Room Size

20' X 24' X 19' high cathedral ceiling

System Overview

2010 Mac mini --> glass toslink or Halide Bridge-->Peachtree Nova-->Class D Audio 254 Amp-->B&W CM7R & Rel R-218

Music Preferences

Anything but Country & Western and Opera.

Room Description

Living room (20.5' X 24') with 19' cathedral ceiling. Open at end opposite to speakers. Speakers flank fireplace, not TV. 45° angle with respect to room walls.

Acoustic Treatment

Dirac Live Room Correction software -- stereo version

Media Storage

External Oyen Digital bus-powered firewire 400 1TB hard drive (Samsung)

Other Comments

All music is ripped for computer audio, much of it lossless, some higher res. No other input sources.

Components

Digital Source

2012 Mac Mini i7 with two internal SSD, via iTunes, Audirvana

Analog Source

none

Other Sources

none

Signal Processors

Peachtree Nova 24/96 DAC

Preamp

Peachtree Nova integrated tube/solid state

Power Amp

Peachtree Nova integrated amp (80 Wpc @ 6 ohm) OR Class D Audio SDS-254 kit (vertical bi-amp, passive at the moment -- I know, I know)

Speakers

Bower and Wilkins CM7 floor-standing

Subwoofer

Rel R-218

Speaker Cable

BlueJeansCable 12 gauge wire

Interconnects

glass toslink or (more typically) Halide Bridge

Power Cables

Stock

Headphones

Bower and Wilkins P5, Nova headphone amp

Racking

none

Power Cond

Brickwall 8-outlet series surge protector and RF filter

Tuning and Tweaks

Speaker toe-in to cross-fire just behind listener's prime position.

Other Components

none