Room Size

23 x 12 x 9

System Overview

Music Preferences

Pop, rock, some jazz

Room Description

Living/dining room, with leather couch and carpet in front of music system, set up along short wall with speakers 7 feet apart.

Acoustic Treatment

Echobuster acoustic panels along back wall and in room corners

Components

Digital Source

Red Wine Audio modified Olive Musica music server (battery powered)

Preamp

Joule Electra LA-100 Mk III (tube)

Power Amp

Acoustic Reality eAR Two (digital)

Speakers

nOrh 9.0 marble

Subwoofer

ACI Force

Speaker Cable

Slinkylink silver cables (custom terminated with Speakon connectors)

Interconnects

Bolder Cable digital cable with copper Bullet Plugs; Slinkylink silver cable (source to pre); Bolder Cable Nitro (pre to amp)

Power Cables

Bolder Cable Bybee Nitro on balanced power supply, Nitro on preamp. Acoustic Reality CryoPhon on amp

Power Cond

Blue Circle Audio MR1200 balanced power supply

Tuning and Tweaks

1 4 ft x1 ft Echobuster behind each main speaker; 4 Cornerbusters placed in celiing corners. Speakers are toed in slightly. HAL-O 9s on 2 of the signal tubes (12AX7, 5751) of tube preamp (no HAL-Os yet on other 4 tubes)