tomcarr's System

by tomcarr on dedicated room

Description

Room is 13’9" x 14'3". Acoustic panels all four walls and the ceiling. Tweeters are 36" in front of wall and 96" apart. They are 78" from ears and 10" above ear level when seated.
Dedicated power line to the room terminating in four duplex outlets.
Custom butcher block rack with absorption between the shelves and the frame.
McIntosh MCD600 SACD/CD player/preamp, PS Audio M1200 monoblock amps, B&W 803 D3 speakers, JL Audio active subs, Anti-Cables wires, Primacoustic absorption panels.
System and room are set up with priorities being clarity, dynamics, imaging, soundstage, effortless high volume, timbres.
Typically listen at peaks of 85-90 dB. Maximum SPL of 112 dB according to B&W.
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    • McIntosh, PS Audio, B&W, JL Audio, Anticables, Primacoustic MCD600, M1200, 803 D3, d110

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I misspoke. I should have said "so inside the speakers the subs go".
Good catch!

tomcarr

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I wanted the subs to be on the outside of the speakers but didn't want the speakers that close together.  So, outside the speakers the subs go.

tomcarr

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@tleppard1 Thank you! Subs are d110

tomcarr

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@flrun Never lived in VA

tomcarr

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@flrun Huge improvement. B&W suggests toe-in, but I felt they were too bright positioned that way. No toe-in takes care of that, to my ears.

tomcarr

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Thank you @steakster!

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