All for the Love of Music

That's definitely correct! I checked out your system posting a bit more deeply and I like your new room plan draft. Please let me know how those acoustic treatments work for you...

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Purity Now

Rtn1: Thank you; those are some of my favorite composers as well for large and small orchestra works. Piano, violin and cello solo works along with various small ensemble works are an important par...

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Purity Now

You have one hell of a system....I mention of orchestras in some of the above posts. What types of music do you focus on, composers, etc...? What did you find compelling about the NVS PCs?

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Uli's (Old) High End CD-only System

I like your comment about Elrod Speaker cables and I can relate to it. After may years of trying (and liking) many other high-end brands of cable in various configs, Elrod's Sig-Golds have become m...

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All for the Love of Music

Lapierre: The Shakti Hallographs are of great help in this room or any other over the years. They do help tame other characteristics. Technically speaking, the answer to your question is yes; the r...

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All for the Love of Music

Will do...things just keep sounding better and better to me as the cords have settled in very nicely and the harmonics and macro and micro dynamics have really come into their own. The system has a...

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Music for the Soul

Good luck with that; I look forward to hearing good news from you soon!

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Music for the Soul

Good luck on the arrival of the Vitus monos; I look forward to your update on how they sound in that great room of yours!

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Scottsmrnyc- Manhattan, NYC

That is one hell of a system and must give the neighbors a moment of pause to say the least! I have always loved how an all-McIntosh system stack looks. It's good to see another owner of Adona stan...

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All for the Love of Music

Thank you very much!I put the system together over the years as a devout music lover of many different styles. I am very happy and blown away by the result!My experience with the PurePower ...

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Strapper211s all out effort at Nirvana

Strapper: Thanks for your reply; the ICs and Speaker cables are unlike anything I've heard over all the years of trialing and owning many high-end cables. Elrod has put a definite tour de force set...

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Strapper211s all out effort at Nirvana

Strapper: You have put together one hell of a great looking and (what must be) sounding system. The Elrod cables bring tremendous realism, energy, amazing and huge soundstage and musicality to anyt...

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Babybear's System

I am enjoying them very much; they bring an energy and realism to the music listening experienced that I've not found until now! I had to make a decision years ago regarding my love of analog versu...

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Babybear's System

I see you've continued to mature your system; it continues to look and must sound amazing! Thank you for thoughts on the Elrod PCs some time ago; I recently brought a huge improvement to my system ...

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The Big Rig

That is one beautiful room and system; many of us without the ability to convert a room to that degree of audiophile nirvana are jealous :-) ! I have found energy and realism come into my system wi...

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All for the Love of Music

Thanks! I've had the 20/20s, later the Focus HDs (simultaneously in the same HT/2-ch hybrid system, the 20s make a great surround speaker!) and over the past 1 1/2 years, the SEs. I fell in love wi...

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SteVe's Vs

Sgr...thank you for all the background on how the room and tuning thereof has been chosen and matured over time. About 4-5 years ago, I had another house where I could fully treat the room with Aur...

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SteVe's Vs

That is one great system and well thought out room! How did you decide on the alignment, number and placement of all the acoustic treatments, traps, etc...on all the walls?

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All for the Love of Music

Thank you all for your comments! The system is sounding more natural, has much more energy and realism than ever before. You are all welcome for some dedicated listening! I look forward to sitting ...

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Mike Lavigne's System

The UCD gold version of Winston's Steinway Take 2 release sounds amazing as recorded using your gear and in your room. You have one hell of a system and must be very proud!

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arrival at shangri-la

No doubt....did you wind up wiring with romex or something better?

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First attempt

Glad to hear you found the optimal setup for those speakers. As I said before, It is a beautiful system and room!

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Babybear's System

That is one very amazing system and room...well done!

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First attempt

That is a beautiful room, nice equipment and one hell of a great 'first attempt'! How does it sound? Have you played with speaker separate distance and toe-in to optimize the imaging?

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It's a living

I can relate on many fronts...over the last 3 years I've downsized from a complex HT and 2-channel setup that took alot to put together and wound up testing all my previous assumptions on high-end ...

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