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Latest iteration of my system.
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    • ATC SCM-19v2
    speakers
    • SolidSteel SS-7
    speaker stands
    legs filled with stainless steel bits and sand; Herbies dots under speakers
    • Elac Varro RS700
    12” powered subwoofers
    • Hegel P20
    pre-amp 
    on Stack Audio auva eq stabilizers
    • D-Sonic M3a-600M
    monoblock amplifiers
    class D, Pascal module, 2 x 800W / 8 ohm
    Dual fuse iec receptacle with purple fuses on line and neutral.
    • Music Hall Stealth
    direct drive turntable
    Sumiko Starling MC cartridge; Jelco silver head shell wires
    • Rothwell MCL
    step up transformer
    • Hegel V10
    phono stage
    • Apple Mac Mini, iPad
    Roon server, controller
    • Chord M Scaler
    Digital to digital upscaling device feeding Chord TT2 DAC via dual BNC. 
    Multiple inputs to upscale from Denafrips Arce streamer, optical from TV, bench from Panasonic 
    • Chord Hugo TT2
    DAC
    Fed by dual BNC from M Scaler.
    • Audio Sensibility Signature
    cable loom 
    OCC silver interconnects, USB, dual BNC’s; OCC copper speaker cables; Bybee filtered PC’s for pre-amp and mono-blocks.
    • Pangea Audio PC's
    AC 14se for subs and AC 9se mkII for Octet power strip for accessory components.
    • SBooster BOTW
    Linear Power Supplies 
    for Chord M Scaler, and EtherRegen switch/filter.
    • PSI Audio AVAA C214
    Active bass trap
    • Denafrips Arce
    streamer
    with EtherRegen active switch/filter and Stack Audio Smoothlan passive filter
    • SolidSteel HY-L
    hifi rack
    S3 amp stands for added shelving
    • Townshend Audio
    Maximum Supertweeter

Comments 6

I am impressed and like how clean your system is.

jerryg123

Owner
I ordered the Rothwell MCL step up transformer from their web site and they shipped it direct from England, which was easy enough. I like it and would recommend it, though I've not compared it with others. Their website is informative and lists a variety of models for specific voltages etc.

lukemaximus

Hey how do you find that Rothwell product? Was it easy to obtain? I think about using one of their step ups with a low output Grado cart someday...

subterranean6

Owner
Thanks for the kudos and the tips.
The subs are actually down firing with a passive front. The speaker height is spot on. I’ve played with toe in, and am currently favoring no toe in for wider soundstage and better sound throughout the room. 

lukemaximus

One other thought; it appears that if you were to switch the subs, you would have the side firing drivers toward the inside. It may be undesirable, but I would try it. The result could be surprisingly good. No harm done and potential benefit. 

Lastly, it might be fun to invert the ATC speakers or run them on their sides, perhaps with tweeters outward. This will change the system somewhat and lend variety to experiences. Of course companies will not advise, but this is your system and it's all fun. Take a look at my virtual system and you can see I tend to play around with such things as speaker position in order to get different experiences with soundstage.  Such experimentation is informative as to how sound fields are influenced by design.  

douglas_schroeder

Nice, tight system; well thought out! Kudos! If your monitors are not at seated ear level, you may wish to play with the baffle slope a bit to tune them in as regards soundstage and center imaging.  But it appears that with the stands they are in the zone.  I presume you have played with toe in of the monitors.  :) 

Also in regard to the ATC monitors, consider a method I have used and endorse - in fact, using it now with a set of Wharfedale Opus 2-M2 speakers - which is to double (parallel) speaker cables, running two sets. It is a most efficacious improvement that keeps the character of the sound, but enhances it notably. 
Just make absolutely sure all connections are perfectly parallel, no crossing over of terminations at amp or speakers. I triple check such connections and never change gear when tired, because mistakes can be made.  Typically I keep on hand both spade and banana terminated speaker cables for that purpose.  :) 

douglas_schroeder

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