Room Size

L: 190" / 4.8 m | W: 147" / 3.7 m | H-Front: 138" / 3.5 m | H-Rear: 104" /

System Overview

Objective: excellent sound for two-channel and multichannel music, as well as for concert videos and films

Music Preferences

Eclectic, including: African, Afro-Cuban, Alternative Country, Alternative Bluegrass, Blues, Cajun, Celtic, Celtic Fulk-Punk, Classical, Country Rock, Irish Traditional, Jazz, Latin, Opera, Pop, Reggae, Rock, Scottish Traditional, Western, World

Room Description

A humble family room that treats the music quite well.

Acoustic Treatment

None yet; the next project.

Listening Impressions

Surprisingly good.

Media Storage

HDDs, SSDs, flash drives. Dipping the toes into this arena. Just connecting the system to a wired gigabit network.

Other Comments

Be egregious.

Components

Digital Source

Bryston BDP-2; Oppo BDP-105

Signal Processors

Bryston SP3; Bryston BDA-2 DAC

Preamp

Bryston SP3

Power Amp

Bryston 6B-SST(C) - L/C/R; Bryston 4B-SST(C) - surrounds; Bryston 4B-SST(C) - rears

Speakers

Paradigm Reference Signature S8 - fronts

Center

Paradigm Reference Signature C5 - center

Surrounds

Paradigm Reference Signature ADP - surrounds Paradigm Reference Signature S4 - rears

Subwoofer

2 - Velodyne DD15 - subs

Speaker Cable

Ultralink CL 412 in-wall speaker cable (4 x 12AWG OFC concentric cable) - LF Ultralink CL 414 in-wall speaker cable (4 x 14AWG OFC concentric cable) - HF/mids

Interconnects

Bryston balanced cables, Bryston AES/EBU cable AudioQuest Chocolate HDMI

Power Cables

Stock for now

Headphones

Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10; sony MDR-V6 (with BeyerDynamic ear pad mod)

Racking

Custom cabinet

Power Cond

APC S20BLK

Other Components

Brickwall surge protectors for subs, TV Pioneer Elite PRO-1130 Plasma TV