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High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ?

The last 20 years as an audiophile and now a dealer has taught me a very important lesson. Everything matters. The equipment can be great but no matter how much you spend the matching is very important. The cabling is also important. Some think cabling is all about making it sound better. I prefer my cabling to not get in the way. It’s like it can’t be a clogged faucet for your sound.  Materials and shielding are very important. In addition to that the room is very important. You may not have a perfect room but you build your system to work in the room you have. I don’t have all the answers but you can’t just spend money and have a great system. Combination of equipment, cabling and room has gotten me there. I’ve tried a lot of gear and cables and this is how I feel. What are your thoughts everyone? 

calvinj
immatthewj
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I get great transparency, detail, soundstage with a small hint of warmth and musicality.

@calvinj  , with absolutely no intention of taking this down a rabbit hole, how do you define a "small hint of musicality"?

calvinj OP
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@immatthewj i meant a small bit of tube style warmth. I didn’t mean a hint of musicality.  Its sounds musical. Instruments sound like instruments. Players are where they are supposed to be in soundstage. Just to clarify. 

immatthewj
2,323 posts
 

Gotcha.

bpoletti
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If your room sux, you cannot get decent quality sound regardless of price.  First fix the room.  A cheap way is to fill it with artificial ficus trees.  They act as great diffusers.  And they may not fix problems with soft walls or hard floors.

calvinj OP
2,487 posts
 

@bpoletti 
 I literally just said I have great sound in my room.  Kind of misleading to tell people they can’t have good sound in a bad room. Some of us can’t do a thing room wise. But still manage 

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