it's useful to hear your perspective as well!
Did you ever get to try the Puritan Ultimate cable between the PSM156 and wall? Which Kubala Sosna cable did you have most success with in this position?
PS. Great room and great results with the treatments! That 100Hz bump is often attributable to floor bounce or ceiling bounce. Did you ever try adding a panel in the middle of the ceiling? or a bit of carpet closer to the speakers?

vsrrr

Hi! Great to hear your comments about the PSM156.
Out of curiosity, have you had success plugging your 400W amp into it?
I have a 300W amp, and am worried that perhaps the PSM156 might constrain it in some way.
Also - very curious to hear if you found any great power cable upgrades for connecting the PSM156 to the wall. The Puritan Ultimate cable seems like the logical first step, but by the looks of your 2023 testing, it sounds like you may have gone further!

vsrrr

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