Dimensions: 28’ × 15’ Large
Ceiling: 10’
@milpai, @randypeck, @fred60 and @baylinor
I want to thank each of you for your kind comments, and I will try to answer your questions individually.
@baylinor,
You are 100% spot-on with your comments about the room acoustics. I’m following my instincts regarding the room treatment, and it is an ongoing project. I installed the center diffusion panel based on the common guidance of diffusing the center. I wasn’t exactly sure what to do then, so flanking the center diffuser are hybrid panels. I have corner treatments on order for the front wall. They should arrive in a few weeks. The corner panels are reversable, so I can set them to be bass traps or hybrid panels. I’m limited with what I can do for the side walls, although I recognize the need. There’s a big window on the left side of the room for which we may have some thick curtains made. On the right wall I’d be happy with the same hybrid panels that are on the front wall but I’m not sure my wife would approve. I need to find an absorption panel that looks like a painting. I do have some absorption panels on the ceiling.
The system is still breaking-in and is moving in a nice direction of what I would describe as having detail, roundness, weight, and speed, but you are also spot-on with your comments about it having the potential to become fatiguing if I don’t get its interaction with the room right. It is indeed an acoustic journey and thank you again for your comments and suggestions.
@fred60,
Though I am new to it, I am currently only streaming using Qobuz. My basement system has an Innuos streamer that also serves as a Roon core. The basement and main systems are hard wired together, I used CAT6 ethernet cable, so the Vivaldi is able to pull from the Roon core. I also have a music collection on a NAS drive, but I haven’t gotten it connected into the system yet.
@randypeck
Thank you for your question. I made too many system changes all at once to isolate any change the Samson rack made. My previous system used a Salamander Synergy A/V cabinet. For the new system I wanted to make a change, and my wife and I like the naturalness of wood. An audiophile friend, who has much more experience than me, said that the Samson racks were good, so I just went with it. It seems to work well and is quite solid.
@milpai
Thank you! My wife is to thank for how it all came together, she has a keen talent for colors and design. I hoped too that if she selected all the colors, she wouldn’t ask me how much I was spending on this rig, although everyone tells me that I don’t get away with near as much as I think I do! Her final touch was the Louis Poulsen floor lamps, which I think work very nicely with the setup.
My best wishes to you all, and thank you again for your comments,
John