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@tmsrdg Oops, forgot to answer the question about the boost adjustment. My HPA4 had the boost disabled on XLR1. XLR2, RCA3, and RCA4 all worked. I worked it out with Benchmark tech support. We ended up doing the FACTORY RESET on the GUI. I lost some settings but not big deal to manually restore them. I think I may have seen this before.

It was important to get the 10 dB boost today because the Convolution adjustment took away 11 dB. I learned a about ROON DSP settings the past few days. There is boost in the ROON settings too but as of now I have disabled that.

yyzsantabarbara

Thank You for the update. There are many here that enjoy Music servers and streaming via ROON. Good to read that your speakers are settling into your room/space.

Happy Listening!

@ yyzsantabarbara ,
Thanks for the responses and all the links. My Aurender N10 server is incompatible with Roon, so I can't consider the Convolution app.If there's one thing I'd like more of in my system, it's low frequency "weight."  It's pretty easy to tell when listening to say, solo piano music, where the low end drops off a bit.  The listening room is adjacent to another equally sized room separated by sliding glass doors (open midcentury modern floor plan). My wife's Steinway is literally only 8 feet to the right of the right speaker on the other side of the doors. She can play the same passage that we've just heard from a recording as a reference. Everything tracks exceedingly well, but, yes, lower octaves don't have that same impact. I have seen the future, and it involves subwoofers.

@tmsrdg which specific piano recordings?  I want to listen to what you are referencing.

@jafant Computer --> MSB Analog --> Krell FBI --> CS2.7 = :-)

@jafant I wanted to go the ARC Ref 5SE to Bryston 7BST route however the Krell FBI changed that.  I would have preferred to have them side by side to compare however have no regrets on selling the Bryston for the Krell.