Room Size

13.5 X 18.5 ft

System Overview

HiFi Rose RS 130 streamer with HDD. Roon Nucleus with HDD, Bluesound Vault, Jay' audio transport CD2 feeding a Denafrips Pontus 12 anniversary DAC and Schiit Bifrost 2 going to a pair of Sony CD changers . Vandersteen 2CE SIG II. paired with stereo Rythmik F12s. A modest but resolving system which was difficult to tune. New analog rig added in 2025

Music Preferences

Blues, Jazz, Vocals, Instrumental music with many instruments or sounds.

Room Description

Area rug and on concrete floor painted with Epoxy paint and clear coat.

Acoustic Treatment

None

Listening Impressions

Surprisingly neutral with room zero room treatments... can go deep.

Media Storage

Roon Nucleus with HDD and Hi-Fi Rose RS 130 with HDD and Bluesound Vault with about 300 cds stored/ripped.

Other Comments

Good room for sitting around with friends and drinking wine or Guinness Stout. Casual and friendly and great for critical listening as well. Record albums, CDs or streaming audio. Audio stand was made by me out of Paduak wood. Also mini stands for components.

Components

Digital Source

Main digital for critical listening- HiFi Rose RS 130 streamer feeding Denafrips Pontus 2 12th anniversary DAC. Or Jay's Audio Transport feeding Denafrips Pontus 2 12th anniversary DAC

Analog Source

New in 2025- Old school listening is a VPI Prime X turntable with Soundsmith Zephyr III cartridge and Pro-Ject tube box phono preamp

Other Sources

Casual listening- Schiit Bifrost 2 feeding 2 Sony Multi CD players via optical switch

Signal Processors

Optical switch to choose between both Sony CD players.

Power Amp

Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III with NOS Sylvania tubes OR Musical Fidelity M6 500i (both are integrated amps)

Speakers

Vandersteen 2CE SIG II

Subwoofer

Rythmik F12s (stereo pair)

Speaker Cable

Analysis Plus Oval (Chocolate)

Interconnects

BJC

Power Cables

Cullen Cables

Headphones

Grado, Beyer Dynamic, AKG

Racking

Homemade

Other Components

Fan system for cooling. Custom wooden platforms for speakers. This system is at the north end of my audio room. I have my main system at the south end. I turn my chair around 180 degrees to listen to the main system.