Room Size

22 m2

System Overview

A modest budget system accumulated over time. Parts come and go, but the music and the joy remain.

Music Preferences

All sorts of music but a lot of jazz, hip hop and neo-soul/r'n'b.

Room Description

Big, fairly square box with 340 cm ceilings and huge windows.

Acoustic Treatment

Carpets, drapes and some homemade panels, as many as the other half of the household can stomach...

Listening Impressions

The room is a little tricky. It's kinda square so it's either too much or too little bass every three feet throughout the room, but I've found my spot where the system sounds good! Solid center image, Deep but not super wide soundstage, fairly good separation of instruments and a nice sense of presence especially with jazz and classical music.

Media Storage

Mostly vinyl and flac files. Spotify for discovering new music. Also dug out my CD-collection from the attic a while back.

Components

Digital Source

Arcam IR-Dac II dac, audioquest dragonfly black for portability

Analog Source

Goldring GR1 record player with Nagaoka Mp110 pickup

Other Sources

Arcam Alpha 7 CD-player

Preamp

Holographic audio pre25, Creek audio OBH-8SE phono preamp

Power Amp

Harman Kardon hk690

Speakers

Kef Q55.2 with upgraded xo's.

Speaker Cable

Supra Classic 4mm with banana plugs, DIY solid strand twisted 3mm with bananas.

Interconnects

Amazon basic, Diy, Van der Hul

Headphones

AKG 701, Sennheiser hd598, Tin audio t3

Racking

Ikea Molger

Tuning and Tweaks

Pixie dust

Other Components

Records!