Room Size

17ft x 27 x 7.5 ceiling

System Overview

Good sound at bargain cost

Music Preferences

Almost everything

Room Description

This is most of 2nd story in 1923 bungalow with wooden floors, drywall walls and ceiling, wood trim. The two long walls slope from ceiling to about 5.5 feet high due to roof line.

Acoustic Treatment

rug on floor, curtains over windows, various items incl. insulation batts for sound insulation over open stairwell between 1st and 2nd floor.

Listening Impressions

my best ever and certainly "best for the buck" I have heard. But I am prejudiced.

Components

Digital Source

Arcam CD 72

Analog Source

Thorens TD 126MkIII, Soundsmith needle on Dynavector 10x5

Other Sources

Oppo DV970HD cd player, 1Mii B06 Plus APTX Bluetooth receiver for MacBook, Iphone & desktop sources, Sony tuner ST5150

Preamp

Van Alstine Transcendence Ten (tubes) w/ phono pre and headphone amp

Power Amp

Van Alstine Synergy 240 (SS)

Speakers

Tannoy DC 4000, upgraded XOs.

Subwoofer

Onix Rocket 12

Speaker Cable

Anticables level 2.1

Interconnects

handmedowns

Power Cables

as supplied

Headphones

Massdrop HD 6XX. (Sennheiser authorized copy of 650), sony earbuds

Racking

Barzilay mid-century modern console (emptied) w/ concrete to keep steady. Barzilay was a company run by one of the kid stars of The Little Rascals.

Power Cond

na

Tuning and Tweaks

All major equipment bought used save the AVA amp and Sony tuner.